T-cell immune monitoring by the ELISPOT assay for interferon gamma

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 1359-1363

  Augustine, Joshua J ^a   Hricik, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; Immune monitoring; Interferon gamma; Kidney transplantation; T cell alloreactivity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RISK; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84862775633     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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