Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha does not prevent cardiac allograft arteriosclerosis in the rat

Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):347. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02041-8.

Authors

V P Pulkkinen¹, R K Sihvola, P K Koskinen, K B Lemström

Affiliation

¹ Cardiopulmonary Research Group, Transplantation Laboratory, University of Helsinki, and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

PMID: 11266854
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02041-8

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Arteriosclerosis / prevention & control*
Etanercept
Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
Heart Transplantation / physiology*
Immunoglobulin G / therapeutic use
Rats
Rats, Inbred WF
Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / metabolism*
Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / therapeutic use
Transplantation, Homologous
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*
Up-Regulation

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Etanercept