Editorial: COVID-19 immunology and organ transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

The aim of this study was to provide a critical appraisal of the literature on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on organ transplantation, with a specific focus on lung transplantation given the predominant pulmonary involvement of the virus.

Recent findings

There was a significant decrease in lung transplant volumes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic due to a combination of reduced availability of donors and an imbalance between waitlist additions and inactivations. SARS-CoV-2 infection was subsequently associated with an exuberant immune response that can lead to the development of postinfectious fibrotic lung disease. Few lung transplants have been performed in previously infected recipients and long-term outcomes remain unknown. Although

SUBMITTER: Bery AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature