Open AccessAssociation of Elevated Pretransplant sCD30 Levels With Graft Loss in 206 Patients Treated With Modern Immunosuppressive Therapies After Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
Falko M. Heinemann,
Vera Rebmann,
Oliver Witzke,
Thomas Philipp,
Christoph E. Broelsch,
H. GrosseWilde
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000255326.27474.a4
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney transplantation , creatinine , gastroenterology , renal function , receiver operating characteristic , cohort , single center , kidney , surgery
Recent reports suggest that high pretransplant serum levels of soluble CD30 (sCD30) are a risk factor for rejections after kidney transplantation. The aim of our study was to elucidate the predictive value of pretransplant sCD30 levels for kidney transplantation outcome in a single-center patient cohort that has been treated with modern immunosuppressive therapies after transplantation.