Implications of perioperative allogeneic red blood cell transfusion on the immune-inflammatory response

Background: The allogeneic transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) may be responsible for an increase in survival of renal transplants but in contrast it could increase the rate of bacterial infections or the recurrence rate of tumors post-operatively. Objective: This review focuses in the impli...

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Main Authors: José Eduardo Aguilar-Nascimento, José Pedro Zampieri-Filho, José O. Bordin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137920300535