Open AccessDiagnostic efficacy of C4d immunostaining in the detection of the humoral component of renal allograft rejection and therapeutic implications
Author(s) -
Sree Latha Guduru,
Sarah Kuruvilla,
Georgi Abraham,
Milly Mathew,
S. Saravanan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.54990
Subject(s) - immunostaining , medicine , component (thermodynamics) , pathology , immunology , immunohistochemistry , physics , thermodynamics
In the current scenario of renal transplantation, the role of immunological methods in the detection of C4d has emerged as a useful adjunct in the recognition of acute humoral rejection (AHR). Few reports of this nature are available from the Indian context although there are several from the Western literature.