Murine cytomegalovirus dissemination but not reactivation in donor-positive/recipient-negative allogeneic kidney transplantation can be effectively prevented by transplant immune tolerance.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation from latently-infected donor organs post-transplantation and its dissemination cause significant comorbidities in transplant recipients. Transplant-induced inflammation combined with chronic immunosuppression has been thought to provoke CMV reactivation and dissemination, although sequential events in this process have not been studied. Here, we investigated this process in a high-risk donor CMV-positive to recipient CMV-negative allogeneic murine kidney transplantation model.
Source: Kidney International - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Basic Research Source Type: research