Pregnancy-induced HLA antibodies respond more vigorously after renal transplantation than antibodies induced by prior transplantation

Human Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 546-552

  Higgins, Rob ^a   Lowe, David ^b   Daga, Sunil ^a,c   Hathaway, Mark ^b   Williams, C ^b   Lam, F T ^a   Kashi, Habib ^a   Tan, Lam Chin ^a   Imray, Chris ^a   Fletcher, Simon ^a   Krishnan, Nithya ^a   Hart, Pat ^a   Zehnder, Daniel ^a,c   Briggs, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody incompatible kidney transplantation; Antibody mediated rejection; HLA antibodies; HLA Class 1; HLA Class 2; Pregnancy; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; ALLOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT HISTORY OF TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949500056     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2015.06.013     Document Type: Article

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