Authors
JM Kwakkel-van Erp, EA van de Graaf, AAM Paantjens, WGJ van Ginkel, GD Nossent, DA van Kessel, JMM van den Bosch, HG Otten
Publication date
2008/2/1
Journal
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
S249
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Purpose
The Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) limits long term survival after lung transplantation and is associated with viral infections. Natural Killer (NK) cells play an important role in the defense against viral infections and their activation is largely controlled by activating and inhibitory Killer Immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs). The aim of our study was to determine if the patients’ KIRs influence the development of BOS and CMV infection after lung transplantation.
Scholar articles
JM Kwakkel-van Erp, EA van de Graaf, AAM Paantjens… - The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2008