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Ficolin-2 Gene rs7851696 Polymorphism is Associated with Delayed Graft Function and Acute Rejection in Kidney Allograft Recipients.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Feb 2018
Dabrowska-Zamojcin Ewa, Czerewaty Michal, Malinowski Damian, Tarnowski Maciej, Słuczanowska-Głabowska Sylwia, Domanski Leszek, Safranow Krzysztof, Pawlik Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Ficolin-2 is an activator of the complement system that acts via the lectin pathway. Complement activation plays a substantial role in the renal injury inherent to kidney transplantation. In this study, we examined the associations between ficolin-2 gene polymorphisms in exon 8 and kidney allograft function. This study comprised 270 Caucasian deceased-donor renal transplant recipients. The following parameters...
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