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Heme oxygenase 1 gene polymorphisms and outcome of renal transplantation.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2007
Turpeinen H, Kyllönen L E, Parkkinen J, Laine J, Salmela K T, Partanen J
Abstract excerpt
Heme oxygenase isoenzyme HO-1 has been linked to several cytoprotective functions with a potentially beneficial role in transplantation. In the present study, the effect of genetic variation in HO-1 on renal allograft outcome was investigated. Six hundred and eighty patients subject to renal transplantation in a single transplant unit and their cadaveric kidney donors were included in this study. Four...
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