The first study, by Everly and colleagues, was a retrospective single-center analysis of 52 kidney transplant recipients with biopsy-proven acute rejection diagnosed between January 1, 2003, and ...

New data link a common C3 gene variant to higher risk of chronic lung allograft dysfunction and antibody mediated rejection ...

Donor-derived cell-free DNA can aid detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplantation. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a non-invasive biomarker ...

When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

Balancing the immune system is a delicate act. If it’s too weak, infections and cancer can take hold; if it’s too strong, autoimmune diseases or transplant rejection can occur. Researchers have ...

More than 50% of lung-transplant recipients experience a rejection of their new lung within five years of receiving it, yet the reason why this is such a prevalent complication has remained a medical ...