Cellular and molecular immune profiles in renal transplant recipients after conversion from tacrolimus to sirolimus.

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Published in Kidney Int on October 29, 2014

Authors

Lorenzo Gallon1, Opas Traitanon2, Nedjema Sustento-Reodica3, Joseph Leventhal4, M Javeed Ansari1, Ricardo C Gehrau5, Venkatesh Ariyamuthu6, Sacha A De Serres7, Antonio Alvarado1, Darshika Chhabra8, James M Mathew4, Nader Najafian7, Valeria Mas5

Author Affiliations

1: 1] Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA [2] Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2: 1] Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA [2] Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.
3: Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
4: Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
5: University of Virginia, Department of Surgery, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
6: Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
7: 1] Transplantation Research Center, Division of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA [2] Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland, Florida, USA.
8: Advocate Christ Medical Center, Kidney Transplant, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Randomized Conversion of Calcineurin-Inhibitors in Renal Allograft Recipients | NCT00866879

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