About the Authors
- Dagmara McGuinness
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Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
- Johannes Leierer
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Affiliation Center of Operative Medicine, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Olivier Shapter
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Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
- Suhaib Mohammed
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Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
- Marc Gingell-Littlejohn
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Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
- David B. Kingsmore
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Affiliation NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Renal Transplant Unit, Ward 4c, South Glasgow University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, Scotland
- Ann-Margaret Little
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Affiliation NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Laboratory Medicine Building, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, G12 0XL, Scotland
- Julia Kerschbaum
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Affiliation Center of Operative Medicine, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Stefan Schneeberger
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Affiliation Center of Operative Medicine, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Manuel Maglione
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Affiliation Center of Operative Medicine, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Silvio Nadalin
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Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Transplantationszentrum, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Sylvia Wagner
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Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik für AllgemeineViszeral und Transplantationschirurgie, Chirurgische Studienzentale, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Alfred Königsrainer
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Affiliation Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine, Viszeralund Transplantationschirurgie, CRONA, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Emma Aitken
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Affiliation NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Renal Transplant Unit, Ward 4c, South Glasgow University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, Scotland
- Henry Whalen
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Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
- Marc Clancy
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Affiliation NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Renal Transplant Unit, Ward 4c, South Glasgow University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, Scotland
- Alex McConnachie
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Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
- Christian Koppelstaetter
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Affiliation Center of Operative Medicine, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Karen S. Stevenson
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Affiliation NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Renal Transplant Unit, Ward 4c, South Glasgow University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, Scotland
- Paul G. Shiels
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* E-mail: paul.shiels@glasgow.ac.uk
Affiliation University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PS. Performed the experiments: DM HW MGL CK JL JK SN AK SS SW MM. Analyzed the data: DM SM OS KS DK AM. Wrote the paper: PS DM KS DK OS. Clinical database and clinical input: KS DK MC MGL OS EA A-ML. Clinical database and input for validation cohort: CK JL JK SN AK SS SW MM. Statistical modelling: DM AM KS OS SM.