Open AccessAll chronic rejection failures of kidney transplants were preceded by the development of HLA antibodies
Author(s) -
Po Chang Lee,
Paul I. Terasaki,
Steven K. Takemoto,
PoHuang Lee,
Chung Jye Hung,
Yi Lin Chen,
Alen Tsai,
Huan Lei
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200210270-00025
Subject(s) - human leukocyte antigen , antibody , medicine , immunology , kidney transplantation , transplantation , panel reactive antibody , isoantibodies , kidney , antigen
Recent studies show that almost all patients who have rejected a kidney transplant had human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies. In this study, we sought to determine whether patients develop HLA antibodies before chronic rejection.