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Primary Graft Dysfunction

"Primary Graft Dysfunction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A form of ischemia-reperfusion injury occurring in the early period following transplantation. Significant pathophysiological changes in MITOCHONDRIA are the main cause of the dysfunction. It is most often seen in the transplanted lung, liver, or kidney and can lead to GRAFT REJECTION.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Primary Graft Dysfunction" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Primary Graft Dysfunction" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 60 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2015 and 2017 and 2018
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.