Article
Deleterious impact of HLA-DRB1 allele mismatch in sensitized recipients of kidney retransplants.
Transplantation - 15 Jan 2013
Heinold Andreas, Opelz Gerhard, Döhler Bernd, Unterrainer Christian, Scherer Sabine, Ruhenstroth Andrea, Hien Tran Thuong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Whether mismatches between donor and recipient of a kidney transplant at the HLA allele level can elicit an immune response strong enough to impact graft survival is not known. METHODS: We examined the influence of HLA-DRB1 allele level mismatch on graft survival based on high-resolution typing, utilizing blood samples and clinical data provided by the Collaborative Transplant Study. HLA-DRB1*04 was...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Female
- Graft Survival
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proportional Hazards Models
