Torque Teno Virus load in lung cancer patients correlates with age but not with tumor stage.

Torque Teno Virus load in lung cancer patients correlates with age but not with tumor stage.

<h4>Background</h4>Torque teno virus (TTV) is a ubiquitous non-pathogenic virus, which is suppressed in immunological healthy individuals but replicates in immune compromised patients. Thus, TTV load is a suitable biomarker for monitoring the immunosuppression also in lung transplant rec...

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Main Authors: Dirk Stefani, Balazs Hegedues, Stephane Collaud, Mohamed Zaatar, Till Ploenes, Daniel Valdivia, Carina Elsner, Barbara Bleekmann, Marek Widera, Ulf Dittmer, Clemens Aigner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252304

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252304

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