High serum level of the soluble CD30 identifies Chinese kidney transplant recipients at high risk of unfavorable outcome.

Background: We sought to investigate the relationship between serum level of sCD30 and recipient/graft survival rates, rejection types, as well as other prognostic factors among Chinese kidney transplant patients.

Materials And Methods: We performed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays of serum sCD30 levels in duplicate among retrospective cohort of 707 renal transplant patients.

Results: The incidences of rejection increased in relation to the pretransplant sCD30 level.