Abstract:The underlying causes of chronic rejection (CR) after liver transplantation (LT) are not completely known. The main aim of this study was to explore the involvement of the minor histocompatibility antigen glutathione S‐transferase T1 (GSTT1) in CR. We retrospectively studied 611 patients who underwent LTs at University Hospital Virgen del Rocío between 2003 and 2016 with a median follow‐up of 7.4 ± 4.2 years. The GSTT1 genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction. We defined GSTT1 mismatch as a specifi… Show more
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