Key result
Serum cytokine levels showed no systematic or significant relationship with histological rejection or infection in cardiac transplant recipients.
Why the study?
Do serum cytokine levels correlate with histological rejection or infection in heart transplant recipients?
Population
28 consecutive heart transplant recipients
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 357 days (range 2 to 566 days)
Authors
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Serum cytokines lack utility as biomarkers for rejection or infection; leaves open the search for reliable noninvasive monitoring in heart transplant recipients.
Cohort (n=28)
Do serum cytokine levels correlate with histological rejection or infection in heart transplant recipients?
Serum cytokine levels do not systematically correlate with histological rejection or infection in heart transplant recipients, limiting their utility as biomarkers for these complications.
Grant et al. (1996) conducted a cohort in Cardiac transplant recipients (n=28). Serum cytokine levels was evaluated on Histological rejection or infection. Serum cytokine levels showed no systematic or significant relationship with histological rejection or infection in cardiac transplant recipients.
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