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Pregnancy induces minor histocompatibility antigen–specific cytotoxic T cells: implications for stem cell transplantation and immunotherapy
4 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
Recipients of HLA-identical stem cell transplants have a poorer transplant outcome if the donor is female rather than male. We analyzed whether pregnancy primes for minor histocompatibility (H) antigens. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy multiparous female blood donors were depleted for CD4+, CD14+, CD16+, and CD19+ cells, stained with minor H antigen-specific HLA-A2 tetramers, sorted by...
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