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SUBMITTER: Arasaratnam RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6117219 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arasaratnam R J RJ Tzannou I I Gray T T Aguayo-Hiraldo P I PI Kuvalekar M M Naik S S Gaikwad A A Liu H H Miloh T T Vera J F JF Himes R W RW Munoz F M FM Leen A M AM
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20180710 9
Immunosuppression following solid organ transplantation (SOT) has a deleterious effect on cellular immunity leading to frequent and prolonged viral infections. To better understand the relationship between posttransplant immunosuppression and circulating virus-specific T cells, we prospectively monitored the frequency and function of T cells directed to a range of latent (CMV, EBV, HHV6, BK) and lytic (AdV) viruses in 16 children undergoing liver transplantation for up to 1 year posttransplant. ...[more]