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Cytokine gene polymorphisms and acute human liver graft rejection.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 2002
Warlé Michiel C, Farhan Ayar, Metselaar Herold J, Hop Wim C j, Perrey Chris, Zondervan Pieter E, Kap Marcel, de Rave Sjoerd, Kwekkeboom Jaap, Ijzermans Jan N M, Tilanus Hugo W, Pravica Vera, Hutchinson Ian V, Bouma Gerda J
Abstract excerpt
Interindividual differences exist in the capacity to produce cytokines. It has been reported that levels of in vitro cytokine production measured after stimulated cell culture are associated with polymorphisms in cytokine genes. Moreover, a correlation between heart, kidney, liver, and lung graft rejection or survival with cytokine gene polymorphisms has been described. In the present study, we analyzed the...
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