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Acute rejection associated with donor-specific anti-MICA antibody in a highly sensitized pediatric renal transplant recipient.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Feb 2011
Narayan Shoba, Tsai Eileen W, Zhang Qiuheng, Wallace William D, Reed Elaine F, Ettenger Robert B
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Allograft rejection in HLA identical transplant recipients and in patients without detectable donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies has lead to the identification of non-HLA antigens as targets of the alloimmune response. MICA antigen has been recognized as an important non-HLA target in renal transplantation. Recent studies have shown that anti-MICA antibodies are associated with acute renal allograft rejection and...
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