Publications by authors named "Michelle Harfield"
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- A study conducted in Brisbane, Australia analyzed the effects of aspirin duration on thrombotic complications in 1208 kidney transplant recipients, comparing those who received aspirin for 5 days versus more than 6 weeks post-surgery.
- The findings showed that extended aspirin use did not significantly lower the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE), with 1.3% of participants experiencing VTE regardless of aspirin duration.
- Factors like older age, smoking, younger donor age, and the use of thymoglobulin were found to be independent risk factors for VTE, suggesting the need for further research on these associations.
Human natural killer (NK) cells are key functional players in kidney transplant rejection. However, the respective contributions of the two functionally distinct human NK cell subsets (CD56 cytokine-producing vs. CD56 cytotoxic effector) in episodes of allograft rejection remain uncertain, with current immunohistochemical methods unable to differentiate these discrete populations.
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