Protection From Varicella Zoster in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Carrying Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor B Haplotypes

Schmied, Laurent; Terszowski, Grzegorz; Gonzalez, Asensio; Schmitter, Karin; Hirsch, Hans H; Garzoni, Christian; Van Delden, Christian; Boggian, Katia; Mueller, Nicolas J; Berger, Christoph; Villard, Jean; Manuel, Oriol; Meylan, Pascal; Hess, Christoph; Stern, Martin

doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000778

Scientific article

English

Protection From Varicella Zoster in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Carrying Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor B Haplotypes

ContributorsSchmied, Laurent; Terszowski, Grzegorz; Gonzalez, Asensio; Schmitter, Karin; Hirsch, Hans H; Garzoni, Christian; Van Delden, Christian; Boggian, Katia; Mueller, Nicolas J; Berger, Christoph; Villard, Jean; Manuel, Oriol; Meylan, Pascal; Hess, Christoph; Stern, Martin

Published inTransplantation, vol. 99, no. 12, p. 2651-2655

Publication date2015

Abstract

Natural killer cell function is regulated by inhibitory and activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Previous studies have documented associations of KIR genotype with the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) replication after solid organ transplantation.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Chickenpox/prevention & control/virology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Graft Rejection/immunology/prevention & control
Haplotypes
Herpesvirus 3, Human/genetics
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Receptors, KIR/genetics
Retrospective Studies
Transplant Recipients
Virus Replication/genetics
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Transplantation immunologie et osteoimmunologie (561)

Citation (ISO format)

SCHMIED, Laurent et al. Protection From Varicella Zoster in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Carrying Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor B Haplotypes. In: Transplantation, 2015, vol. 99, n° 12, p. 2651–2655. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000778

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:89761
DOI : 10.1097/TP.0000000000000778
PMID : 26050016

Journal ISSN0041-1337

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Protection From Varicella Zoster in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Carrying Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor B Haplotypes

Natural killer cell function is regulated by inhibitory and activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Previous studies have documented associations of KIR genotype with the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) replication after solid organ transplantation.

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