Recent Pathology Topics on ISHLT Journal Watch
Published 26 October 2026
This month's ISHLT Journal Watch features recent pathology topics related to rejection after both heart and lung transplantation.
Issue editor Margaret L. Axelrod, MD, PhD, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO USA, gathers topics from three contributors.
They review papers on:
- Airway molecular signatures in antibody-mediated lung transplant rejection
- Molecular characterization of AMR using tissue-based transcriptomics in heart transplantation
- Acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation: Validation of HEARTBiT, a transcriptomic biomarker
Issue Editor:
Margaret L. Axelrod, MD, PhDDepartment of Pathology & Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO USA
Contributors:
Justin L. Burk, DO
Yale School of Medicine
Hartford, CT USA
Jose Coelho Lima, MD, PhD
The Newcastle Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Samantha Wahlers, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO USA
Journal Watch Senior Editor
Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP


