Chemokine Receptors in the Pathogenesis of Lung Allograft Rejection

Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in the Pathogenesis of Lung Allograft Rejection 

JOHN A. BELPERIO, MICHAEL P. KEANE, DAVID J. ROSS, and ROBERT M. STRIETER 

James Hardy performed the first lung transplantation at the University of Mississippi in 1963. The immunosuppressive regimen at the time was azathio-prine, steroids, and thymic radiation. Unfortunately, the lung transplant recipient died 18 days later secondary to renal failure however, the lung allograft had not 

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