Open AccessAssessment of Immunologic Status of Liver Transplant Recipients by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Response to Stimulation by Donor Alloantigen
Author(s) -
Yongliang Chen,
Gregory J. McKenna,
Eric M. Yoshida,
Andrej K. Buczkowski,
Charles H. Scudamore,
Siegfried R. Erb,
Urs P. Steinbrecher,
Stephen W. Chung
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199908000-00015
Subject(s) - peripheral blood mononuclear cell , medicine , cytokine , immunology , stimulation , tumor necrosis factor alpha , antigen , transplantation , in vitro , biology , biochemistry
To determine whether there is a role for assessing peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytokine patterns as a means of measuring the immunologic and clinical status of liver transplant recipients.