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Recombinant human erythropoietin treatment of chronic renal failure patients normalizes altered phenotype and proliferation of CD4-positive T lymphocytes.
Artificial organs - 1 Mar 2010
Lisowska Katarzyna A, Debska-Slizien Alicja, Radzka Monika, Witkowski Jacek M, Rutkowski Boleslaw, Bryl Ewa
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Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) receive recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) for the correction of anemia. However, rhEPO also has an immunomodulatory effect. Detailed changes of phenotype and function of CD4(+) T lymphocytes in CRF patients receiving rhEPO have not been reported yet; their study may bring insight into understanding of this immunomodulatory action of rhEPO. Two groups of CRF...
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