Low Torque Teno Virus Load Is Associated With Fibrosis in Protocol Biopsies Following Liver Transplantation: A Nordic Multicenter Cohort Study
Delal Akdag, Jeanett Klubien, Andreas Arendtsen Rostved, Allan Rasmussen, Nikolai Kirkby, Gro Linno Willemoe, Deepthi Chiranth, Bo‐Göran Ericzon, Carl Jorns, William Bennet, Arno Nordin, Fredrik Åberg, Jens Georg Hillingsø, Susanne Dam Nielsen, Hans‐Christian Pommergaard · 2026
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Delal Akdag and co-authors test a blood virus as a marker after liver transplant in this 2026 study. Scarring of the new liver can grow silently toward graft loss. Checking it now needs a needle biopsy, an invasive step.
The Nordic study gathered 287 recipients with paired blood samples and biopsies. Torque teno virus load in blood reflects how strong the immune system runs. Low virus load tied to nearly triple the odds of liver scarring. The virus beat the standard drug level as a scarring signal, and both together scored best. A low reading flagged risk with fair accuracy. The marker was not tied to inflammation.
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| CREATOR | Delal Akdag, Jeanett Klubien, Andreas Arendtsen Rostved, Allan Rasmussen, Nikolai Kirkby, Gro Linno Willemoe, Deepthi Chiranth, Bo‐Göran Ericzon, Carl Jorns, William Bennet, Arno Nordin, Fredrik Åberg, Jens Georg Hillingsø, Susanne Dam Nielsen, Hans‐Christian Pommergaard |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |