Impact of Desensitization on Antiviral Immunity in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients

Figure 6

Involvement of anti-CMV IgG in positive reactivity of CMV-Th and CMV-NK cells. Upper (a–h): a typical result of the CMV-Th and CMV-NK assay performed with or without IdeS, IgG-degrading enzyme. Lower (i–l): the summary of 5 sets of experiment results using 5 different normal individuals. Each line with each symbol describes the result from one normal individual. B: blood; Lys: CMV lysate. , = 0.05–0.1, and NS: not significant () as assessed by paired -test.