Humoral rejection is refractory to conventional high-dose corticosteroid pulse therapy and invariably requires the addition of depleting antibodies, either polyclonal antilymphocyte agents or OKT3.

Transplant rejection is a major concern associated with kidney transplantation (KT). Researchers have linked terminally differentiated effector memory (TEMRA) CD8 + T cell presence and activity with ...

A young male cadaveric kidney transplant developed delayed graft function. In addition to fever, serial allograft biopsies revealed progressive infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes. After ...