2018
Donor tissue-specific exosome profiling enables noninvasive monitoring of acute rejection in mouse allogeneic heart transplantation
Habertheuer A, Korutla L, Rostami S, Reddy S, Lal P, Naji A, Vallabhajosyula P. Donor tissue-specific exosome profiling enables noninvasive monitoring of acute rejection in mouse allogeneic heart transplantation. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 155: 2479-2489. PMID: 29499866, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.12.125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly acute rejectionDonor heartsAcute rejectionHeart transplantationStudy armsImmunologic rejectionMaintenance armHeterotopic heart transplantation modelAllogeneic heart transplantationTime pointsHeart transplantation modelHeterotopic heart transplantationAbsence of rejectionNovel biomarker platformDevelopment of biomarkersNoninvasive monitoringTransplant heartCardiac allograftsImmunocompetent recipientsAllograft monitoringImmunodeficient recipientsRecipient circulationTransplantation modelDay 1Total plasma
2017
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Model to Study Pulmonary Tissue Extracellular Microvesicle Profiles
Vallabhajosyula P, Korutla L, Habertheuer A, Reddy S, Schaufler C, Lasky J, Diamond J, Cantu E. Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Model to Study Pulmonary Tissue Extracellular Microvesicle Profiles. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 103: 1758-1766. PMID: 28242077, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEVLP systemWestern blot analysisTransplant groupExtracellular microvesiclesVivo lung perfusion modelTime pointsMarginal donor lungsLung perfusion modelFollowing time pointsTranscription-polymerase chain reactionBlot analysisEV size distributionMarginal lungsNontransplant groupDonor lungsLung recoveryLung perfusionSteen solutionPolymerase chain reactionPulmonary parenchymaEV protein cargoPathologic processesPerfusion modelTissue-specific markersPerfusate exchange