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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue in lung transplantation: a facilitator of rejection or regulator of tolerance?

Alexander N Wein, Charles R Liu, Daniel Kreisel

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors.

Alexander N WeinDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Charles R LiuDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Daniel KreiselDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Funding

The Role of Neutrophils in Regulating Lung Transplant ToleranceP01AI116501 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ALEXANDER S. KRUPNICK · 2015 to 2026
$19.4M
PRINCIPLES IN PULMONARY RESEARCHT32HL007317 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Steven Brody, Michael J Holtzman · 1985 to 2026
$16.1M
The Role of Donor Innate Immune Responses in Regulating Alloimmunity after Heart TransplantationR01HL151078 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KREISEL, DANIEL, LAVINE, KORY J. · 2020 to 2023
$2.6M
BLRD VA I01 BX002730NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151078NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007317NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI116501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) in the regulation of immune responses to transplanted lungs remains an area of interest and controversy. Early studies in a rat pulmonary transplant model suggested BALT may accelerate rejection of grafts by inducing a local and systemic inflammatory response. Such observations were corroborated in intrapulmonary tracheal transplant models in the rat. While some human studies have described the presence of BALT in grafts that have been chronically rejected, others did not observe an association between induction of BALT and adverse outcomes. More recent investigations have found that BALT, enriched in immunoregulatory cell populations, is induced in tolerant mouse lung allografts, suggesting that such structures may be protective against rejection. Thus, the role of BALT in lung transplantation biology is complex. Insights gained from studies that focus on the role of BALT in lung transplantation may be harnessed to develop new therapies.

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BronchiGraft RejectionImmune ToleranceLung TransplantationLymphoid TissueTransplantation ToleranceAnimalsHumansMiceRatsbronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT)FoxP3+ regulatory T cellslung transplantationrejectiontolerance

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PMID39975555
PMCPMC11835794

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