Allospecific CD154+ T cells associate with rejection risk after pediatric liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-191

  Ashokkumar, C ^a   Talukdar, A ^a   Sun, Q ^a   Higgs, B W ^a   Janosky, J ^a   Wilson, P ^a   Mazariegos, G ^a   Jaffe, R ^b   Demetris, A ^b   Dobberstein, J ^a   Soltys, K ^a   Bond, G ^a   Thomson, A W ^a   Zeevi, A ^b   Sindhi, R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloantigen specific T cells; CD154; Liver transplantation; Pediatric; Rejection; T cytotoxic cells

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CD40 LIGAND; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIGENS, CD; CD40 LIGAND; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 58049219028     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02459.x     Document Type: Article

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