Articles tagged "Histology"

2015 American Transplant Congress
IL-21 Regulates Creation of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Chronic Allograft Rejection
C. Baum,¹ M. Khattar,² P. Schroder,¹ W. Chen,³ S. Stepkowski.¹
¹Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH; ²Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; ³Transplant Immunology Research Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.
BACKGROUND: IL-21 is a cytokine expressed almost exclusively by cells of the adaptive immune system. This makes it an attractive target for reducing chronic allograft…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Clinical Signature Surrogate of Histological Lesions to Avoid Unnecessary One Year Surveillance Biopsy After Renal Transplantation
E. Dantan, K. Renaudin, S. Brouard, A. Huneau, C. Paul, M. Giral.
Biostatitics, Nantes University, Nantes, France; Anatomo Pathology, University Hospital, Nantes, France; Immunology, Inserm UMR1064, Nantes, France; Biostatistics, Nantes University, Nantes, France; Immunology, Inserm UMR1064, Nantes, France; Nephrology, University Hospital, Nantes, France.
Introduction:Surveillance biopsy remains debated after renal transplantation since the histological diagnostic do not lead to clear therapeutic recommendations. The main objective for this study was…