Spontaneous Complete Regression of Colon Cancer Liver Metastases in a Lung Transplant Patient: A Case Report by Koen Zwart, Dieuwertje Ruigrok, Magda de Graaf-Bos, Roel Goldschmeding, Miriam Koopman, Guus M. Bol

“…She had received a single lung transplant, five years prior, for end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum due to Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Protein 5 Requiring a Bilateral Lung Transplant by Amrit Singh Jhajj, James Hok Shun Yeung, Fergus To

“…As the patient’s respiratory status continued to decline despite the use of immunosuppressive agents, a double-lung transplant was performed. Therefore, we propose that lung transplantation should be considered early in MDA5-SPM.…”
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Discordance between humoral and cellular immune responses to cytomegalovirus infection in CMV seropositive patients awaiting lung transplantation by Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Cristina Berastegui, Cristina Berastegui, Cristina Berastegui, Marta Erro, Marta Erro, Piedad Ussetti, Elena Crespo, Elena Crespo, Laura Donadeu, Laura Donadeu, Oriol Bestard, Oriol Bestard, Oriol Bestard, Gabriel Anguera, Amparo Solé, Ricardo Ponz Mir, Brian Molloy, Eva Revilla-López, Eva Revilla-López, Víctor Monforte, Víctor Monforte, Víctor Monforte, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Susana Gómez-Ollés

“…IntroductionRisk stratification for CMV infection in lung transplantation (LT) currently relies on determining donor and recipient CMV IgG before transplantation. …”
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Dynamic 19F-MRI of pulmonary ventilation in lung transplant recipients with and without chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Mary A. Neal, PhD, Saskia Bos, MD, PhD, Charlotte W. Holland, MRCP, Kieren G. Hollingsworth, Gerard Meachery, FRCP, Arun Nair, MD, FRCP, James L. Lordan, FRCP, Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD, Peter E. Thelwall, PhD

Subjects: “…Lung transplantation…”
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A Single Lung Transplant in a Patient with Fabry Disease: Causality or Far-Fetched? A Case Report by Martina Gaggl, Renate Kain, Peter Jaksch, Dominik Haider, Gerald Mundigler, Till Voigtländer, Raute Sunder-Plassmann, Paulus Rommer, Walter Klepetko, Gere Sunder-Plassmann

“…Although the association of a lung transplant and Fabry disease appears far-fetched on first sight, respiratory impairment cannot be denied in Fabry disease. …”
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Lung Transplantation in Patients with High Lung Allocation Scores in the US: Evidence for the Need to Evaluate Score Specific Outcomes by Jeremiah A. Hayanga, Alena Lira, Tedi Vlahu, Jingyan Yang, Jonathan K. Aboagye, Heather K. Hayanga, James D. Luketich, Jonathan D’Cunha

“…The lung allocation score (LAS) resulted in a lung transplantation (LT) selection process guided by clinical acuity. …”
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Disturbed sleep after lung transplantation is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Aric A. Prather, PhD, Ying Gao, MS, Legna Betancourt, BS, Rose C. Kordahl, BS, Anya Sriram, BS, Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, Steven R. Hays, MD, Jasleen Kukreja, MD, Daniel R. Calabrese, MD, Aida Venado, MD, Bhavya Kapse, PhD, John R. Greenland, MD, PhD, Jonathan P. Singer, MD, MS

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Lung transplant outcomes for recipients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, by use of alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy by Atharv V. Oak, MEng, Jessica M. Ruck, MD, PhD, Alfred J. Casillan, MD, PhD, Armaan F. Akbar, BS, Ramon A. Riojas, MD, PhD, Pali D. Shah, MD, Jinny S. Ha, MD, MHS, Sara Strout, PharmD, Allan B. Massie, PhD, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, Errol L. Bush, MD

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Primary Nocardia Infection Causing a Fluorodeoxyglucose-Avid Right Renal Mass in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient by Sreeja Biswas Roy, Mitchell D. Ross, Pradnya D. Patil, Richard Trepeta, Ross M. Bremner, Tanmay S. Panchabhai

“…Immunosuppression after lung transplantation may increase susceptibility to opportunistic infection and is associated with early and delayed deaths in lung transplant recipients. …”
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Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia after lung transplantation: A case report of treatment with infliximab and tocilizumab and literature review by Christophe Abellan, Foteini Ioakeim, Alessio Casutt, Benoit Lechartier, Zisis Balmpouzis, Samuel Rotman, Leslie Noirez, Isabelle Rochat, John-David Aubert, Angela Koutsokera

“…Introduction: Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is a severe form of acute lung injury which can occur after lung transplantation. Treatment is empiric, based on immunosuppressive regimens and the mortality rate is very high. …”
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Improved Results Over Time With Bridge-to-Lung Transplantation: A 10-Year Experience of a Single High-Volume Center by Gyungah Kim, Jee Hwan Ahn, Tae Sun Shim, Pil-Je Kang, Geun Dong Lee, Sehoon Choi, Won Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Sang-Bum Hong

Subjects: “…lung transplantation…”
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Single-Lung Transplant Results in Position Dependent Changes in Regional Ventilation: An Observational Case Series Using Electrical Impedance Tomography by Kollengode Ramanathan, Hend Mohammed, Peter Hopkins, Amanda Corley, Lawrence Caruana, Kimble Dunster, Adrian G. Barnett, John F. Fraser

“…Background. Lung transplantation is the optimal treatment for end stage lung disease. …”
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Targeted Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using Multiple Combination Bactericidal Testing by Helmy Haja Mydin, Paul A. Corris, Audrey Nicholson, John D. Perry, Gerard Meachery, Emma C. L. Marrs, Steven Peart, Christine Fagan, James L. Lordan, Andrew J. Fisher, Frances K. Gould

“…Early infection is a recognised complication after lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). …”
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The association between pretransplant malignancy and post-transplant survival and cancer recurrence in bilateral lung transplantation: An analysis of 23,291 recipients by Wongi Woo, MD, Hye Sung Kim, MD, Ankit Bharat, MBBS, Young Kwang Chae, MD, PhD, MBA

Subjects: “…lung transplant…”
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Monoclonal Antibodies in Prevention and Early Treatment of COVID-19 in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Perspective on the Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Future by David A. Van Eijndhoven, Robin Vos, Robin Vos, Saskia Bos, Saskia Bos

Subjects: “…lung transplantation…”
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A Rare Case of Orthostasis, Dizziness, and Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient by Michael T. Olson, Tejus Walia, Satish Chandrashekaran, Sreeja Biswas Roy, Ashwini Arjuna

“…Herein, we describe a case of hemorrhagic enterocolitis in a lung transplant recipient with an atypical presentation of non-O1, non-O139 V. cholerae and ongoing orthostasis. …”
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Surgeons are apprehensive to use DCD lungs despite similar post-transplant outcomes: A 20-year UNOS retrospective analysis by J. Sam Meyer, MSc, Oliver K. Jawitz, MD, MHS, Yury Peysakhovich, MD, Dan Aravot, MD, Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, MHS, Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD

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Differentially expressed microRNAs in pre-transplant lung biopsies target immune checkpoint proteins and can predict primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation by Vitale Miceli, Pia Ferrigno, Claudio Centi, Claudia Carcione, Gioacchin Iannolo, Valentina Agnese, Giovanna Lo Iacono, Rosa Liotta, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Massimo Pinzani, Lavinia De Monte, Alessandro Bertani

Subjects: “…Lung transplantation…”
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Mitochondrial DNA from endothelial cells activated the cGAS-STING pathway and regulated pyroptosis in lung ischaemia reperfusion injury after lung transplantation by Ying-nan Ju, Hu Li, Zi-peng Zhuo, Qing Yang, Wei Gao

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Corrigendum to “Donor-derived cell-free DNA is a valuable monitoring tool after single lung transplantation: Multicenter analysis” [JHLT Open, 6 (2024) 100155] by Ambalavanan Arunachalam, Fatima Anjum, Justin P. Rosenheck, Reinaldo Rampolla, Reda Girgis, Howard J. Huang, Kathryn Crabtree, Sarah McCormick, Zhiji Zhang, Sangeeta Bhorade, David J. Ross

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