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Expansion and somatic hypermutation of B-cell clones in rejected human kidney grafts.
Transplantation - 15 Oct 2014
Ferdman Jack, Porcheray Fabrice, Gao Baoshan, Moore Carolina, DeVito Julie, Dougherty Sarah, Thomas Margaret V, Farkash Evan A, Elias Nahel, Kawai Tatsuo, Malek Sayeed K, Tullius Stefan G, Wong Waichi, Zorn Emmanuel
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BACKGROUND: B-cell infiltrates are common in rejected kidney allografts, yet their composition is still unclear. The aim of our study was to characterize the clonal composition of B-cell infiltrates of rejected human kidney grafts. METHODS: We used a molecular approach to characterize the partial B-cell repertoires of 5 failed human kidney grafts with detectable B-cell infiltrates. A comparison between the...
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