Article
Phenotypic and functional characteristics of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes during acute rejection of small intestinal allografts.
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Jan 1998
Cicalese L, Nüssler N C, Hoffman R A, Neuhaus P, Schraut W H
Abstract excerpt
Infiltration of a transplanted organ by host lymphoid cells is the hallmark of acute rejection. However, after intestinal transplantation, physiological lymphocyte migration may lead to host cell infiltration of the graft even in the absence of rejection. It is unclear whether this lymphocyte migration also involves the intraepithelial compartment of the graft or whether infiltration there is indicative of acute...
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