Latent IgA Deposition in Donated Kidneys in an Ethnically Diverse Population

摘要

I n the field of kidney trans- plantation, baseline biopsies of the donated kidney, including bi- opsies obtained before perfusion (0 hours; T0) and at 1 hour after perfusion, and a combination of both these biopsies, is used to confirm the quality of the donated organ. The information obtained from these baseline biopsies is necessary to determine if subse- quent histopathologic changes in the allograft after transplantation have originated de novo, or were already present in the donated kidney.