Immunological monitoring of renal transplant recipients to predict acute allograft rejection following the discontinuation of tacrolimus.

BACKGROUND: Transplant patients would benefit from reduction of immunosuppression providing that graft rejection is prevented. We have evaluated a number of immunological markers in blood of patients in whom tacrolimus was withdrawn after renal transplantation. The alloreactive precursor frequency o...

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Main Authors: Ellen Kreijveld, Hans J P M Koenen, Bram van Cranenbroek, Esther van Rijssen, Irma Joosten, Luuk B Hilbrands
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2442873?pdf=render