Decreases in circulating CD4+CD25hiFOXP3+ cells and increases in intragraft FOXP3+ cells accompany allograft rejection in pediatric liver allograft recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Stenard, Fabien ^c   Nguyen, Christine ^c   Cox, Ken ^c   Kambham, Neeraja ^c   Umetsu, Dale T ^b,c   Krams, Sheri M ^c   Esquivel, Carlos O ^c   Martinez, Olivia M ^a,c  

^a MSLS P312 ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Biomarkers; Immune responses; Liver transplantation; Pediatric; T lymphocytes; T regulatory cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 58149287911     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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