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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

The Cytomegalovirus-Specific IL-21 ELISpot Correlates with Allograft Function of Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Monika Lindemann, Johannes Korth, Ming Sun, Shilei Xu, Christoph Struve, Kai Werner, Theresa Dornieden, Peter A Horn, Oliver Witzke, Benjamin Wilde

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monika LindemannInstitute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital, Virchowstraße 179, 45147 Essen, Germany. monika.lindemann@uk-essen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6708-4390
Johannes KorthDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. johannes.korth@uk-essen.de.
Ming SunDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. bluesilenter@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6416-312X
Shilei XuDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. xslzssy@163.com.
Christoph StruveDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. christoph.struve@uk-essen.de.
Kai WernerDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. KaiWerner1987@web.de.
Theresa DorniedenInstitute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital, Virchowstraße 179, 45147 Essen, Germany. theresa.dornieden@outlook.de.
Peter A HornInstitute for Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital, Virchowstraße 179, 45147 Essen, Germany. peter.horn@uk-essen.de.
Oliver WitzkeDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. oliver.witzke@uk-essen.de.
Benjamin WildeDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany. benjamin.wilde@uk-essen.de.
Essen University Hospital · DE

Funding

Dr. Werner Jackstädt-Stiftung Grant to Benjamin WildeUniversity of Duisburg-Essen Open Access Publication Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In kidney transplant recipients, the cytomegalovirus (CMV) is frequently causing infection/reactivation and can trigger allograft rejection. To assess the risk of reactivation, the cellular immune response against CMV is increasingly assessed by cellular in vitro methods, such as the interferon (IFN)-γ ELISpot. In the current study we compared the IFN-γ ELISpot with our newly established CMV-specific ELISpot assays determining IL-17A, IL-21, IL-22, granzyme B, and perforin and correlated the results with flow cytometric data and clinical parameters. In 77 kidney transplant recipients, the highest frequency was observed for CMV pp65-specific cells secreting IFN-γ, followed by cells secreting IL-21 (62.9 and 23.2 Δ spot forming cells/10⁵ cells). We observed a positive correlation between the percentage of CMV-specific CD3+ CD4+ CD154+ cells and results of the CMV-specific IL-21 ELISpot (

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Kidney TransplantationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCell CountCytomegalovirusEnzyme-Linked Immunospot AssayFemaleFlow CytometryHumansInterleukin-21InterleukinsMaleMiddle AgedSpecies SpecificityTransplantation, HomologousInterleukin-21InterleukinsELISpothuman cytomegalovirusinterferon-γinterleukin-17Ainterleukin-21kidney functionreactivationsex-related difference

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PMID30544783
PMCPMC6320857
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