Review Article

Clinical Relevance of HLA Antibody Monitoring after Kidney Transplantation

Table 1

Risk factors for the de novo development of DSA.

Risk factorReference

Retransplantation[21]
HLA antibodies before transplantation[16, 21]
Young age (18–35 years old)[16]
Deceased donor transplantation[16]
DR, DQ mismatch[16, 22]
Nonadherence[4, 15]
Insufficient immunosuppression[17]
Inflammation (i.e., infection)[18, 19]
(Subclinical) T-cell-mediated rejection[7, 15]