Posttransplant major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene a antibodies and long-term graft outcomes in a multicenter cohort of 779 kidney transplant recipients.
These data do not support an independent pathogenic role for MICA in long-term renal graft injury and question the interest of posttransplant monitoring of MICA antibodies with single-antigen flow bead assays currently available.
Lemy, A., Andrien, M., Lionet, A., Labalette, M., Noel, C., Hiesse, C., Delahousse, M., Suberbielle-Boissel, C., De Meyer, M., Latinne, D., Mourad, M., Delsaut, S., Racapé, J., Wissing, K. M., Toungouz, M., & Abramowicz, D. (2012). Posttransplant major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene a antibodies and long-term graft outcomes in a multicenter cohort of 779 kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation, 93(12), 1258-1264. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31824fd8f1 (Original work published 2012)