Complement-activating donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies and solid organ transplant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Anti-human leukocyte antigen donor-specific antibodies (anti-HLA DSAs) are recognized as a major barrier to patients' access to organ transplantation and the major cause of graft failure. The capacity of circulating anti-HLA DSAs to activate complement has been suggested as a potenti...

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Main Authors: Antoine Bouquegneau, Charlotte Loheac, Olivier Aubert, Yassine Bouatou, Denis Viglietti, Jean-Philippe Empana, Camilo Ulloa, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Christophe Legendre, Denis Glotz, Annette M Jackson, Adriana Zeevi, Stephan Schaub, Jean-Luc Taupin, Elaine F Reed, John J Friedewald, Dolly B Tyan, Caner Süsal, Ron Shapiro, E Steve Woodle, Luis G Hidalgo, Jacqueline O'Leary, Robert A Montgomery, Jon Kobashigawa, Xavier Jouven, Patricia Jabre, Carmen Lefaucheur, Alexandre Loupy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002572