Regulatory T-cell Number in Peripheral Blood at 1 Year Posttransplant as Predictor of Long-term Kidney Graft Survival

Background. Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a role in limiting kidney transplant rejection and can potentially promote long-term transplant tolerance. There are no large prospective studies demonstrating the utility of peripheral blood Treg cells as biomarkers for long-term graft outcome in kidney tr...

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Main Authors: David San Segundo, PhD, Luis H. Galván-Espinoza, MD, Emilio Rodrigo, MD, PhD, Juan Irure, BSc, Juan C. Ruiz, MD, PhD, Gema Fernández-Fresnedo, MD, PhD, Laura Riesco, BSc, Jairo Bada, MD, Lara Belmar, MD, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-03-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000871