Article
Anti-idiotypic antibodies specific for HLA in heart and kidney allograft recipients.
Immunologic research - 1 Jan 1993
Reed E, Ho E, Cohen D J, Ramey W, Marboe C, D'Agati V, Rose E A, Hardy M, Suciu-Foca N
Abstract excerpt
Chronic rejection is the major threat to both heart and renal allograft survival. We have explored the possibility that some patients with anti-donor HLA antibodies (Ab1) develop specific anti-idiotypic antibodies (Ab2) which suppress the production of Ab1, and subsequently, the progression of ch...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
- Genotype
- Graft Survival
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Heart Transplantation
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Kidney Transplantation
