Immune system to uremia.
Pneumonia [4,9] and septicemia are still the principle causes of the high mortality in acute renal failure. Moreover, according to the EDTA report, 19% of chronic intermittent dialysis patients die from infection [17]. The resulting conclusion, that cellular and humoral immune responses are suppressed in renal insufficiency, is further supported by experimental evidence.
D000818:Animals; D003176:Complement C3; D004285:Dogs; D006087:Graft vs Host Reaction; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008214:Lymphocytes; D014511:Uremia / Q000276:immunology*
D003176:Complement C3; D007136:Immunoglobulins