Tumour necrosis factor receptor type II 196M/R genotype correlates with circulating soluble receptor levels in normal subjects and with graft-versus-host disease after sibling allogeneic bone marrow transplantation1

G Stark, Anne M. Dickinson, Graham Jackson, Penelope R. A. Taylor, Stephen J. Proctor, Peter G. Middleton

Transplantation · 2003 · 62 citations · 27 references

Abstract

Because sTNFRIIs can act as TNF antagonists, the association between recipient and donor TNFRII 196R allele status and acute or extensive chronic GVHD incidence, respectively, may reflect reduced circulating sTNFRII.

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