Clinical significance of CD161+CD4+ T cells in the development of chronic antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigated whether CD161+CD4+ T cells can reflect the Th17 pathway in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and investigated the clinical significance of this cell type in chronic antibody-mediated rejection (cAMR) in KT. First, we investigated the relationship between CD161+CD4+ T and Th17 cells by flow cytometry and microarray analysis in an in vitro study. Second, we compared the proportion of T cell subsets including CD161+CD4+ T cells in cAMR (n = 18), long-term graft survival (LTGS) (n = 46), and interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IF/TA) (n = 22). We compared CD161+ cell infiltration between cAMR and IF/TA and also examined the effect of CD161+ T cells on human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (HRPTEpiC). In flow cytometry, the proportion of CD161+CD4+ T

SUBMITTER: Kim KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6047803 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature