Lung Transplant Patients Show a Dissimilar Peripheral B-Cell Subset Ratio Compared With Healthy Controls.

CONCLUSIONS: Peripheral B-cell count and subset distribution were altered in lung transplant recipients with and without bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome compared with healthy controls. Transitional and naïve B-cell decreases may be caused by differentiation toward double-negative B-cells, which were increased. The correlation between forced expiratory volume and naïve B cells during follow-up care may be clinically interesting to investigate. PMID: 32279657 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research