Lymphocyte activation markers may predict the presence of donor specific alloreactivity in pediatric living related liver transplant recipients

Human Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-397

  Ekong, Udeme D ^a   Luo, Xunrong ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Wang, Delli ^a   Miller, Stephen D ^a   O'Gorman, Maurice R G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune reactivity; Liver transplantation; Lymphocyte activation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ISOANTIGENS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 79954578957     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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