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Evidence for a genetic predisposition towards acute rejection after kidney and simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation.
Transplantation - 27 Aug 2000
Pelletier R, Pravica V, Perrey C, Xia D, Ferguson R M, Hutchinson I, Orosz C
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BACKGROUND: In vitro production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin 10 (IL-10), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) correlate with their respective genetic polymorphisms. We analyzed the relationship between these genetic polymorphisms and posttransplant outcome. METHODS: Using DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, polymorphisms for TNF-alpha,...
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