Tracheal cryopreservation: caspase-3 immunoreactivity in tracheal epithelium and in mixed glands
Cryopreservation has an immunomodulating effect on tracheal tissue as a result of class II antigen depletion due to epithelium exfoliation. However, not all epithelium is detached. We evaluated the role of apoptosis in the remaining epithelium of 30 cryopreserved tracheal grafts. Caspase-3 immunorea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2009-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001200006 |