"The purpose is to provide an overview of key areas of research in transplant immunology and detailed descriptions of relevant methodology. An appropriate audience includes solid organ transplant physicians, immunologists, and immunology laboratory staff. ... I find this book very useful. It covers important topics in transplant immunology in great detail, and is a wonderful opportunity to review the current understanding of important topics by leaders in the field." (Christina Klein, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2013)
PART I: Overview Chapters1. Alloreactivity
Sidonia B.G. Eckle, Jamie Rossjohn, and James McCluskey
2. Antibodies in Transplantation: The Effects of HLA and Non-HLA Antibody Binding and Mechanisms of Injury
Nicole M. Valenzuela and Elaine F. Reed
3. Cell Mediated Rejection
Kathryn J Wood, Masaaki Zaitsu and Ryoichi Goto
4. Transplantation Tolerance
Colin Brinkman, Bryna Burrell, Joseph Scalea, and Jonathan Bromberg
5. Composite Tissue Transplantation
Gerald Brandacher
6. Transplantation of the Sensitized Patient: Histocompatibility Testing
Robert A. Montgomery, Mary S. Leffell, and Andrea A. Zachary
7. Thoracic Organ Transplantation: Laboratory Methods
Jignesh K. Patel and Jon A. Kobashigawa
PART II: Methods Chapters
8. HLA Typing by Sequence Specific Primers
Mike Bunce, Biofortuna and Ben Passey, Biofortuna
9. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Typing By DNA Sequencing
Ana Lazaro, Bin Tu, Ruyan Yang, Yi Xiao, Kanthi Kariyawasam, Jennifer Ng, Carolyn and Katovich Hurley
10. Next-Generation HLA Sequencing using the 454 GS FLX System
Elizabeth A. Trachtenbergand Cherie L. Holcomb
11. Chimerism Testing by Quantitative PCR Using Indel Markers
Ketevan Gendzekhadze, Laima Gaidulis, and David Senitzer
12. Gene-specific PCR Typing of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR)
Raja Rajalingam and Elham Ashouri
13. Complement-dependent Cytotoxicity Crossmatch
Jeremy Ryan Peña, Donna Fitzpatrick, and Susan L. Saidman
14. Lymphocyte Crossmatching by Flow Cytometry
Robert A. Bray
15. Solid Phase Assay Measuring C4d Deposition to Determine Complement Fixation by HLA Specific Antibodies
John D Smith and Marlene L Rose
16. C1q Assay for the Detection of Complement Fixing Antibody to HLA Antigens
Ge Chen and Dolly B. Tyan
17. Tetramer Staining for the Detection of HLA-specific B cells
Donna P. Lucas, Mary S. Leffell, and Andrea A. Zachary
18. A Flow Cytometric Crossmatch Test Using Endothelial Precursor Cells Isolated from Peripheral Blood
Annette M. Jackson, Donna P. Lucas, Jessica L. Badders
19. The Detection of Antibodies to the Angiotensin II-Type 1 Receptor in Transplantation
Duska Dragun
20. Detection of Antibodies to Self-antigens (K-alpha 1 Tubulin, Collagen I, II, IV and V Myosin and Vimentin) by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Nayan J. Sarma,Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi, and T. Mohanakumar
21. Cylex ImmuKnow Cell Function Assay
Adriana Zeevi and John Lunz
22. Detection of Intracellular Cytokines
Nancy L. Reinsmoen and Chih-Hung Lai
23. Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Induction of T Suppresson Cells in Transplant Recipients
George Vlad and Nicole Suciu-Foca
24. Discovery and Customized Validation of Antibody Targets by Protein Arrays and Indirect ELISA
Tara K. Sigdel, and Minnie. M. Sarwal
25. RNA Purification and Expression Analysis using Microarrays and RNA Deep Sequencing
Steven R. Head, Tony Mondala, Terri Gelbart, and Phillip Ordoukhanian
After decades of research in clinical transplantation, new techniques have been developed that permit a further understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying immune recognition of allografts and a more accurate and thorough evaluation of compatibility between donors and recipients. The second edition of Transplantation Immunology: Methods and Protocols expands upon the previous edition with current, detailed methods in transplantation immunology. The new methods chapters cover four major areas that are being applied in compatibility evaluations and ongoing transplantation immunology research. Seven overview chapters provide reviews of the molecular basis for alloreactivity, current understanding of humoral and cellular mechanisms, as well as new developments in thoracic organ transplantation, composite tissue transplantation and in the transplantation of sensitized patients. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and practical, Transplantation Immunology: Methods and Protocol, Second Edition is devoted to transplantation immunology, both in the practice of compatibility testing and in transplantation research.