The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1174-1187, November 2002

Vascular endothelial cell apoptosis induced by anti-donor non-MHC antibodies: a possible injury pathway contributing to chronic allograft rejection

  • Gordon D Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Gordon D Wu, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2025 Zonal Avenue, Suite 510A, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. Telephone: 323-442-2198. Fax: 323-442-2188.
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  • Yang-Sun Jin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Roberto Salazar, BS,

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Wang-De Dai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Natasha Barteneva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Divison of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Mark L Barr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Lura W Barsky, BS,

      Affiliations

    • Divison of Research Immunology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Vaughn A Starnes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Donald V Cramer, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Received 8 November 2001; received in revised form 6 February 2002; accepted 25 February 2002.

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 This work was supported by an Internation Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Career Development Award (2000) to GDW and in part by a National Institutes of Health grant RR12186 to DVC.

PII: S1053-2498(02)00457-6

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1174-1187, November 2002