A new, vital player in graft-versus-host disease and organ transplant rejection

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A long noncoding RNA whose function was previously unknown turns out to play a vital role in mobilizing the immune response following a bone marrow transplant or solid organ transplantation.The research, which included samples from more than 50 patients who underwent a bone marrow or heart transplant, suggests inhibiting the RNA therapeutically might improve outcomes for transplant recipients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news