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Transforming growth factor beta in relation to cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Apr 2000
Aziz T, Hasleton P, Hann A W, Yonan N, Deiraniya A, Hutchinson I V
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BACKGROUND: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is a frequent sequel to cardiac transplantation, but the role of cytokines on the subsequent development of vasculopathy is still largely unknown. METHODS: We retrospectively studied 172 heart transplant recipients to investigate the relationship between the development of vasculopathy and various factors including the presence of transforming growth factor (TGF-beta) in...
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