Articles tagged "Histocompatibility"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation: National Activity and Perspectives
T. Dunn,¹ S. Fayek,² C. Marsh,³ P. Abt.⁴
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ³Surgery, Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA; ⁴Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
While utilization of Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) continues to increase, the potential is not fully realized. We surveyed kidney transplant (KTX) professionals to evaluate perceptions…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Predictive Value of the Virtual Crossmatch: Is the C1Q Assay Needed?
A. Colovai,¹ C. Savchik,¹ P. Masiakos,¹ S. Calp-Inal,² L. Kayler,³ E. Akalin.²
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ²Nephrology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; ³Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
The criteria for reporting unacceptable HLA antigens of renal transplant candidates differ greatly between transplant centers. In the attempt to refine these criteria, the experience…
2015 American Transplant Congress
HLA-C, KIR Genotypes and KIR Genotype/HLA –C Ligand Combination in Prediction of Early Acute Rejection After Liver Transplantation
K. Park,¹ J. Ryu,¹ H. Park,³ Y. Kim,² E.-J. Oh.²
¹Biomedical Science, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Medical Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction; Interaction of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and human leukocyte antigen class-I (HLA-I) regulates NK cytotoxicity and function. NK regulation influences on NK/T cell alloreactivity…