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Post-transplantation malignancy: a cell autonomous mechanism with implications for therapy.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - 1 Jan 2009
Suthanthiran Manikkam, Hojo Minoru, Maluccio Mary, Boffa Daniel J, Luan Fu L
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Malignancy is a dreaded complication following organ transplantation. Immunosuppressive therapy-induced impairment of the host immune system is the prevailing hypothesis for the high incidence and aggressive progression of post-transplant neoplasm. We summarize our observations supporting an autonomous cellular mechanism for cyclosporine and tacrolimus associated metastases. Cyclosporine conferred tumor...
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