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Mast cell phenotypes in the allograft after lung transplantation.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Jul 2016
Banga Amit, Han Yingchun, Wang Xiaofeng, Hsieh Fred H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The burden of mast cell (MC) infiltration and their phenotypes, MC-tryptase (MCT ) and MC-tryptase/chymase (MCTC ), after lung transplantation (LT) has not been evaluated in human studies. METHODS: We reviewed 20 transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimen from patients with early normal allograft (<6 months post-LT, n=5), late normal allograft (>6 months, n=5), A2 or worse acute cellular rejection...
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