Goldman M, Wood K. European research on cell and organ transplantation: towards novel opportunities. Transplant Int 2007; 20:1016-1019.

This paper summarizes the overall strategy of the TRIE project, Transplantation Research Integration in Europe, an European Specific Support Action within the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, aiming at the identification of research priorities in transplantation medicine.

Craciun L, Stordeur P, Troisi R, Le Moine A, Toungouz M, Colle I, Van Vlierberghe H, Loi P, Lucidi V, Praet M, de Hemptinne B, Goldman M, Donckier V. A rapid test of alloreactivity based on interleukin-2 mRNA expression might identify liver transplant recipients with donor-specific hyporesponsiveness. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:2665-2667. 

This paper reports a potential method to identify patients tolerant to a liver allograft. Patients were included in a joint collaborative study between the Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and the Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.

Alegre ML, Florquin S, and Goldman M. Cellular mechanisms underlying acute graft rejection: time for reassessment. Curr Opin Immunol 2007; 19: 563-568.

This paper, written in collaboration with Marisa Alegre (University of Chicago, USA) and Sandrine Florquin (Amsterdam Medical Center, The Netherlands), reviews recent advances in the understanding of the multiple pathways leading to rejection of transplanted organs.