Association between donor and recipient Interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms and the risk of infection after liver transplantation.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that the IL-18 rs1946518 SNP in the donor liver is a risk factor for developing bacterial infection after liver transplantation.
PMID: 29061223 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinical and Investigative Medicine - October 19, 2017 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Shi BJ, Yu XY, Li H, Xing TH, Fan JW, Wang PW, Peng ZH, Zhong L Tags: Clin Invest Med Source Type: research