Serum and Urinary Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Renal Transplant Patients.

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Ciftci H., Demir E., Karadeniz M., Tefik T., Yazici H., Nane I., ...More

Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, vol.16, no.6, pp.671-675, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 16 Issue: 6
• Publication Date: 2018
• Doi Number: 10.6002/ect.2017.0166
• Journal Name: Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.671-675
• Keywords: Cytokine, Graft rejection, Kidney transplantation, ACUTE REJECTION, GENE POLYMORPHISMS, TNF-ALPHA, ASSOCIATION, CYTOKINES, PLASMA
• Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: Allograft rejection is an important cause of early and long-term graft loss in kidney transplant recipients.Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promotes T-cell activation, the key reaction leading to allograft rejection. Here, we investigated whether serum and urinary tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels can predict allograft rejection.