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Heme oxygenase-1 genotype of the donor is associated with graft survival after liver transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Feb 2008
Buis C I, van der Steege G, Visser D S, Nolte I M, Hepkema B G, Nijsten M, Slooff M J H, Porte R J
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has been suggested as a cytoprotective gene during liver transplantation. Inducibility of HO-1 is modulated by a (GT)(n) polymorphism and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) A(-413)T in the promoter. Both a short (GT)(n) allele and the A-allele have been associated with...
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