• Department of HepatoBilioPancreatology 1,The Second Affiliated Hospital,Kunming Medical College,Kunming 650101, China;
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ObjectiveTo introduce transforming growth factor β(TGFβ) and the relationship between TGFβ and graft rejection. Methods Relevent articles in recent years were reviewed.ResultsThe immunodepressive function of TGFβ could resist transplant organ rejection injury in early postoperative period ; meanwhile TGFβ also caused fibroblast migration and promoted matrix deposition by increasing collagen production and decreasing collagen breakdown via inhibition of collagenases,which resulted in transplant organ fibrosis and arteriosclerosis, gene polymorphisms of the TGFβ were associated with it. Moreover,ischemia reperfusion injury and immunodepressive drug also affected production of TGFβ.ConclusionTGFβ as a pleiotropic and multifunctional cytokine contributes to the development of acute and chronic rejection.

Citation: JIANG Nan,LI Li. The Role of Transforming Growth Factorβ in Transplant Rejection. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2003, 10(2): 179-181. doi: Copy