… Rizwan A Hamer, specialist registrar, …

Background. Data from matched historical cohort studies suggest that autosomal-dominant
polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) may be a risk factor for new-onset diabetes after …

Background. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-incompatible renal transplantation
has been increasingly performed since 2000 but with few data on the medium-term outcomes. …

Background B cells play an important role in renal allograft pathology, particularly in acute
and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). B-cell activating factor belonging to the tumor …

Double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) was used in preference to plasma exchange in our
program of antibody‐incompatible transplantation, to treat higher volumes of plasma. Forty‐…

Movement of solutes across the peritoneum allows for the use of peritoneal dialysis to treat
kidney failure. However, there is a large inter-individual variability in the peritoneal solute …

There are an estimated 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, with the majority of them choosing to
fast during the month of Ramadan. Fasting, which requires abstinence from food and drink …

Background. Accommodation to antibody is an important mechanism in successful ABO-incompatible
transplantation, but its importance in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-…

Background. After human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-incompatible transplantation,
donor specific and third party HLA antibodies may be found, and their levels fall in a donor-…

Current methods of measuring ABO antibody levels based on the hemagglutination (HA)
titers have the disadvantages of relatively poor reproducibility and do not offer fine …