Commentary: Draining the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase from immunity, advancing heart transplant surgery through a translational science approach

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich. Electronic address: tangpaul@med.umich.edu.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Editorial

Ienglam Lei et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;166(5):e428-e429.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.03.011. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich. Electronic address: tangpaul@med.umich.edu.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: The authors reported no conflicts of interest.

Cardiomyocytic cyclic GMP-AMP synthase is critical for the induction of experimental cardiac graft rejection.
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