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Kinetics of Torque Teno Virus-DNA Plasma Load Predict Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients

DOI

61

Citations

19

References

2018

Year

Björn C. Frye, Sibylle Bierbaum, Valeria Falcone, Thomas Köhler, Markus Gasplmayr, I Hettich, Thorsten Dürk, Marco Idzko, Gernot Zissel, Hartmut Hengel,
Transplantation

Abstract

In summary, TTV-DNA might be used as an additional tool to monitor immunosuppression in lung transplant recipients. Higher TTV-DNA levels reflect more intense immunosuppression, whereas the TTV-DNA kinetic (ie, decrease of TTV-DNA levels) indicate rejection.

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