Divergent roles of interleukin-12p40 and interleukin-18 in severe fibrosing chronic graft-versus-host-disease, immunity, and post-transplant outcomes.
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is a major cause of late morbidity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (alloHSCT), particularly in severe fibrosing forms. Although IFNγ-related cytokines have been implicated in cGvHD, their contributions to disease progression, survival, relapse, and resp...