Gene Expression Profiling of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells Preceding a Clinical Diagnosis of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
S Samuel WeigtXiaoyan WangVyacheslav PalchevskiyAric L GregsonNaman PatelAriss DerHovanessianMichael Y ShinoDavid M SayahShirin BirjandiJoseph P LynchRajan SaggarAbbas ArdehaliDavid J RossScott M PalmerDavid ElashoffJohn A BelperioPublished in: PloS one (2017)
These findings suggest that a pathobiology, similar to AR, precedes a clinical diagnosis of CLAD. A larger prospective investigation of the BAL cell pellet transcriptome as a biomarker for CLAD risk stratification is warranted.