Article
Tolerance and latent cellular rejection in long-term liver transplant recipients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Aug 1998
Wong T, Nouri-Aria K T, Devlin J, Portmann B, Williams R
Abstract excerpt
Tolerance develops in a proportion of long-term liver transplant recipients but currently cannot be identified before an attempt at withdrawal from immunosuppression therapy. In the present study, we have examined the immunophenotypic characteristics of the cellular infiltrate in portal tracts an...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Graft Rejection
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Liver
- Liver Transplantation
- Lymphocytes
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Middle Aged
- Perforin
- Phenotype
- Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
- Postoperative Care
- Time Factors
