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Lung Transplant Patients Show a Dissimilar Peripheral B-Cell Subset Ratio Compared With Healthy Controls.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Apr 2020
Schreurs Inge, Meek Bob, Hijdra Daniëlle, Rodriguez Gomez Maria, van Moorsel Coline H M, Luijk H D, Kwakkel-van Erp Johanna M, Oudijk Erik-Jan, van Kessel Diana A, Grutters Jan C
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OBJECTIVES: Lung transplant is a last treatment option for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which generally manifests as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, is a major long-term survival limitation. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is diagnosed when forced expiratory volume in 1 second declines > 20% in the absence of known causes. B cells can either contribute or...
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