Ewa Jankowska-Gan

IL-17–dependent cellular immunity to collagen type V predisposes to obliterative bronchiolitis in human lung transplants

Burlingham, William J., Love, Robert B., Jankowska-Gan, Ewa, Haynes, Lynn D., Xu, Qingyong, Bobadilla, Joseph L., ...

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), a process of fibro-obliterative occlusion of the small airways in the transplanted lung, is the most common cause of lung transplant failure. We tested the...

Minor H Antigen HA-1–specific Regulator and Effector CD8+ T Cells, and HA-1 Microchimerism, in Allograft Tolerance

Cai, Junchao, Lee, Junglim, Jankowska-Gan, Ewa, Derks, Richard, Pool, Jos, Mutis, Tuna, ...

The role of the hematopoietic lineage-restricted minor histocompatibility (H) antigen HA-1 in renal allograft tolerance was explored. We obtained peripheral blood samples from three recipients of...

Th-17, Monokines, Collagen Type V, and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation

Bobadilla, Joseph L., Love, Robert B., Jankowska-Gan, Ewa, Xu, Qingyong, Haynes, Lynn D., Braun, Ruedi K., ...

Rationale: The pathogenesis of primary graft dysfunction (PGD), a serious complication of lung transplantation, is poorly understood. Human studies and rodent models have shown that collagen type V...