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Immune responses against islet allografts during tapering of immunosuppression – A pilot study in 5 subjects
AbstractTransplantation of isolated islet of Langerhans cells has great potential as a cure for type 1 diabetes but continuous immune suppressive therapy often causes considerable side effects. Tapering of immunosuppression in successfully transplanted patients would lower patients’ health risk.To identify immune biomarkers that may prove informative in monitoring tapering, we studied the effect of tapering on islet auto‐ and alloimmune reactivity in a pilot study in five transplant recipients in vitro. Cytokine responses to the graft were measured using Luminex technology. Avidity of alloreactive cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL) was determined by CD8 blockade. The influence of immunosuppression was mimicked by in vitro replenishment of tacrolimus and MPA, the active metabolite of mycophe...