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22 December 2020 : Original article  

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

Li Zhu12ABCDEF, Hristos Karakizlis3B, Rolf Weimer3B, Christian Morath4B, Naruemol Ekpoom2B, Eman H. Ibrahim2BE, Gerhard Opelz2ADEF, Volker Daniel2ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.925162

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e925162

Table 3 Proportion of NKG2A/D-expressing NK cells in the blood of 35 kidney transplant recipients with good long-term graft function.

NK cell phenotype% of CD56+ NK cells mean±SD
NKG2A–NKG2D+CD56+33±12
NKG2A+NKG2D–CD56+12±7.5
NKG2A+NKG2D+CD56+43±12
NKG2D+CD56+76±13
NKG2A+CD56+55±13
NKG2D+CD56dimCD16+64±16
NKG2A+CD56dimCD16+42±9.9
NKG2D+CD56briCD16−12±10
NKG2A+CD56briCD16−13±11

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358