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Influence of patient and donor cytokine genotypes on renal allograft rejection: evidence from a single centre study.
Transplant immunology - 1 Feb 2001
Poole K L, Gibbs P J, Evans P R, Sadek S A, Howell W M
Abstract excerpt
Cytokines are key immune mediators and it has been suggested that cytokine gene polymorphisms affecting expression influence rejection or tolerance. This study sought to examine this hypothesis with the aim of identifying predictive genotype markers for rejection. The study group consisted of 120 consecutive first cadaveric recipient-donor pairs transplanted at a single centre, between 1994 and 1997. PCR...
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