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availability and immunosuppressive capabilities. They mediate and protect the allograft from being attacked
by host defense mechanisms which would destroy the graft otherwise.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Wang AYL and Loh CYY were both involved in data collection, drafting of the manuscript, analysis of data,
the second review of data, statistical analysis, ensuring data fidelity and manuscript review.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.

Patient consent
Not applicable.

Ethics approval
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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