Immunologic benefit of maternal donors in pediatric living donor liver transplantation
Kim M, Akbari O, Genyk Y, Kohli R, Emamaullee J. Immunologic benefit of maternal donors in pediatric living donor liver transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation 2019, 23: e13560. PMID: 31402535, DOI: 10.1111/petr.13560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLDLT recipientsPediatric LDLT recipientsPediatric LDLTImmune tolerancePost-transplantPrimary diagnosis of biliary atresiaImpact of graft typeMechanisms of immune toleranceDiagnosis of biliary atresiaOperational toleranceImprove outcomesLong-term follow-upPediatric LDLT patientsWithdrawal of immunosuppressionRegulatory T cellsImproving allograft survivalTime post-transplantDonor liver transplantationDeceased donor recipientsMaternal-fetal microchimerismRate of rejectionLDLT patientsAllograft survivalBiliary atresiaPatient survival