(A) Analysis of post-transplant Day 0 bronchoalveolar lavage
fluid from patients who underwent lung transplant at University of California,
Los Angeles and were either free of PGD (PGD-0) or had moderate to severe PGD
(PGD-2/3). Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid neutrophil elastase (NE)-DNA complexes
were significantly higher in PGD-2/3 patients. n = 10 for
each group. (B) Analysis of plasma samples from subjects in
the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group cohort who were free of PGD (PGD-0) or had
severe PGD (PGD-3). Plasma NE-DNA complexes were no different between these
groups either before transplant (Pre), 4–6 hours after transplant (Day
0), or 24 hours after transplant (Day 1) (Pre and Day 0,
n = 12 PGD-0, 22 PGD-3; Day 1 n = 15
PGD-0, 23 PGD-3). **P < 0.01;
ns = nonsignificant.