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Monocyte implication in renal allograft dysfunction.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Feb 2014
Guillén-Gómez E, Guirado L, Belmonte X, Maderuelo A, Santín S, Juarez C, Ars E, Facundo C, Ballarín J A, Vidal S, Díaz-Encarnación M M
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are involved in the development and progression of kidney fibrosis. The aim of this study was to analyse the phenotype of circulating monocytes and their ability to predict kidney allograft dysfunction in living kidney transplant recipients. Whole blood samples from 25 kidney recipients and 17 donors were collected at five time-points. Monocyte phenotype was analysed by flow cytometry, and interleukin...
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