Case Report

A Case of Alport Syndrome with Posttransplant Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease despite Negative Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies by EIA Treated with Plasmapheresis and Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Figure 3

Western blots using purified bovine NC-1 domain of type IV collagen (upper 2 panels) and crude guanidine extract of bovine glomerular basement membrane (lower 2 panels). Sample 1 : 2 months after transplantation. Sample 2 : 1 week after transplantation. Sample 3 : 3 months after transplantation. Sample 4 : immediately prior to the 2nd transplant. Sample 5 : 2 weeks after transplantation. Sample 6 : 7 months after transplantation. Sample 7 : pooled sample of all 6 sera. Std: standard, Alp: pooled Alport sera, GP: goodpasture serum (positive control), HBD: healthy Blood Donor serum (negative control).
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