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SUBMITTER: DerHovanessian A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4946573 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DerHovanessian A A Weigt S S SS Palchevskiy V V Shino M Y MY Sayah D M DM Gregson A L AL Noble P W PW Palmer S M SM Fishbein M C MC Kubak B M BM Ardehali A A Ross D J DJ Saggar R R Lynch J P JP Elashoff R M RM Belperio J A JA
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20151013 2
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a possible risk factor for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) following lung transplantation; however, the mechanism for any such association is poorly understood. Based on the association of TGF-β with acute and chronic inflammatory disorders, we hypothesized that it might play a role in the continuum between PGD and BOS. Thus, the association between PGD and BOS was assessed in a single-center cohort of lung transplant recipients. Bronchoalveolar lavage ...[more]