Torque teno viral load reflects immunosuppression in paediatric kidney-transplanted patients-a pilot study.

Phoebe UhlAndreas HeilosGregor BondElias MeyerMichael BöhmElisabeth Puchhammer-StöcklKlaus ArbeiterThomas Müller-SachererDagmar CsaicsichChristoph AufrichtKrisztina Rusai

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2020)

TTV levels show an association/correlation with the strength of IS. Further studies are needed in order to evaluate TTV measurement as a tool for IS monitoring for hard clinical outcomes such as presence of donor-specific antibodies, rejections or infections-common consequences of insufficient or too intense IS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
intensive care unit
emergency department
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
patient reported