A retrospective study of the prognostic impact of cytokine secretion in mixed lymphocyte culture on long-term graft function following allogeneic renal transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1067-1071

  Suresh, Vijayan ^a   Carey, B Sean ^a   Shaw, Steve ^b   Tse, Wai Yee ^a   Cartwright, Nicola ^a   Akoh, Jacob ^a   McGonigle, Richard ^a   Rowe, Peter ^a   Shaw, John ^a   Kaminski, Edward ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Long term graft function; Mixed lymphocyte culture; Rejection; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CYTOKINES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 26944468007     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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