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Why Is the Patient Out of Breath? Collagen V(α1) and K‐α1‐Tubulin Take Center Stage in Lung Transplantation
Author(s) -
Burlingham W.,
Wilkes D. S.,
Sullivan J. A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12910
Subject(s) - lung transplantation , transplantation , medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , immunology , lung , bronchiolitis , virus
The brief communication by Subramanian et al (page 2359) raises important questions about the central role of collagen type V and k‐α1‐tubulin in lung transplantation, and why these particular self‐antigens are so immunogenic that antibody to one, present at the time of lung transplantation, induces a rapid response to the other.