Consensus opinion from the antibody working group on the diagnosis, reporting, and risk assessment for antibody-mediated rejection and desensitization protocols.

Robert A. Montgomery, Mark A. Hardy, Stanley C. Jordan, Lorraine C. Racusen, Lloyd E. Ratner, Dolly B. Tyan, Andrea A. Zachary

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Abstract

During the past few decades, much of the experimental and clinical effort in solid-organ transplantation has been directed toward ameliorating or abrogating T-cell-mediated responses. As a result, universally understood and accepted nomenclature and diagnostic criteria have evolved. Humoral immunity in transplantation has yet to undergo a similar renaissance. Readers of transplant journals regularly find it difficult and often impossible to interpret data on the diagnosis and management of antibody-mediated rejection. The Antibody Working Group was assembled in an attempt to provide guidelines for the standardization of nomenclature, diagnostic criteria, reporting, antibody profiling, and risk assessment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)181-185
Number of pages5
JournalTransplantation
Volume78
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 27 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Transplantation

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