Modified ELISPOT technique - Highly significant inverse correlation of post-Tx donor-reactive IFNγ-producing cell frequencies with 6 and 12 months graft function in kidney transplant recipients

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 232-237

  Näther, Bele Johanna ^b   Nickel, Peter ^a   Bold, Gantuja ^a   Presber, Franziska ^b   Schönemann, Constanze ^c   Pratschke, Johann ^a   Volk, Hans Dieter ^b   Reinke, Petra ^a  

^a Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care ^*  (Germany)

^b Institute of Medical Immunology   (Germany)

^c Institute of Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloreactive T cells; ELISPOT; Immune monitoring; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CD20 ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; RITUXIMAB; TETANUS TOXOID; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CD14+ T CELL; CD15+ T CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33751422386     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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