Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2969906 The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2014 26 Pages PDF
Abstract
In children, including HTx patients, CD21-expressing B-cells show a trend to increase with age, corresponding with improved responsiveness to polysaccharide antigens. This does not differ in patients with ABOi grafts developing tolerance to donor ABO antigens. C3d levels are not age-dependent, but reduced C3d levels after ABOi HTx suggest altered complement metabolism contributing to ABO tolerance.
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C3d plasma levels and CD21 expressing B-cells in children after ABO-incompatible heart transplantation: Alterations associated with blood group tolerance
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