Suppression of allograft rejection is central to successful organ transplantation; thus,
immunosuppressive agents are crucial for successful allograft function. Immunosuppressive …

The process of humoral rejection is multifaceted and has different manifestations in the
various types of organ transplants. Because this process is emerging as a leading cause of …

We studied the phenotype of late kidney graft failure in a prospective study of unselected
kidney transplant biopsies taken for clinical indications. We analyzed histopathology, HLA …

ContextBlood type and crossmatch incompatibility will exclude at least one third of patients
in need from receiving a live donor kidney transplant. Kidney paired donation (KPD) offers …

Background. ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation is an important modality to
facilitate living donor transplant for incompatible pairs. To date, reports of the outcomes from …

A pilot study was performed on eight consecutive renal-transplant (RT) patients presenting
with acute humoral rejection (AHR) to assess the efficacy of monoclonal anti-B cell …

ContextFirst proposed 2 decades ago, live kidney paired donation (KPD) was considered a
promising new approach to addressing the shortage of organs for transplantation. Ethical …

Owing to the shortage of deceased donors in Japan, since 1989, we have performed ABO-
incompatible kidney transplantation (ABO-IKTx) to expand the indication for living donor …

Over the past 10 years, thanks to the development of sensitive methods of antibody
detection and markers of antibody injury such as C4d staining, the role of anti-human …

Antibody‐mediated rejection (AMR) in human heart transplantation is an immunopathologic
process in which injury to the graft is in part the result of activation of complement and it is …