Isolated endarteritis and kidney transplant survival: a multicenter collaborative study

B Sis, SM Bagnasco, LD Cornell… - Journal of the …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Isolated endarteritis of kidney transplants is increasingly recognized. Notably, microarray
studies revealed absence of immunologic signatures of rejection in most isolated
endarteritis biopsy samples. We investigated if isolated endarteritis responds to rejection
treatment and affects kidney transplant survival. We retrospectively enrolled recipients of
kidney transplant who underwent biopsies between 1999 and 2011 at seven American and
Canadian centers. Exclusion criteria were recipients were blood group-incompatible or …