Transcriptome patterns for Acute Cellular Rejection in Recipients with Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation

ABSTRACT: The histological evaluation of liver via biopsy remains as the standard for the diagnosis of both acute cellular rejection (ACR) and recurrent hepatitis C (RHC) after liver transplantation. Nevertheless, it is often difficult to diagnose ACR in HCV-positive recipients because of common co-existing and overlapping morphological changes with RHC. The aim of the study was to identify potential target genes for ACR in recipients with RHC. We analyzed 22 liver biopsy samples obtained from 21 HCV-positive recipients. The clinicopathological diagnoses for the biopsies were ACR-predominant with superimposed RHC in 9 samples (ACR group) and RHC with no ACR (non-ACR group) in the remaining. We compared the transcriptional alterations between the two groups with oligonucleotide microarray and selecte

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

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PROVIDER: S-DIXA-D-1015 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other