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Activation of adventitial fibroblasts in the early stage of the aortic transplant vasculopathy in rat.
Transplantation - 27 Apr 2010
Ji Jian, Xu Fang, Li Li, Chen Rong, Wang Jianli, Hu Wei-cheng
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BACKGROUND: Transplant vasculopathy (TV) is the most significant obstacle to long-term success of organ transplantation. Increasing attention has been paid to the role of adventitia in vascular diseases. We evaluated the role of adventitial fibroblasts in the development of TV. METHODS: Thoracic aortas from Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats transplanted into the abdominal aortas of Wistar rats worked as allografts, and...
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