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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphism and death due to acute cellular rejection in a subgroup of heart transplant recipients.
Human immunology - 1 Feb 2001
Azzawi M, Hasleton P S, Turner D M, Yonan N, Deiraniya A K, Sinnott P J, Hutchinson I V
Abstract excerpt
Irreversible acute rejection of the transplanted heart usually has a fatal outcome. Predicting which recipients are most likely to reject might allow closer monitoring and modification of treatment protocols to prevent graft loss. Recipients genetically predisposed to produce more TNF-alpha are those who suffer the most acute rejection episodes. Here we show that TNF-alpha genotype is strongly associated with...
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