Use of a donor-derived cell-free DNA assay to monitor treatment response in pediatric renal transplant recipients with allograft rejection.
Justin A SteggerdaHelen PizzoJonathan GarrisonXiaohai ZhangMark HaasIrene K KimStanley C JordanDechu P PuliyandaPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2022)
Patients with TCMR may be reliably followed by dd-cfDNA; however, it remains unclear whether persistently elevated dd-cfDNA levels in AMR is a reflection of ongoing subclinical rejection or an inherent limitation of the assay's utility.