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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 chronic rejection. Analysis of Ab2 in sera obtained from Ab1 producers showed that 22% of heart and 18% of kidney...
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