HLAMatchmaker algorithm is not a suitable tool to predict the alloreactive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response in vitro

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-167

  Dankers, Marlies K A ^a   Heemskerk, Martin B A ^a,b   Duquesnoy, Rene J ^c   Doxiadis, Ilias I N ^a   Oudshoorn, Machteld ^a,b   Roelen, Dave L ^a   Claas, Frans H J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Europdonor Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL; HLA; Matchmaker; Transplantation; Triplet

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE;

ALGORITHM; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STEM CELL;

ALGORITHMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 3142702745     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000133511.94487.D3     Document Type: Article

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