2017 American Transplant Congress
HLA-DR Based Murine Transplant Model for Studying Collagen Type V Autoimmunity in Chronic Allograft Rejection.
Dept. of Surgery/Transplant Division, UW Madison, Madison, WI
Background: In lung and heart transplant patients, chronic rejection manifests as fibro-obliteration of airways and vessels resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) or cardiac allograft…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Acute Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Time for HLA-DR Matching in Elderly Recipients?
Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Background. Within the Eurotransplant Senior Allocation Program (ESP) HLA-matching is neglected,potentially causing inferior outcomes. There is a lack of data analysing the long-term immunologic outcomes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Zero and One Mismathing for HLA DR10,14,16 Produces Increased Kidney Graft Survival.
Aims: HLA DR matching has shown measureable significant effects in kidney graft survival. Part and parcel of this association is the HLA Class II allele…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of HLA-DR Compatibility on Efficacy Outcomes and Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Early Switch from Calcineurin Inhibitor to Everolimus: Subanalysis from the ELEVATE Study.
ELEVATE study group, Llobregat Catalunya, Spain.
Background: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatibility between donor and recipient is considered an important factor for graft outcomes. Compatibility is associated with a lower incidence…
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