Publications by authors named "Fabienne Farce"

Article Synopsis
  • Imlifidase is used for desensitizing highly sensitized adult kidney transplant candidates with a positive crossmatch against deceased donors, and results from the first 9 patients are reported after at least 3 months of follow-up.
  • All 9 patients had been on dialysis for an average of over 10 years, and after treatment with imlifidase, all patients showed negative results for donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) that could have restricted their transplant eligibility.
  • The study concludes that imlifidase appears to be effective and safe for desensitization in these patients, with no graft losses or deaths reported, although some patients did experience infections and DSA rebounds.
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We report the case of a sensitized woman who underwent successful transplantation after a desensitization protocol, with an optically normal 8-day biopsy. At 3 months, she developed active antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) due to preformed donor-specific antibodies. It was decided to treat the patient with daratumumab, an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.

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De novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) are associated with antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and allograft loss. We tested Immucor* (IM) Luminex Single-antigen beads (LSAB) assay and C3d-fixing antibodies in the setting of dnDSA and subclinical (s) ABMR. This retrospective multicentric study included 123 patients biopsied because of the presence of subclinical de novo DSA detected by One Lamda* Labscreen (MFI > 1000).

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Background: De novo donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) are associated with antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and allograft loss. Whether monitoring of de novo DSA (dnDSA) paired with systematic kidney biopsy should become routine remains to be established.

Methods: A retrospective multicentric study (9 French kidney transplant units of the Spiesser group) included patients without graft dysfunction biopsied because of the presence of dnDSA (One Lambda, mean fluorescence intensity [MFI], >1000).

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Background: Defining the clinical relevance of donor-specific HLA antibodies (DSA) detection by Luminex single-antigen (LSA) flow beads assay is critical in monitoring posttransplant outcome.

Methods: Sera of kidney transplanted patients were tested by LSA1 and LSA2 with One Lambda Labscreen (test 1) and Immucor Lifecodes (test 2), at the time of a graft biopsy. The first group (G1, n = 50) had a biopsy highly suggestive of humoral rejection, and the second (G2, n = 50) had no criteria of rejection.

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