Association of Soluble HLA-G with Acute Rejection Episodes and Early Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Lung Transplantation

Steven R. White; Timothy Floreth; Chuanhong Liao; Sangeeta M. Bhorade

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103643

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Association of Soluble HLA-G with Acute Rejection Episodes and Early Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Lung Transplantation

Steven R. White ,

* E-mail: swhite@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Timothy Floreth,

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Chuanhong Liao,

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Sangeeta M. Bhorade

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Association of Soluble HLA-G with Acute Rejection Episodes and Early Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Lung Transplantation

Steven R. White,
Timothy Floreth,
Chuanhong Liao,
Sangeeta M. Bhorade

Published: July 28, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103643

About the Authors

Steven R. White

* E-mail: swhite@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Timothy Floreth

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Chuanhong Liao

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sangeeta M. Bhorade

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRW SMB. Performed the experiments: SRW SMB TF. Analyzed the data: SRW CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRW CL. Wrote the paper: SRW CL SMB.

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