PMID- 27818660 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231111 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2016 TI - Unraveling the Role of Allo-Antibodies and Transplant Injury. PG - 432 LID - 432 AB - Alloimmunity driving rejection in the context of solid organ transplantation can be grossly divided into mechanisms predominantly driven by either T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) and antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR), though the co-existence of both types of rejections can be seen in a variable number of sampled grafts. Acute TCMR can generally be well controlled by the establishment of effective immunosuppression (1, 2). Acute ABMR is a low frequency finding in the current era of blood group and HLA donor/recipient matching and the avoidance of engraftment in the context of high-titer, preformed donor-specific antibodies. However, chronic ABMR remains a major complication resulting in the untimely loss of transplanted organs (3-10). The close relationship between donor-specific antibodies and ABMR has been revealed by the highly sensitive detection of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (7, 11-15). Injury to transplanted organs by activation of humoral immune reaction in the context of HLA identical transplants and the absence of donor specific antibodies (17-24), strongly suggest the participation of non-HLA (nHLA) antibodies in ABMR (25). In this review, we discuss the genesis of ABMR in the context of HLA and nHLA antibodies and summarize strategies for ABMR management. FAU - Matsuda, Yoshiko AU - Matsuda Y AD - Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, CA , USA. FAU - Sarwal, Minnie M AU - Sarwal MM AD - Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, CA , USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20161021 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 PMC - PMC5073555 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA antibody OT - antibody-mediated rejection OT - donor-specific HLA antibody OT - humoral immune system OT - in vitro B cell assay OT - non-HLA antibody EDAT- 2016/11/08 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/08 06:01 PMCR- 2016/01/01 CRDT- 2016/11/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/10/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/11/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00432 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2016 Oct 21;7:432. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00432. eCollection 2016.