Transplantation across previously incompatible immunological barriers.

Abstract

This article reviews recent advances, which allow the transplantation across or around previously incompatible immunological barriers such as a positive crossmatch or ABO blood group incompatibility.

• Authors: Colm C Magee
• Journal: Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (Transpl Int) Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pg. 87-97 (Feb 2006) ISSN: 0934-0874 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 16441356 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• ABO Blood-Group System
• Antibodies, Monoclonal
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
• HLA Antigens
• Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
• Rituximab

Topics

• ABO Blood-Group System (immunology)
• Antibodies, Monoclonal (therapeutic use)
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
• Clinical Protocols
• Desensitization, Immunologic
• Graft Rejection (immunology, prevention & control)
• HLA Antigens (immunology)
• Histocompatibility Testing
• Humans
• Immunoglobulins, Intravenous (therapeutic use)
• Immunosuppression Therapy
• Kidney Transplantation (immunology)
• Living Donors
• Plasmapheresis
• Rituximab
• T-Lymphocytes (immunology)
• Transplantation Immunology