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Progressive Fibrosis Is Driven by Genetic Predisposition, Allo-immunity, and Inflammation in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
EBioMedicine - 1 Jul 2016
Varma S, Ambroise J, Komuta M, Latinne D, Baldin P, Reding R, Smets F, Stephenne X, Sokal E M
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AIM: To determine predisposing factors of idiopathic allograft fibrosis among pediatric liver transplant recipients. BACKGROUND: Protocol biopsies (PB) from stable liver transplant (LT) recipient children frequently exhibit idiopathic fibrosis. The relation between allograft inflammation, humoral immune response and fibrosis is uncertain. Also the role of HLA-DRB1 genotype has not been evaluated, though it's...
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