Kidney re-transplantation in a child across the barrier of persisting angiotensin II type I receptor antibodies.
Annika GoldAlexander FichtnerDaniela ChoukairClaus Peter SchmittCaner SüsalDuska DragunBurkhard TönshoffPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2020)
This case highlights the difficulty of persistently decreasing elevated AT1R-Ab titers by a desensitization regimen for re-transplantation and the detrimental effect of the interplay between AT1R-Ab and HLA-DSA on kidney transplant survival.