Acute Rejection and the Muscularis Propria After Intestinal Transplantation: The Alloresponse, Inflammation, and Smooth Muscle Function

Abstract

The data shows that transplantation results in an early and temporary inflammatory response within the intestinal graft muscularis, that is reactivated and intensified during acute allograft rejection. The immunoreaction within the intestinal muscularis leads to intestinal allograft smooth muscle dysfunction.