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Donor-specific hypo-responsiveness occurs in simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipients after the first year.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2018
Taner Timucin, Gustafson Michael P, Hansen Michael J, Park Walter D, Bornschlegl Svetlana, Dietz Allan B, Stegall Mark D
Abstract excerpt
Kidney allografts of patients who undergo simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation incur less immune-mediated injury, and retain better function compared to other kidney allografts. To characterize the host alloimmune responses in 28 of these patients, we measured the donor-specific alloresponsiveness and phenotypes of peripheral blood cells after the first year. These values were then compared to those of 61...
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