Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 245-246 , March 2000

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of IL-4 prolongs rat renal allograft survival and inhibits the p21ras-activation pathway

  • H Kato

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr H. Kato, Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan
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  • T Ritter

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • ,
  • B Ke

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • ,
  • M Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • ,
  • M Kusano

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • ,
  • R.W Busuttil

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)
    • ,
  • J.W Kupiec-Weglinski

      Affiliations

    • Dumont–UCLA Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Second Department of Surgery, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (H.K.)

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☆ Supported by NIH Grants RO1 AI23847 and AI42223 and the Dumont Foundation.

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Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 245-246 , March 2000

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