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LITERATURE Watch: Implications for transplantation
Author(s) -
ALEGRE MARIALUISA,
BROMBERG JONATHAN S.,
Bromberg Jonathan S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04217.x
Subject(s) - medicine , repertoire , transplantation , inflammation , receptor , immunology , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , acoustics
Several new reports further the understanding of the role of commensal microbes in reducing and shaping the T cell receptor repertoire of intestinal induced regulatory T cells, which in turn prevent inflammation at environmental interfaces, providing knowledge that may relate to the optimal care of transplant patients.