The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 744-751, September 2009

Renoprotective immunosuppression by pioglitazone with low-dose cyclosporine in rat heart transplantation

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Received 11 January 2009; received in revised form 18 March 2009; accepted 22 April 2009. published online 06 July 2009.

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 Supported by a Japan Heart Foundation research grant.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00644-8

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 744-751, September 2009