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Infections and the Stability of Transplantation Tolerance

US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant open #nih-5P01AI097113-13

Summary

Overall Summary Transplantation tolerance, a state of hyporesponsiveness to donor antigens after cessation of therapy, is an attractive approach for achieving life-long graft acceptance without global immunosuppression. Tolerance is rare in the clinic, and even when attained can be lost over time, sometimes after infections. Understanding the barriers to the induction of transplant tolerance in the clinic, and the vulnerabilities to durable tolerance, is essential to achieving the goal of one transplant for life. One barrier to the induction of transplant tolerance in the clinic is T cell memo

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