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Novel approach for improved assessment of phenotypic and functional characteristics of BKV-specific T-cell immunity.
Transplantation - 15 Dec 2011
Trydzenskaya Hanna, Sattler Arne, Müller Karin, Schachtner Thomas, Dang-Heine Chantip, Friedrich Peter, Nickel Peter, Hoerstrup Jan, Schindler Ralf, Thiel Andreas, Melzig Matthias F, Reinke Petra, Babel Nina
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BACKGROUND: BKV-associated nephropathy represents a serious complication of the posttransplant period in kidney transplant recipients. Monitoring BKV-specific immunity is of a special importance for estimation of clinical course in patients with BKV reactivation. Our recent data demonstrated that all five BKV antigens are immunogenic and elicit T-cell responses varying within patients. Therefore, all five BKV...
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