Serum complement inactivation unveiled prepregnancy donor-specific HLA antibodies leading to postpartum kidney graft loss

Transpl Int. 2015 May;28(5):623-5. doi: 10.1111/tri.12521. Epub 2015 Jan 22.

Authors

Arcangelo Nocera¹, Michela Cioni, Augusto Tagliamacco, Patrizia Comoli, Annalisa Innocente, Paola Ceriolo, Massimo Cardillo, Fabrizio Ginevri

Affiliation

¹ Transplant Immunology Research Laboratory at Clinical Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine - DIMI, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

PMID: 25581245
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12521

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antibodies / immunology*
Complement Activation*
Female
Graft Rejection*
HLA Antigens / chemistry
HLA Antigens / immunology*
Humans
Kidney Diseases / immunology*
Kidney Diseases / surgery
Kidney Transplantation
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tissue Donors
Young Adult

Substances

Antibodies
HLA Antigens