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Overlooked for decades, the humoral alloimmune response is increasingly recognized as a leading cause of graft loss after transplantation. However, improvement in the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection has not yet translated into better outcomes for transplanted patients. After an update on B cell physiology and antibody generation, the 2015 Beaune Seminar in Transplant Research challenged the conventional view of antibody-mediated rejection pathophysiology and discussed the latest promising therapeutic approaches.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Transplantation

Publication Date

07/2016

Volume

100

Pages

1460 - 1464

Addresses

1 Department of Transplantation, Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. 2 Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France. 3 Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospital, Dijon, France. 4 Transplantation Research Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.