The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1293-1301 , December 2008

Value of FOXP3 Expression in Peripheral Blood as Rejection Marker After Miniature Swine Lung Transplantation

Presented at the American Transplant Congress (ATC), May 2007, San Francisco, California, and at the 28th annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), April 2008, Boston, Massachusetts where Naoki Satoda was a nominee for the Philip K. Caves Award.

  • Naoki Satoda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Shoji, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yanling Wu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Innovation Center for Immunoregulation Technologies and Drugs, Transplant Tolerance Unit, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takuji Fujinaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Organ Preservation Technology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Fengshi Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Organ Preservation Technology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Akihiro Aoyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Ji Tian Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Ayuko Takahashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Toshihiro Okamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Izumi Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Sakai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Ying Li, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Innovation Center for Immunoregulation Technologies and Drugs, Transplant Tolerance Unit, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Xiangdong Zhao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Organ Preservation Technology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Toshiaki Manabe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Eiji Kobayashi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Organ Replacement Research Center, Jichi Medical School, Shimono, Japan
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  • Shimon Sakaguchi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hiromi Wada, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hidenori Ohe, MD
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  • Shinji Uemoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Junichi Tottori

      Affiliations

    • Japan Farm CLAWN Institute, Isa, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Toru Bando, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Organ Preservation Technology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takaaki Koshiba, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Innovation Center for Immunoregulation Technologies and Drugs, Transplant Tolerance Unit, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Takaaki Koshiba, MD, PhD, Innovation Center for Immunoregulation Technologies and Drugs, Transplant Tolerance Unit, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Telephone: 81-75-751-4328. Fax: 81-75-751-4328

Received 13 April 2008 ,Revised 1 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 Supported by grants-in-aids from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; Astellas Pharma, Inc.; and Otsuka Pharmaceutical.

PII: S1053-2498(08)00615-3

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.08.006

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1293-1301 , December 2008