Medical News Article on Kidney Transplants

Data from S.W. Reinhold et al Provide New Insights into Kidney Transplants

2012 APR 3 -- "We tested the hypothesis that increased urinary cytokine concentrations may indicate an acute kidney transplant rejection. Eight patients with an early rejection in their protocol biopsy about 14 days after transplantation (group A), 9 patients with a biopsy proven rejection 2-3 months after transplantation (group B) and 18 patients without acute rejection in their protocol biopsies both at 14 days and 3 months (group C, represents the control group) were chosen for this study," investigators in Mannheim, Germany report.

"At the time of biopsy, the mean urinary concentration of interleukin 6 (IL6), soluble IL6 receptor (sIL6R), tumor necrosis...

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