α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone treatment in pigs does not improve early graft function in kidney transplants from brain dead donors.

α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone treatment in pigs does not improve early graft function in kidney transplants from brain dead donors.

Delayed graft function and primary non-function are serious complications following transplantation of kidneys derived from deceased brain dead (DBD) donors. α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a pleiotropic neuropeptide and its renoprotective effects have been demonstrated in models of acut...

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Main Authors: Willem G van Rijt, Niels Secher, Anna K Keller, Ulla Møldrup, Yahor Chynau, Rutger J Ploeg, Harry van Goor, Rikke Nørregaard, Henrik Birn, Jørgen Frøkiaer, Søren Nielsen, Henri G D Leuvenink, Bente Jespersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984270?pdf=render

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