Mechanistic analyses in kidney transplant recipients prospectively randomized to two steroid free regimen—Low dose Tacrolimus with Everolimus versus standard dose Tacrolimus with Mycophenolate Mofetil

• Opas Traitanon,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand

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• James M. Mathew ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: L-gallon@northwestern.edu (LG); James-mathew@northwestern.edu (JMM)

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-750X

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• Aneesha Shetty,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Sai Vineela Bontha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Methodist University Transplant Institute; University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Memphis, TN, United States of America

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• Daniel G. Maluf,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Methodist University Transplant Institute; University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Memphis, TN, United States of America

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• Yvonne El Kassis,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Sook H. Park,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Jing Han,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• M. Javeed Ansari,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Joseph R. Leventhal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Valeria Mas,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Methodist University Transplant Institute; University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Memphis, TN, United States of America

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• Lorenzo Gallon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: L-gallon@northwestern.edu (LG); James-mathew@northwestern.edu (JMM)

  Affiliations Department of Medicine-Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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