The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 707-715 , June 2006

Beneficial Effect of α-Tocopheryl Succinate in Rat Cardiac Transplants

  • Thanh K. Nguyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Division of Transplant Surgery), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • Vani Nilakantan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Division of Transplant Surgery), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher C. Felix, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • Ashwani K. Khanna, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • Galen M. Pieper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (Division of Transplant Surgery), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • Free Radical Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Galen M. Pieper, PhD, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Telephone: 414-456-6929. Fax: 414-456-6222

Received 14 July 2005 ,Revised 7 October 2005 ,Accepted 11 February 2006.

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 Supported in part by NIH Grant HL 64637, NIH grant 78937, NIH Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Center Grant EB001981 and the VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

PII: S1053-2498(06)00160-4

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.02.007

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 707-715 , June 2006

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