Kidney transplantation was the focus of numerous publications in 2016. Key studies demonstrated a survival advantage of HLA-incompatible kidney transplantation and suggested that novel approaches such as co-stimulation blockade using belatacept and treatment of antibody-mediated rejection using a C1 esterase inhibitor might prove to be future game changers.
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Malvezzi, P., Rostaing, L. Novel approaches to improve recipient and allograft outcomes. Nat Rev Nephrol 13, 73–74 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2016.190
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