Retrospective tests of B-cold lymphocytotoxins and transplant survival at a single center.

  • 1 March 1979
    • journal article
    • Vol. 11  (1) , 941-3
Abstract
Sera from 203 recipients prior to transplantation were examined against a panel of 30 T and B lymphocytes at 5 degrees C and 37 degrees C. Those patients classified as having B-cold cytotoxins only had higher 1-year transplant survival rates from cadaver donors (82%) than patients with no antibodies (58%) or patients with antibodies reactive to T and B lymphocytes in the warm (37%). These results based on transplants from a single center confirm earlier studies derived from patients in 27 centers.