Tools for histocompatibility testing and significance of panel reactive antibodies - A narrative review

Abstract

Immune response directed towards the allograft is a major barrier to the longterm graft survival in kidney transplantation. The importance of various tools for histocompatibility testing including the significance of panel reactive antibodies in transplant immunology is discussed here.

Keywords

• histocompatibility testing
• human leukocyte antigen
• kidney transplantation
• panel reactive antibodies