The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 1721-1729 , November 2005

Role of Toll-Like Receptor–Driven Innate Immunity in Thoracic Organ Transplantation

  • Daniel R. Goldstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Daniel R. Goldstein, MD, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, 3 FMP, P.O. Box 208017, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8018. Telephone: 203-785-3271. Fax: 203-785-7567.
    • ,
  • Scott M. Palmer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Received 26 August 2004 ,Revised 30 November 2004 ,Accepted 7 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.01.003

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 11 , Pages 1721-1729 , November 2005

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