Impaired circulating dendritic cell reconstitution identifies rejecting recipients after clinical heart transplantation independent of rejection therapy☆ | Zendy

Petros Athanassopoulos | Zendy; Leonard M.B. Vaessen | Zendy; Aggie H.M.M. Balk | Zendy; Johanna J.M. Takkenberg | Zendy; Alex P.W.M. Maat | Zendy; Willem Weimar | Zendy; Ad J.J.C. Bogers | Zendy

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Impaired circulating dendritic cell reconstitution identifies rejecting recipients after clinical heart transplantation independent of rejection therapy☆

Author(s) -

Petros Athanassopoulos,

Leonard M.B. Vaessen,

Aggie H.M.M. Balk,

Johanna J.M. Takkenberg,

Alex P.W.M. Maat,

Willem Weimar,

Ad J.J.C. Bogers

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.12.032

Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , incidence (geometry) , heart transplantation , transplantation , myeloid , biopsy , gastroenterology , immunology , physics , optics

Dendritic cell (DC) mediated allo-antigen presentation to host antigen specific T-lymphocytes initiates acute allograft rejection. We investigated peripheral blood DC (PBDC) incidence and DC subset reconstitution in relation to histological diagnosis of acute cellular rejection (AR) and administration of rejection therapy after clinical heart transplantation (post-HTx).

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