Immunosuppression Minimization Trials in Liver Transplantation: Can We Predict Humoral Response to Assess

Magdalena Meszaros1, Jose Ursic-Bedoya1, Stéphanie Faure1

  • 1CHU Saint Eloi, Département d'hépatologie et transplantation hépatique, Montpellier, France.

We have read with great interest the article by Jucaud et al. (1) reporting that de novo donor-specific HLA antibodies (dnDSA) development during immunosuppression (IS) withdrawal in liver transplantation (LT) was associated with acute rejection and prevented further attempts of IS withdrawal. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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