Pancreas allograft biopsies with positive c4d staining and anti-donor antibodies related to worse outcome for patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1660-1667

  De Kort, H ^a   Munivenkatappa, R B ^b   Berger, S P ^a   Eikmans, M ^a   Van Der Wal, A ^a   De Koning, E J ^a   Van Kooten, C ^a   De Heer, E ^a   Barth, R N ^b   Bruijn, J A ^a   Philosophe, B ^b   Drachenberg, C B ^b   Bajema, I M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft failure; antibodies; antibody mediated rejection; classification; complement C4d; donor specific antibodies; histopathology; humoral rejection; immunohistochemistry; pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; DONOR SPECIFIC ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT; COMPLEMENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ACINAR CELL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STAINING; ARTERITIS; ARTERY DISEASE; CAPILLARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROANGIOPATHY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; THROMBOSIS; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOPSY; BLOOD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; COMPLEMENT C4B; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958052511     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03079.x     Document Type: Article

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