The Presence of Donor-Specific Antibodies in Renal Transplantation


Tozkir H., Sagiroglu T., Kilicarslan-Ayna T., Tan S., Copuroglu E., Sagiroglu G., ...More

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, vol.44, no.6, pp.1667-1669, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Determining the presence of anti-HLA antibodies before transplantation is an important factor to prevent loss of function among renal transplantations. In addition, recent studies have shown that not only the pretransplantation existence of anti-HLA antibody but also posttransplantation donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and non-donor-specific antibodies are significantly associated with allograft rejection or loss of graft function. This study presented DSA among patients after renal transplantation together with graft function and survival.