RAT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED EXPRESSION OF INTRACELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1, VASCULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1, AND THEIR LIGANDS LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION ANTIGEN-1 AND VERY LATE ANTIGEN-4 IN THE GRAFT1

Abstract

Prolonged, increased expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, and increased numbers of inflammatory cells expressing their ligands in the CMV infected grafts, were associated with accelerated chronic allograft nephropathy.