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ArticleBurns & trauma2014

Chronic allograft rejection: A significant hurdle to transplant success.

Malgorzata Kloc, Rafik M Ghobrial

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Article in Burns & trauma, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Blood vessels as primary site of rejection in murine lung transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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  7. Macrophage Actin Cytoskeleton in Chronic Rejection.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026
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  18. M1/M2 macrophages and their overlaps - myth or reality?Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Malgorzata KlocDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA ; Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX USA.
Rafik M GhobrialDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA ; Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The state-of-the-art immunosuppression drugs do not ensure indefinite transplant survival, and most transplants are continuously lost to chronic rejection even years posttransplantation. This form of rejection is responsible for long-term failure of transplanted organs. The mechanisms involved in development of chronic rejection are not well-understood. One of the main features of chronic rejection is progressive luminal narrowing of graft vessels, which results in compromised blood flow, ischemia, cell death, and finally graft failure. All the existing immunosuppressive regimens are targeting acute rejection, and at present there is no available therapy for prevention of chronic rejection. Chronic rejection involves two major, but interrelated responses: The first is the host immune response against the transplant mediated primarily by alloreactive T and B cells, and the second is injury and repair of the graft (vasculopathy of graft vessels). Here we focus on recent advances in understanding the cellular and molecular aspects of chronic transplant vasculopathy and function of macrophages, topics pivotal for development of novel antichronic rejection therapies.

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Chronic rejectionconsists of smooth muscle cellsmacrophageneointimavasculopathy

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PMID27574640
PMCPMC4994504

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