Immunology of Renal Transplantation

Section I Basic Transplantation Immunology. Major and minor histocompatibility antigens S H Powis, Trowsdale. Presentation and recognition of alloantigens A N Warren, G Lombardi, R I Lechler. T Cell responses to alloantigens A R Lazarovits. Cell trafficking and adhesion molecules H R Moody, P G Blake, P F Halloran. Cytokine regulation of the immune response to organ transplants M Dallman. The role of B cells, antibody and complement B Charpentier. Section 2 Experimental Renal Transplantation. Experimental models of renal allograftin F T Thomas, C E Maisch, M Thomas. Induction of specific transplantation tolerance M Suthanthiran. Xenografts I Platt, F Bach. Section 3 Clinical Renal Transplantation. ABO/HLC matching F Claas. The blood transfusion effect A MacLeod. Monitoring of rejection P Hayry, E Von Willebrand, I Lautenschlager. Acute and chronic rejection G Neild, C Rudge. The sensitized patient J. Chapman. Immunosuppressive drug therapy T Diflo, A Monaco. New immunosuppressive drugs: mechanisms of action and early clinical experience A W Thomson, R. Shapiro, I Fung, T E Starzl. Monoclonal antibody therapy P I O'Connell, C. L Corpier, A. Steel, T Strom. Cancer in renal transplant recipients A G R Sheil.