Role of intestinal microbiota in transplantation outcomes

Y Taur, RR Jenq, C Ubeda, M Van Den Brink… - Best practice & research …, 2015 - Elsevier
While allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantations have a curative potential,
infections and graft-versus-host disease remain significant problems. The intestinal
microbiota can influence responses to cancer chemotherapy and the role of the microbiota
in affecting allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcomes is increasingly
appreciated. The following paper discusses the most recent developments in this area.