Immune Response and Histology of Humoral Rejection in Kidney
Document downloaded from http://www.elsevier.es, day 23/05/2017. This copy is for personal use. Any transmission of this document by any media or format is strictly prohibited. n e f r o l o g i a 2 0 1 6;3 6(4):354–367 Revista de la Sociedad Española de Nefrología www.revistanefrologia.com Review Immune response and histology of humoral rejection in kidney transplantation a,∗ a b a Miguel González-Molina , Pedro Ruiz-Esteban , Abelardo Caballero , Dolores Burgos , a c a a Mercedes Cabello , Miriam Leon , Laura Fuentes , Domingo Hernandez a Nephrology Department, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga University, IBIMA, REDINREN RD12/0021/0015, Malaga, Spain b Immunology Department, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga University, IBIMA, REDINREN RD12/0021/0015, Malaga, Spain c Pathology Department, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga University, IBIMA, REDINREN RD12/0021/0015, Malaga, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The adaptive immune response forms the basis of allograft rejection. Its weapons are direct Received 4 June 2015 cellular cytotoxicity, identified from the beginning of organ transplantation, and/or anti- Accepted 26 March 2016 bodies, limited to hyperacute rejection by preformed antibodies and not as an allogenic Available online 3 June 2016 response. This resulted in allogenic response being thought for decades to have just a cellu- lar origin. But the experimental studies by Gorer demonstrating tissue damage in allografts Keywords: due to antibodies secreted by B lymphocytes activated against polymorphic molecules were Immune response disregarded.
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