1998
Antibodies against mesangial cells and their secretory products in chronic renal allograft rejection in the rat.
Paul L, Muralidharan J, Muzaffar S, Manting E, Valentin J, de Heer E, Kashgarian M. Antibodies against mesangial cells and their secretory products in chronic renal allograft rejection in the rat. American Journal Of Pathology 1998, 152: 1209-23. PMID: 9588890, PMCID: PMC1858589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoantigensBasement MembraneBiglycanBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedChronic DiseaseDecorinEndothelium, VascularExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGlomerular MesangiumGraft RejectionKidney TransplantationMaleProteoglycansRatsRats, Inbred F344Rats, Inbred LewTransplantation, HomologousConceptsMesangial cell culture supernatantsChronic renal allograft rejectionRenal allograft rejectionMesangial cellsChronic rejectionAllograft rejectionCell culture supernatantsChronic renal transplant rejectionFlow cytometryWestern blotEndothelial cellsGlomerular basement membrane antigenPost-transplant seraRenal transplant rejectionCell-mediated immunityPost-immunization seraPresence of antibodiesMesangial cell surfaceStrong autoantibody responseCulture supernatantsCultured mesangial cellsIndirect immunofluorescent studiesBasement membrane antigensIndirect immunofluorescent stainingTissue repair process
1997
Posttransplant antibody response and chronic rejection
Paul L, Valentin J, Muzaffar S, Kashgarian M. Posttransplant antibody response and chronic rejection. Transplantation Proceedings 1997, 29: 2529-2530. PMID: 9290727, DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)00493-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1976
Kidney transplant biopsies in the diagnosis and management of acute rejection reactions
Finkelstein F, Siegel N, Bastl C, Forrest J, Kashgarian M. Kidney transplant biopsies in the diagnosis and management of acute rejection reactions. Kidney International 1976, 10: 171-178. PMID: 787617, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1976.92.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseBiopsy, NeedleGraft RejectionHumansKidneyKidney TransplantationTime FactorsTransplantation, HomologousConceptsAcute clinical rejectionTime of biopsyClinical rejectionAcute rejectionTransplant biopsiesGraft recipientsClinical statusRejection reactionAcute rejection reactionGlomerular endothelial swellingStandard immunosuppressive treatmentInstitution of treatmentKidney transplant biopsiesRenal transplant biopsiesHistopathologic categorizationImmunosuppressive treatmentClinical responseRenal functionEndothelial swellingHistologic featuresEndothelial edemaHistopathologic changesInterstitial edemaClinical dataRetrospective analysis