ISSN:
1432-2277
Schlagwort(e):
Key words Endothelin
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small bowel transplantation
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rat
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Small bowel transplantation
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rat
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endothelin
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Graft-versus-host disease
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endothelin
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small bowel transplantation
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
Abstract Endothelin (ET-1) expression was evaluated by radioimmunoassay in both plasma and various tissue specimens serially obtained from LBN-F1 recipients of LEW heterotopic small bowel allografts. The recipients showed graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which histologically became apparent on postoperative day (POD) 13. The ET-1 levels peaked on POD 9 in the kidney, lung, and host intestine at 51.0 ± 21.1, 90.9 ± 59.6, and 25.4 ± 11.8 pg/g wet, respectively, and peaked on POD 11 in the plasma at 7.7 ± 3.2 pg/ml; thereafter, they decreased to basal levels in both the plasma and tissue specimens on POD 13. An immunohistochemical study of these organs showed a corresponding increase in ET-1 staining in both the endothelial and epithelial cells on PODs 5 and 9, and a reduction in staining on POD 13. In conclusion, ET-1 was found to be increasingly released from the target cells of GVHD before any histological changes became apparent, thus suggesting the pathophysiological involvement of ET-1 in intestinal GVHD.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001470050024
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