Antibodies in the blood provide clues to transplant recipients' likelihood of rejection

Friday, August 21, 2015 - 17:50 in Health & Medicine

Among kidney transplant recipients, patients with mostly IgG3 donor-specific HLA antibodies had a higher likelihood of organ rejection soon after transplantation, scientists have found. If rejection occurred in those with mostly IgG4 antibodies, it was usually much later after transplantation.

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