title: Daily serum inflammatory cytokine (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-6) monitoring in liver transplantation focusing on allograft rejection: a five-case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tzakis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Starzl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha