title: Molecular analysis of transplant rejection: marching onward.
abstract: Transcriptional profiling of organ transplants is increasingly defining the biological pathways responsible for graft rejection at the molecular level and identifying gene transcripts that diagnose or predict rejection. These advances hold significant promise for the treatment of organ rejection and for improving clinical outcomes after transplantation, but hurdles remain.
authors.affiliation: the Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. F.G. Lakkis is at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
authors.forename: Fadi G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Lakkis
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Billiar
mesh_terms: D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation