2000
Temporal changes of cytokines and nitric oxide products in urine from renal transplant patients
Smith S, Wheeler M, Lorber M, Weiss R. Temporal changes of cytokines and nitric oxide products in urine from renal transplant patients. Kidney International 2000, 58: 829-837. PMID: 10916108, DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00232.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdultCreatinineCyclic GMPCytokinesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGraft RejectionHumansInterleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-6Interleukin-8Kidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedNitratesNitric OxideNitritesPredictive Value of TestsTime FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUrinary Tract InfectionsConceptsUrinary tract infectionRenal transplant patientsAcute rejectionTransplant patientsCyclic GMPIL-2Nitric oxideNitric oxide synthase activityAdditional urine specimensUrine cytokine levelsUrine nitrate levelsNitric oxide productsMonths of transplantationOxide synthase activityUrine nitrateSoluble interleukinCytokine levelsTract infectionsIL-10IL-6IL-8Tumor necrosisUrine specimensPatientsClinical diagnosis
1996
Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection
Smith S, Wheeler M, Zhang R, Weiss E, Lorber M, Sessa W, Weiss R. Nitric oxide synthase induction with renal transplant rejection or infection. Kidney International 1996, 50: 2088-2093. PMID: 8943494, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionRenal transplant patientsNitric oxide synthaseCyclic GMP levelsTransplant patientsTract infectionsNOS activityPost-renal transplantation patientsGMP levelsInducible nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxideRenal allograft rejectionRenal transplant rejectionNitric oxide synthase inductionInducible NOS (iNOS) mRNAUrine of patientsRenal transplantationTransplantation patientsAllograft rejectionTransplant rejectionInducible NOSOxide synthaseNOS mRNAPatientsSynthase induction