Effect of Apheresis for ABO and HLA Desensitization on Anti-Measles Antibody Titers in Renal Transplantation
Figure 2
Effect of desensitization therapy on anti-measles IgG antibody titers (mU/l). Anti-measles antibodies were measured before desensitization therapy (“before”), the day before transplantation (“tx”) and during followup (“after”). Patients were analysed according to the used apheresis strategies: use of plasma exchange either alone or in combination with antigen-specific immunoadsorption or antigen-specific immunoadsorption alone . At the time of transplantation, antibody titers were significantly reduced in the plasma exchange group compared to baseline .
