Correlation between Banff classification, acute renal rejection scores and reversal of rejection

Antibody-mediated rejection criteria - an addition to the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft rejection.

Antibody-mediated rejection (AbAR) is increasingly recognized in the renal allograft population, and successful therapeutic regimens have been developed to prevent and treat AbAR, enabling excellent outcomes even in patients highly sensitized to the donor prior to transplant. It has become critical to develop standardized criteria for the pathological diagnosis of AbAR. This article presents in...

Association between Amylase Excretion Fraction and Acute Renal Transplant Rejection in Pediatrics

Background and Objectives: Serum amylase increases and its excretion fraction decreases in patients with renal failure. Excretion fraction can be used as a diagnostic way in individuals with acute renal transplant rejection. In this study, the association between amylase excretion fraction and acute renal transplant rejection, was investigated in pediatrics.   Methods: in this case - control s...

Banff criteria as predictors of outcome following acute renal allograft rejection.

BACKGROUND The Banff classification of renal allograft rejection grades acute tubulointerstitial rejection (AIR) by severity of tubulitis and acute vascular rejection (AVR) by severity of arteritis. The intensity of tubulitis has not, however, been demonstrated to be of prognostic value and other features such as glomerulitis and eosinophil infiltration are of uncertain significance. This study...

Soluble CD30 and Acute Renal Allograft Rejection

Reversal of renal allograft rejection with intravenous methylprednisolone "pulse" therapy.

REJECTION CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM confronting the transplant recipient and his surgeon. Acute reject,ion of renal allografts is commonly treated by increasing the daily oral dose of corticosteraids. Multiple complications of this therapy, including gastrointestinal hemorrhage and increased susceptibility to infection, have been reported. Intermittent large-dose intravenous corticosteroi...