Response by Shah et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Cell-Free DNA to Detect Heart Allograft Acute Rejection"

Palak Shah^#^{1

2}, Sean Agbor-Enoh^#^{1

3

4}, Ilker Tunc^{1

3}, Steven Hsu^{1

3}, Stuart Russell⁵, Erika Feller^{1

6}, Keyur Shah^{1

7}, Maria E Rodrigo^{1

8}, Samer S Najjar^{1

8}, Hyesik Kong^{1

3}, Mehdi Pirooznia³, Ulgen Fideli^{1

3}, Alfiya Bikineyeva^{1

3}, Argit Marishta^{1

3}, Kenneth Bhatti^{1

3}, Yanqin Yang^{1

3}, Cedric Mutebi^{3

9}, Kai Yu¹⁰, Moon Kyoo Jang^{1

3}, Charles Marboe^{1

11}, Gerald J Berry^{1

12}, Hannah A Valantine^{1

3

12}; GRAfT (Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation) Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, MD (P.S., S.A-E., I.T., S.H., E.F., K.S., M.E.R., S.S.N., H.K., U.F., A.B., A.M., K.B., Y.Y., M.K.J., C.Marboe, G.J.B., H.A.V.).
² Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA (P.S.).
³ Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (S.A-E., I.T., S.H., H.K., M.P., U.F., A.B., A.M., K.B., Y.Y., C.Mutebi, M.K.J., H.A.V.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (S.A-E.).
⁵ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (S.R.).
⁶ University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD (E.F.).
⁷ Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (K.S.).
⁸ MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC (M.E.R., S.S.N.).
⁹ Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI (C.Mutebi).
¹⁰ National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (K.Y.).
¹¹ Department of Pathology, New York Presbyterian University Hospital of Cornell and Columbia, New York (C.Marboe).
¹² Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (G.J.B., H.A.V.).

^# Contributed equally.

Comment

Palak Shah et al. Circulation. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 7;144(10):e198-e199.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055697. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

¹ Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, MD (P.S., S.A-E., I.T., S.H., E.F., K.S., M.E.R., S.S.N., H.K., U.F., A.B., A.M., K.B., Y.Y., M.K.J., C.Marboe, G.J.B., H.A.V.).
² Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA (P.S.).
³ Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (S.A-E., I.T., S.H., H.K., M.P., U.F., A.B., A.M., K.B., Y.Y., C.Mutebi, M.K.J., H.A.V.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (S.A-E.).
⁵ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (S.R.).
⁶ University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD (E.F.).
⁷ Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (K.S.).
⁸ MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC (M.E.R., S.S.N.).
⁹ Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI (C.Mutebi).
¹⁰ National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (K.Y.).
¹¹ Department of Pathology, New York Presbyterian University Hospital of Cornell and Columbia, New York (C.Marboe).
¹² Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (G.J.B., H.A.V.).

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Comment on

Cell-Free DNA to Detect Heart Allograft Acute Rejection.
Agbor-Enoh S, Shah P, Tunc I, Hsu S, Russell S, Feller E, Shah K, Rodrigo ME, Najjar SS, Kong H, Pirooznia M, Fideli U, Bikineyeva A, Marishta A, Bhatti K, Yang Y, Mutebi C, Yu K, Kyoo Jang M, Marboe C, Berry GJ, Valantine HA; GRAfT Investigators. Agbor-Enoh S, et al. Circulation. 2021 Mar 23;143(12):1184-1197. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049098. Epub 2021 Jan 13. Circulation. 2021. PMID: 33435695 Free PMC article.
Letter by Amadio et al Regarding Article, "Cell-Free DNA to Detect Heart Allograft Acute Rejection".
Amadio JM, Lafreniere-Roula M, McDonald M. Amadio JM, et al. Circulation. 2021 Sep 7;144(10):e196-e197. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054333. Epub 2021 Sep 7. Circulation. 2021. PMID: 34491772 No abstract available.