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Oxidative mitochondrial DNA damage and deletion in hepatocytes of rejecting liver allografts in rats: role of TNF-alpha.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jul 2005
Nagakawa Yuichi, Williams George Melville, Zheng Qizhi, Tsuchida Akihiko, Aoki Tatsuya, Montgomery Robert A, Klein Andrew S, Sun Zhaoli
Abstract excerpt
An orthotopic liver transplant model in the rat was used to evaluate the role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in liver transplant rejection. There were significantly increased levels of TNF-alpha mRNA and parallel increases in 8-hydroxy-2' deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) indicative of oxidative DNA damage present 7 to 12 days after transplantation. Cells staining positively for 8-OHdG were localized to the...
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