Articles tagged "Isoantibodies"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Patients with High Baseline Anti-A/B Antibody Titer
S. Eum¹, H. Lee¹, E. Ko¹, H. Yoon², S. Shin², C. Yang¹, B. Chung¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) has been considered to overcome donor shortage. We investigated the long-term clinical outcomes in ABOi KT in patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
ABO Hemagglutination Titres Do Not Accurately Reflect ABO Antibody Levels
A. Halpin¹, T. Ellis², J. Pearcey², B. Motyka², T. L. Lowary³, C. Cairo⁴, S. Maier², L. J. West⁵
¹Pediatrics/Dept of Laboratory Medicine, University of Alberta/Alberta Precision Laboratories, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Academia Sinica, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁴Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: ABO antibody (ABO-Ab) quantification is essential for risk assessment for ABO-incompatible (ABOi) transplantation, but the hemagglutination assay (HA) for ABO-Ab titres is known to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sex and ABO Antibodies: High-Level Natural ABO Antibody Production and IgM to IgG Class Switch in Female vs. Male Mice
B. Anjum, B. Motyka, I. Adam, J. Fersovich, M. Sulzer, J. Pearcey, K. Tao, L. J. West
Dept Pediatrics, Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: ABO histo-blood group incompatibility is a barrier in solid organ transplant due to the presence of ‘natural’ preformed ABO antibodies. However, ABO-incompatible (ABOi) heart…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Clinical Significance of Isoagglutinin Titer with the Current Desensitization Protocol in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
C. Baek, H. Kim, W. Yang, D. Han, S-.K. Park.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) has become a routine procedure with graft survival rates comparable to those of ABO-compatible KT. However, the clinical significance of…