IgE-Mediated Immune Response and Antibody-Mediated Rejection [PDF]
Active antibody-mediated rejection is the main cause of kidney transplant loss, sharing with SLE the alloimmune response and the systemic activation of the IFN-α pathway.
Elena Ranieri +25 more
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Antibody Mediated Rejection [PDF]
It now is recognized that both acute and chronic allograft rejection may be mediated by alloantibodies. This constitutes a major shift in our thinking over the past 40 yr. We previously reviewed the articles that are relevant to the humoral theory: McKenna et al. (1), Terasaki (2), Cai and Terasaki (3), and Terasaki and Cai (4). Here we review articles
Paul, Terasaki, Kazuo, Mizutani
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Advances in Antibody Mediated Rejection [PDF]
Kidney transplantation is considered the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease, and is associated with improved survival, better quality of life and reduced costs when compared with dialysis.[1, 2] However, the renal transplantation waiting list is forever growing, out of proportion to the number of donors.[2, 3] Therefore it is
Sharma, Siddharth +2 more
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Issues in solid-organ transplantation in children: translational research from bench to bedside
In this review, we identify important challenges facing physicians responsible for renal and cardiac transplantation in children based on a review of the contemporary medical literature. Regarding pediatric renal transplantation, we discuss the challenge
Steven E. Lipshultz +12 more
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Behaviour of non-donor specific antibodies during rapid re-synthesis of donor specific HLA antibodies after antibody incompatible renal transplantation [PDF]
Background: HLA directed antibodies play an important role in acute and chronic allograft rejection. During viral infection of a patient with HLA antibodies, the HLA antibody levels may rise even though there is no new immunization with antigen ...
Rizwan Hamer +35 more
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Sugar and spice: Fc glycosylation in antibody-mediated transplant rejection [PDF]
Bharadwaj et al.(1) demonstrate that anti-donor HLA antibodies display low levels of Fc fucosylation. This signature was associated with potent provocation of NK cell effector functions and was discriminative for active antibody-mediated rejection among ...
Valenzuela, Nicole M. +2 more
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Antibody-mediated rejection is a major cause of graft failure, mortality, and morbidity among cardiac transplant recipients. We present the first reported case of TandemHeart (LivaNova, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) used in the management of antibody ...
Juan P. Rodriguez-Escudero, MD +8 more
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection of a Pancreas Allograft [PDF]
The role of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in pancreas transplantation is poorly understood. Here, we report on a patient who developed AMR of his pancreas allograft after receiving a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant. Pre-operative enhanced cytotoxicity and flow cytometry T-cell crossmatches were negative; B-cell crossmatches were not ...
M L, Melcher +4 more
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Prevalence of the Quilty effect in endomyocardial biopsy of patients after heart transplantation – from cellular rejection to antibody-mediated rejection? [PDF]
The significance of the Quilty effect (QE) is not fully understood. It was once proposed to be related to acute cellular rejection (ACR). We aim to assess the relation between QE prevalence and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR).
Sylwia Szymanska +5 more
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Lung Transplantation [PDF]
There has been increasing awareness of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) as an important cause of graft failure after lung transplantation in recent years. However, the diagnostic criteria for pulmonary AMR are not well defined. All four tenets of AMR in kidney and heart transplantation, graft dysfunction, complement component deposition, circulating ...
Hrishikesh S, Kulkarni +2 more
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