Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Increases HLA-G+/FoxP3+ T-Regulatory Cell Population in an In Vitro Model of PBMC

Gaetano La Manna; Giulia Ghinatti; Pier Luigi Tazzari; Francesco Alviano; Francesca Ricci; Irene Capelli; Vania Cuna; Paola Todeschini; Eugenio Brunocilla; Pasqualepaolo Pagliaro; Laura Bonsi; Sergio Stefoni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089497

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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Increases HLA-G⁺/FoxP3⁺ T-Regulatory Cell Population in an In Vitro Model of PBMC

Gaetano La Manna ,

* E-mail: gaetano.lamanna@unibo.it

Affiliation Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Giulia Ghinatti,

Affiliation Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Studies of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Pier Luigi Tazzari,

Affiliation Service of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Francesco Alviano,

Affiliation Section of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Francesca Ricci,

Affiliation Service of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Irene Capelli,

Affiliation Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Vania Cuna,

Affiliation Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Paola Todeschini,

Affiliation Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Eugenio Brunocilla,

Affiliation Urology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Pasqualepaolo Pagliaro,

Affiliation Service of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Laura Bonsi,

Affiliation Section of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Sergio Stefoni

Affiliation Dialysis, Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, St. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Increases HLA-G⁺/FoxP3⁺ T-Regulatory Cell Population in an In Vitro Model of PBMC

Gaetano La Manna,
Giulia Ghinatti,
Pier Luigi Tazzari,
Francesco Alviano,
Francesca Ricci,
Irene Capelli,
Vania Cuna,
Paola Todeschini,
Eugenio Brunocilla,
Pasqualepaolo Pagliaro

Published: February 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089497

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