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Comprehensive phenotyping of regulatory T cells after liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Mar 2015
Gronert Álvarez Anna, Fytili Paraskevi, Suneetha Pothakamuri V, Kraft Anke R M, Brauner Christin, Schlue Jerome, Krech Till, Lehner Frank, Meyer-Heithuis Christoph, Jaeckel Elmar, Klempnauer Juergen, Manns Michael P, Cornberg Markus, Wedemeyer Heiner
Abstract excerpt
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in controlling alloreactivity after solid organ transplantation, but they may also impair antiviral immunity. We hypothesized that the Treg frequency and the Treg phenotype are altered in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected recipients of liver transplantation (LT) with possible prognostic implications. Tregs from 141 individuals, including healthy individuals, LT...
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