Is it time to prospectively match human leukocyte antigen proteins for lung transplantation?

Transplantation. 2010 Oct 27;90(8):823-4. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f2c99e.

Authors

Isabel P Neuringer¹, Robert M Aris

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 20697323
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f2c99e

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MeSH terms

Bone Marrow Transplantation / immunology
Graft Survival / immunology
Graft Survival / physiology*
HLA Antigens / genetics
HLA Antigens / immunology*
HLA-A Antigens / genetics
HLA-A Antigens / immunology
HLA-DR Antigens / genetics
HLA-DR Antigens / immunology
HLA-G Antigens
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / immunology
Histocompatibility Testing / methods*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation / immunology
Liver Transplantation / immunology
Lung Transplantation / immunology*
Lung Transplantation / mortality
Lung Transplantation / physiology
Survival Rate
Transplantation, Homologous / immunology

Substances

HLA Antigens
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-G Antigens
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I