CD52-Negative NK Cells Are Abundant in the Liver and Less Susceptible to Alemtuzumab Treatment.

BACKGROUND:T-cell depleting strategies have become an integral part of immunosuppressive regimens in organ transplantation. Alemtuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD52, a cell-surface antigen on several immune cells. It has been suggested that lymphocyte depletion increases the risk...

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Main Authors: Ryuichi Hotta, Masahiro Ohira, Toshiharu Matsuura, Izumi Muraoka, Panagiotis Tryphonopoulos, Ji Fan, Akin Tekin, Gennaro Selvaggi, David Levi, Phillip Ruiz, Camillo Ricordi, Rodrigo Vianna, Hideki Ohdan, Herman Waldmann, Andreas G Tzakis, Seigo Nishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4999148?pdf=render