title: Antibody-mediated rejection criteria - an addition to the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft rejection.
abstract: Antibody-mediated rejection (AbAR) is increasingly recognized in the renal allograft population, and successful therapeutic regimens have been developed to prevent and treat AbAR, enabling excellent outcomes even in patients highly sensitized to the donor prior to transplant. It has become critical to develop standardized criteria for the pathological diagnosis of AbAR. This article presents international consensus criteria for and classification of AbAR developed based on discussions held at the Sixth Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology in 2001. This classification represents a working formulation, to be revisited as additional data accumulate in this important area of renal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. lracusen@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Lorraine C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Racusen
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Colvin
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Solez
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mihatsch
authors.forename: Philip F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Halloran
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cecka
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cosyns
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Demetris
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fishbein
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fogo
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Furness
authors.forename: Ian W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glotz
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hayry
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hunsickern
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashgarian
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kerman
authors.forename: Alex J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Magil
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morozumi
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nickeleit
authors.forename: Parmjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Randhawa
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Regele
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seron
authors.forename: Surya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seshan
authors.forename: Stale
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sund
authors.forename: Kiril
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trpkov
mesh_terms: D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation