Article
TNF-alpha in acute cardiac transplant rejection.
Cytokines, cellular & molecular therapy - 1 Mar 1999
Azzawi M, Hasleton P S, Hutchinson I V
Abstract excerpt
Acute cardiac allograft rejection is an immune-mediated response, hallmarked by cellular infiltration and myocyte damage in the transplanted heart. Cardiac biopsy sampling has been the 'gold' standard for routinely monitoring episodes of acute rejection. As cardiac biopsy is invasive, attention has focused on other non-invasive methods, such as serum analysis, for monitoring purposes. Tumour necrosis factor alpha...
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