Immunological follow-up of patients with renal transplants: A proposal for clinical practice in Colombia

Melissa Andrea Ortiz , Cristiam Mauricio Álvarez , Ana María Arrunátegui , Yazmin Rocío Arias , Adriana Villegas , .

Keywords: Kidney transplantation, isoantibodies, graft rejection

Abstract

Graft damage is a process that starts at the moment of transplantation, due to comorbidities of receptor, donor status, ischemia time, ischemia-reperfusion phenomenon, among others, those induce metabolic and immune factors that ultimately trigger clinical manifestations of graft dysfunction. However, the preclinical progression between the time of transplantation and the appearance of signs and symptoms of graft damage can take weeks to years.
Therefore, the implementation of rational monitoring approaches during the post-transplantation period is critical and should include not only the clinical follow-up but also anticipate immunological graft damage. In the present essay, we propose an immunological monitoring algorithm for the post-renal transplantation period.

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Ortiz MA, Álvarez CM, Arrunátegui AM, Arias YR, Villegas A. Immunological follow-up of patients with renal transplants: A proposal for clinical practice in Colombia. biomedica [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];40(3):479-86. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5092

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2020-09-01
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