Are low vitamin D levels associated with increased rejection and infections after lung transplantation?
Low serum 25(OH)D levels in lung transplant recipients were associated with increased incidence of acute rejection and infection. The mortality of recipients who remained deficient 1 year post-transplant was higher than that of recipients who maintained normal vitamin D levels at 1 year post-transplant.
EMP1 could be a biomarker for aberrant epithelial remodelling and metaplasia in chronic inflammatory upper airway mucosa (e.g. NP).