Donor-specific hyporesponsiveness in ELISPOT assay is associated with early recurrence of hepatitis C in liver transplant recipients

Human Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-27

  Tambur, Anat R ^a   Ben Ari, Ziv ^b   Herrera, Nancy D ^a   Klein, Tirza ^b   Michowiz, Rachel ^b   Mor, Eytan ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; hepatitis C recurrence; interferon gamma; liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 11144269698     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.08.180     Document Type: Article

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