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 |
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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 |