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Review
. 2016 Apr;35(4):397-406.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.1223. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

Antibody-mediated rejection of the lung: A consensus report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

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Antibody-mediated rejection of the lung: A consensus report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Deborah J Levine et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a recognized cause of allograft dysfunction in lung transplant recipients. Unlike AMR in other solid-organ transplant recipients, there are no standardized diagnostic criteria or an agreed-upon definition. Hence, a working group was created by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation with the aim of determining criteria for pulmonary AMR and establishing a definition. Diagnostic criteria and a working consensus definition were established. Key diagnostic criteria include the presence of antibodies directed toward donor human leukocyte antigens and characteristic lung histology with or without evidence of complement 4d within the graft. Exclusion of other causes of allograft dysfunction increases confidence in the diagnosis but is not essential. Pulmonary AMR may be clinical (allograft dysfunction which can be asymptomatic) or sub-clinical (normal allograft function). This consensus definition will have clinical, therapeutic and research implications.

Keywords: HLA antibodies; allograft dysfunction; lung transplantation; rejection.

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