HLA Homozygosity and Likelihood of Sensitization in Kidney Transplant Candidates

Background. Homozygosity for HLAs has been associated with adverse outcomes after viral infection as well as pregnancy-induced HLA sensitization. We sought to assess the relationship between HLA locus homozygosity and the level of HLA antibody sensitization. Methods. We measured sensitization using...

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Main Authors: Joshua A. Rushakoff, MD, MPP, Loren Gragert, PhD, Marcelo J. Pando, PhD, Darren Stewart, MS, Edmund Huang, MD, Irene Kim, MD, Stanley Jordan, MD, Kelsi Lindblad, PhD, Xiaohai Zhang, PhD, Peter Lalli, PhD, Jignesh K. Patel, MD, PhD, Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD, Evan P. Kransdorf, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-05-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001312