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SUBMITTER: Joffre O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2443705 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joffre Olivier O Santolaria Thibault T Calise Denis D Al Saati Talal T Hudrisier Denis D Romagnoli Paola P van Meerwijk Joost P M JP
Nature medicine 20071209 1
A major challenge in transplantation medicine is controlling the very strong immune responses to foreign antigens that are responsible for graft rejection. Although immunosuppressive drugs efficiently inhibit acute graft rejection, a substantial proportion of patients suffer chronic rejection that ultimately leads to functional loss of the graft. Induction of immunological tolerance to transplants would avoid rejection and the need for lifelong treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Tolerance t ...[more]