HLA-A LOCUS MISMATCHES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBODIES TO HLA AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION CORRELATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME1

Abstract

These data suggest that BOS is the result of an immune process, that differences at the HLA-A locus may play an important role in this process, and antibody-mediated injury may play a role in BOS.