DECREASED DONOR-SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC T CELL PRECURSOR FREQUENCIES ONE YEAR AFTER CLINICAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION DO NOT REFLECT TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE: A COMPARISON OF LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME1

Abstract

We conclude that donor-specific CTLp frequencies decrease after lung transplantation, but that this does not result in transplantation tolerance protecting the lung against the development of chronic graft dysfunction.