Graft endothelium and chronic allograft nephropathy: insight from in vitro trans-differentiation of smooth muscle cells induced by mismatched lymphocytes.
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Nephrology, Dialysis Transplantation Unit, Regina Margherita University Hospital, Torino, Italy.
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Chiesa
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Conti
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Peruzzi
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Coppo
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D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014471:Umbilical Veins