Abstract 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the original development of the Banff
Classification of Kidney Allograft Pathology, when in August 1991 a group of pathologists …

Detection of mismatched human leukocyte antigens by adaptive immune cells is considered
as the main cause of transplant rejection, leading to either T-cell mediated rejection or …

Abstract The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Journal of Clinical Apheresis (JCA)
Special Issue Writing Committee is charged with reviewing, updating, and categorizing …

Abstract The XVI-th Banff Meeting for Allograft Pathology was held at Banff, Alberta, Canada,
from 19th to 23rd September 2022, as a joint meeting with the Canadian Society of …

Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is an emerging noninvasive biomarker that has the
potential to detect allograft injury. The capacity of dd-cfDNA to detect kidney allograft …

Pathology diagnostics relies on the assessment of morphology by trained experts, which
remains subjective and qualitative. Here we developed a framework for large-scale …

The complement cascade comprises soluble and cell surface proteins and is an important
arm of the innate immune system. Once activated, the complement system rapidly generates …

Rejection remains the main cause of premature graft loss after kidney transplantation,
despite the use of potent immunosuppression. This highlights the need to better understand …

For three decades, the international Banff classification has been the gold standard for
kidney allograft rejection diagnosis, but this system has become complex over time with the …

Our understanding of tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cell biology has been largely
developed from acute infection models in which antigen is cleared and sterilizing immunity …