February 2026 Journal Watch

ISHLT Journal Watch explores topics in cardiothoracic transplant research and immunology this month. Issue editor Rupa Kanchi, PhD, gathers topics from four contributors including:

• Plasma-supplemented red cell concentrates as an alternative to whole blood in porcine EVHP
• Can IL-2 complex therapy prolong fully MHC-mismatched murine cardiac allograft survival?
• Endothelin-1 overexpression in pulmonary endarterectomy specimens of CTEPH patients—and its association with development of PH
• Using cell-free DNA evidence to determine if early post-transplant recipient tissue injury predicts allograft function, rejection, and survival in lung trasnplant

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Issue Junior Editor: 

Rupa Kanchi, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Contributors:

Lauren East, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL USA

Nicole Chrysler, HBSc
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Alexandra Mihai, MD
Sapienza University
Rome, Italy

Baharan Zarrabian, DO, MPH
Duke University
Durham, NC USA

Journal Watch Senior Editor

Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP

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