Can the immunosuppressive [correction of immunosupressive] effect of perioperative single high-dose antithymocyte globulin administration in kidney allograft recipients be due to apoptosis of activated lymphocytes?

Transplant Proc. 2002 Aug;34(5):1622-4. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03047-6.

Authors

W Rowiński¹, G Korczak-Kowalska, R Samsel, M Zderska, A Chmura, Z Włodarczyk, J Pliszczynski, J Wyzgał, T Cieciura, B Łagiewska, J Wałaszewski, L Paczek, M Lao, A Górski

Affiliation

¹ General and Transplanataion Surgery, Transplantation Institute, the Medical University of Warsaw, U1 Nowogrodzka 59, 02-006 Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 12176510
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03047-6

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Apoptosis*
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Intraoperative Period
Kidney Transplantation / immunology*
Lymphocyte Activation*
Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunosuppressive Agents