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22 December 2020: Original Paper

Circulating NKG2A–NKG2D+ CD56dimCD16+ Natural Killer (NK) Cells as Mediators of Functional Immunosurveillance in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Li Zhu 12ABCDEF , Hristos Karakizlis 3B , Rolf Weimer 3B , Christian Morath 4B , Naruemol Ekpoom 2B , Eman H. Ibrahim 2BE , Gerhard Opelz 2ADEF , Volker Daniel 2ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.925162

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e925162

Table 1 Demographic data of patients the late post-transplant period.

Late post-Tx (n=35)
52 (29–69)
1168 (95–3786)
 Female14 (40%)
 Male21 (60%)
 Living24 (69%)
 Deceased11 (31%)
 First33 (94%)
 Second2 (6%)
24 (69%)
 >3 hours9 (31%)
2 (6%)
 35–50 ml/min8 (23%)
 >50 ml/min25 (71%)
31 (89%)
 >2 mg/dl4 (11%)
12 (34%)
15 (43%)
17 (49%)
 Chronic glomerulonephritis3 (9%)
 Diabetes3 (9%)
 Hypertension/ischemic2 (6%)
 Nephrosclerosis2 (6%)
 Polycystic9 (26%)
 IgA nephropathy6 (17%)
 Others10 (29%)
 Ciclosporine+steroids+MMF7 (20%)
 Tacrolimus+steroids+MMF10 (29%)
 Tacrolimus+MMF14 (40%)
 Steroids+MMF+everolimus2 (6%)
 Tacrolimus+MMF+everolimus1 (3%)
 Tacrolimus+steroids+MMF+ everolimus1 (3%)
Late post-Tx – recipients late post-transplant; GFR – glomerular filtration rate; MMF – mycophenolate mofetil.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
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