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Objective To study the occurrence of apoptosis in acute rejection of hamster-to-rat liver transplantation and the molecular mechanism. Methods On the basis of establishment of hamster-to-rat orthotopic liver transplantation, the apoptosis in xenograft were observed by histology and in situ end-lebelling of fragmented DNA;the expression of Fas-L and TGF-?1 were observed by Immunohistochemistry. Rseults In acute rejection of liver xenograft, the apoptosis of hepatocyte was detectable, meanwhile, the expression of Fas-L and TGF-?1 were found. The more severe apoptosis, the more severe acute rejection , and the more expression of Fas-L and TGF-?1 . Conclusions Apoptosis as a mechanism of cell death exists in the acute rejection of liver xenograft, and it is closely related to the expression of TGF-?1 and Fas-L.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between the intercellular adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1) and lymphocyte function associated with antigen-1( LFA-1) and acute rejection of liver transplantation in rats. Methods SD rats and Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control group, isograft group, and allograft group. Liver biopsies from the recipients were obtained on the day 2,4, and 7 postoperatively to examine the expression level of ICAM-1 and LFA-1 in liver grafts. Samples were firstly stained with specific monoclonal antibodies using immunohistochemistry stain and then applied to image semiquantitive analysis. Results The expression levels of ICAM-1 and LFA-1 in allograft group were obviously higher than those in both isograft group and normal group. Moreover, the expression levels of ICAM-1 and LFA-1 were correlated positively with the degree of acute liver rejection. Conclusions Detecting the expressions of ICAM-1 and LFA-1 in liver graft tissue may be helpful to the diagnosis of acute rejection after liver transplantation.