title: Update of the University of California at San Francisco experience with donor-specific blood transfusions.
abstract: Prospective pretreatment with deliberate DST has afforded MLC reactive related donor-recipient pairs enhanced opportunity for successful transplantation. The sensitization rate in patients receiving DST prior to primary transplantation was 30%, but this sensitization has been generally specific and narrow-those patients developing a positive DSXM do not appear to be jeopardized regarding later cadaver transplantation. Graft survival rates in 86 recipients of kidneys from their blood donors are 95% (1-year) and 93% (2-year). This graft survival rate appears to outweigh the minimal risk of possible unfavorable sensitization. Potentially unsuccessful transplants in immunologically disparate related donor-recipient pairs can be avoided, and the transplants actually performed have enhanced prospects of success.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000145:classification; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006085:Graft Survival; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D006680:HLA Antigens