Implementation of molecular matching in transplantation requires further characterization of both immunogenicity and antigenicity of individual HLA epitopes.

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Over the past decade, high HLA epitope mismatch scores have been associated with inferior transplant outcomes using several tools, of which HLAMatchmaker is most well-known. This software uses theoretically defined polymorphic amino acid configurations, called eplets, for HLA compatibility analysis. Although consideration of eplet mismatch loads has potential for immunological risk stratification of transplant...

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