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ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2026

Blood vessels as primary site of rejection in murine lung transplantation.

Janne Kaes, Charlotte Hooft, Xin Jin, Tobias Heigl, Hengshuo Liu, Emilie Pollenus, Fran Prenen, Hanne Beeckmans, Pieterjan Kerckhof, Arno Vanstapel and 25 more

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Janne KaesLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Charlotte HooftLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Xin JinLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Tobias HeiglLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hengshuo LiuInstitute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Helmholtz Institute, Munich, Germany.
Emilie PollenusLaboratory of Immunoparasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Fran PrenenLaboratory of Immunoparasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hanne BeeckmansLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pieterjan KerckhofLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Arno VanstapelTranslational Cell and Tissue Research, KU Leuven and UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Jan Van SlambrouckLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Martina MercurioLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marta Zapata-OrtegaLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Gitte AertsLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Vincent GeudensLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Astrid VermautLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lise VanvuchelenLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Anse SomersLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lara VerbeylenLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Cedric VanluytenLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Annalisa BarbarossaLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Yousry MohamadyLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Balin ÖzsoyLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Andrea ZajacovaLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Birger TielemansLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ali Onder YildirimInstitute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Helmholtz Institute, Munich, Germany.
Saskia BosLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurens De SadeleerLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurent GodinasLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Joselyn Rojas QuinteroPulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Francesca PolverinoPulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Philippe E Van den SteenLaboratory of Immunoparasitology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurens J CeulemansLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Robin VosLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Bart M VanaudenaerdeLaboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Survival after lung transplantation lags that of other solid organ transplants. Long-term survival is hampered primarily due to chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) development. It remains elusive how (chronic) rejection is organized within the lung graft over time post-transplant. Using a model of orthotopic left lung transplantation in major mismatched mouse strains with daily immunosuppression, we aimed to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of (chronic) rejection, using micro-computed tomography imaging, flow cytometric analyses and spatial proteomics. Endothelial cells demonstrated early activation and destruction (day 7 post-transplant). The accompanying early inflammation at the vascular compartment, progressed towards aberrant tissue repair resulting in irreversible bronchovascular fibrosis and chronic graft dysfunction. We provide new insights in the spatiotemporal dynamics of (chronic) rejection with a vascular-oriented onset that may have future implications for diagnosis and treatment in clinical lung transplantation.

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Blood VesselsGraft RejectionLung TransplantationAnimalsEndothelial CellsFlow CytometryLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProteomicsX-Ray Microtomographyblood vesselschronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD)chronic rejectionflow cytometrylung transplantationmurine orthotopic left lung transplantationspatial proteomics

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PMID42294095
PMCPMC13260051

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