The "antibodyome": or, how to find antibodies?
J Nephrol. 2009 Jul-Aug;22(4):439-41
Authors: Mohebbi N, Wagner CA
The importance of alloantibodies in acute and chronic allograft rejection has been highlighted over the past few decades. Besides human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies, representing the most important group of antibodies in renal transplantation, non-HLA antigens such as MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A (MICA) antibodies have also been implicated in renal allograft outcome. However, the identification of alloantibodies and autoantibodies and their antigens is technically difficult. Recently, Li and colleagues have performed an integrative genomic analysis of serological responses to non-HLA antigens in 18 pediatric renal transplant patients to identify ...