Prevention of rejection after transplantation by donor-specific suppression immunity with donor exosomes (protocol id: DOBEX)
- Conditions
- liver graftsrejection10019654
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
The experimental group of patients that undergo liver transplantation in Erasmus MC
Exclusion Criteria
Liver transplant recipients who recieve a donor liver of which we do not obtain donor spleen tissue
Liver transplant recipients with a low white blood cell count (<4x10E6 cells/ml) at 1 week after transplantation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>induction of apoptosis in donor-specific T-cells that response directly to<br /><br>allo-antigen, and induction of anergy (= unresponsiveness to antigenic<br /><br>stimulation) in donor specific T-cells that respond to indirectly presented<br /><br>allo-antigens.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>n.a.</p><br>