Biomarker evaluation of face transplant rejection: association of donor T cells with target cell injury
Lian C, Bueno E, Granter S, Laga A, Saavedra A, Lin W, Susa J, Zhan Q, Chandraker A, Tullius S, Pomahac B, Murphy G. Biomarker evaluation of face transplant rejection: association of donor T cells with target cell injury. Modern Pathology 2014, 27: 788-799. PMID: 24434898, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2013.249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget cell injurySkin allograft rejectionDonor T cellsRecipient T cellsT cellsCell injuryAllograft rejectionMemory T cell subsetsAssessment of rejectionFacial transplantT cell subsetsPotential translational significanceImmune cell interactionsRejection episodesClinicopathological assessmentFollicular infundibulumHistologic evidenceSerial biopsiesTransplant rejectionEpidermal targetsDonor originImmune cellsSequential biopsiesDermal microvesselsTranslational significance