A Rapid Test of Alloreactivity Based on Interleukin-2 mRNA Expression Might Identify Liver Transplant Recipients With Donor-Specific Hyporesponsiveness

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2665-2667

  Craciun, L ^a   Stordeur, P ^a   Troisi, R ^b   Le Moine, A ^a   Toungouz, M ^a   Colle, I ^b   Van Vlierberghe, H ^b   Loi, P ^a   Lucidi, V ^a   Praet, M ^b   de Hemptinne, B ^b   Goldman, M ^a   Donckier, V ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD34 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 35348903828     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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