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BALF cytokines in different phenotypes of chronic lung allograft dysfunction in lung transplant patients.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Mar 2017
Berastegui Cristina, Gómez-Ollés Susana, Sánchez-Vidaurre Sara, Culebras Mario, Monforte Victor, López-Meseguer Manuel, Bravo Carlos, Ramon Maria-Antonia, Romero Laura, Sole Joan, Cruz Maria-Jesus, Román Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The long-term success of lung transplantation (LT) is limited by chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Different phenotypes of CLAD have been described, such as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS). The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of cytokines and chemokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as markers of these CLAD phenotypes. BALF was...
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