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The beneficial effects of recipient-derived vascular endothelial growth factor on graft survival after kidney transplantation.
Transplantation - 15 May 2005
Lemos Francine B C, Mol Wendy M, Roodnat Joke I, Uitterlinden André, Ijzermans Jan N M, Weimar Willem, Baan Carla C
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BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is crucial for preservation of microvasculature and contributes to cytoprotection of the graft after kidney transplantation. METHODS: The authors investigated the influence of VEGF single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on graft survival after renal transplantation. The SNP at positions -2578, -1154, and, -7 were analyzed in 306 donors and 387 recipients of...
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