Published in Transplant Weekly, March 26th, 2000
It is well known that sinusoidal endothelial cell (SEC) damage during cold preservation of liver tissue is closely involved in early graft failure.
T. Moriga and colleagues performed a study to investigate the involvement of apoptosis in the SEC damage induced by cold preservation and to demonstrate the protective effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on SEC injury, including apoptotic changes ("Protection by vascular endothelial, growth factor against sinusoidal endothelial damage and apoptosis induced by...
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Source: Transplant Weekly (2000-03-26)
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