Comparison of several functional methods to evaluate the immune response on stable kidney transplant patients

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 62-65

  Martínez Flores, José A ^a   Serrano, Manuel ^a   Morales, Pablo ^a   Paz Artal, Estela ^a,b   Morales, José M ^a   Serrano, Antonio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATP levels; ImmuKnow; Immunosuppression; Lymphocyte proliferation; Mixed lymphocyte reaction; WST 1

Indexed keywords

ATP LEVELS; IMMUKNOW; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; WST-1;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893789872     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: 18727905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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