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Cellular immune response and cytokine profile among hepatitis C positive living donor renal transplant recipients.
Transplantation - 27 Sept 2010
Justa Shivali, Minz Ranjana W, Minz Mukut, Sharma Ashish, Pasricha Neelam, Anand Shashi, Chawla Yogesh K, Sakhuja Vinay K
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is prevalent among renal transplant recipients. METHODS: Twenty-five recipients of living donor renal transplantation with HCV (group I) and without HCV (group II) were serially monitored at three time points, that is, pretransplant, day 10, and 6 months posttransplant. Phenotypic characterization of T-cell subsets and natural killer cells was performed by flow...
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