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Study points to 1 cause of higher rates of transplanted kidney rejection in blacks.
Publication: Blood Weekly Publication Date: 02-OCT-08 |
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A Johns Hopkins research team reports it may have an explanation for at least some of the higher organ rejection rates seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients (see also Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions).
In a study of 50 healthy adult men, 25 black and 25 white, significantly different amounts of certain immune system cells were found between the races.
These cells, known as human leukocyte antigen-specific, or HLA-specific B cells, when "sensitized" produce...
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