The Synthesis by Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cultures of IL-7, IL-16 and IL-18 Is Significantly Associated with Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplants

Abstract

IL-18 may play the activation role that has been attributed to IL-12 which previously, we did not find to correlate significantly with acute rejection in KTX. IL-16 seems to play an activation role rather than an inhibition of anti-graft reaction. We confirm that RANTES is not significantly associated with acute rejection in KTX.