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Urinary nanosensors of early transplant rejection

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Nanoparticle sensors of the activity of the protease granzyme B detect early T-cell-mediated rejection of transplanted skin grafts in mice via the release of a proteolytically cleaved fluorescence reporter that filters into urine.

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Fig. 1: Nanosensors for detecting acute T-cell-mediated transplant rejection.

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