Performance of polymerase chain reaction techniques detecting perforin in the diagnosis of acute renal rejection: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Studies in the past have shown that perforin expression is up-regulated during acute renal rejection, which provided hopes for a non-invasive and reliable diagnostic method to identify acute rejection. However, a systematic assessment of the value of perforin as a diagnostic marker of ac...

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Main Authors: Yushu Shang, Weiqiang Ju, Yuan Kong, Paul M Schroder, Wenhua Liang, Xiaoting Ling, Zhiyong Guo, Xiaoshun He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387236?pdf=render