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Abstract
Transplant patients are at particular risk for developing post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) following administration of immunosuppressive therapy. In many cases the PTLD lesions express Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent and lytic genes as well as elevated levels of host cytokines. An outline of the potential contributions of EBV, host cytokines and T cells, and the immunosuppressive cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, and anti-CD3 antibody in the mechanism and pathogenesis of this disease is presented and discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11395971 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2001.003002060.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transpl Infect Dis ISSN: 1398-2273 Impact factor: 2.228