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Below is a list of HLAMatchmaker related publications from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and other institutions.  Clicking on PDF next to the reference will open the publication as a PDF document. Alternately, clicking on URL next to the reference will take you to a website for this publication.

A.   From the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  1.  Duquesnoy, RJ: HLAMatchmaker: a molecularly based donor-selection algorithm for highly allosensitized patients.  Transplantation Proc. 33: 493-497, 2001   * PDF
  2.  Duquesnoy,RJ: HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm For Histocompatibility Determination  I  Description of the Algorithm, Human Immunology 63: 339-352, 2002   * PDF
  3.  Duquesnoy, RJ and Marrari, M: HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm For Histocompatibility Determination  II  Verification of the Algorithm and Determination of the Relative Immunogenicity of Amino Acid Triplet-Defined Epitopes,  Human Immunology 63: 353-263, 2002       * PDF
  4.  Duquesnoy, R.J., HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm For Histocompatibility Determination. ASHI Quarterly, 2002: p. 60-62.
  5. Duquesnoy, RJ , Takemoto S, de Lange  P, Doxiadis IIN, Schreuder GMTh , Persijn, G and  Claas FJH:  HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm For Histocompatibility Determination   III  Effect of matching at the HLA-A,B amino acid triplet level on kidney transplant survival Transplantation, 75:884-889, 2003   *  PDF
  6.  Duquesnoy, RJ, Howe J and Takemoto, S: HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm For Histocompatibility Determination.  IV An Alternative Strategy to Increase the Number of Compatible Donors for Highly Sensitized Patients, Transplantation, 75:889-897, 2003        *  PDF
  7.  Duquesnoy, RJ, Witvliet M, Doxiadis I IN, de Fijter H and Claas FHJ: HLAMatchmaker-Based Strategy to Identify Acceptable HLA Class I Mismatches for Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates, Transplant International, 7: 31-38, 2004        * PDF
  8.   Adeyi OE, Girnita A, Howe J, Marrari M,  Awadalla Y, Askar M, Martell J, Zeevi A, Shapiro R, Nalesnik M, Rhandawa P, Demetris AJ and Duquesnoy RJ:  Serum Analysis After Kidney Transplant Nephrectomy Reveals Restricted Antibody Specificity Patterns Against Structural  HLA Class I Mismatches,  Transplant Immunology, 14: 53-62, 2005     *  PDF
  9.   Duquesnoy, RJ and Claas, FHJ: Is the Application of HLAMatchmaker Relevant in Kidney Transplantation?  (Letter to the Editor)  Transplantation, 79,  250-251, 2005.   *  PDF
  10.    Duquesnoy RJ, Mulder A, Askar M, Fernandez-Vina M and Claas FHJ:  HLAMatchmaker-Based Analysis of Human Monoclonal Antibody Reactivity Demonstrates the Importance of an Additional Contact Site for Specific Recognition of Triplet-Defined Epitopes,  Human Immunology, 66: 749-761, 2005    *  PDF
  11.    Zeevi A, Girnita A, and Duquesnoy R: HLA antibody analysis: sensitivity, specificity and clinical significance in solid organ transplantation. Immunol. Res. 36:255-64, 2006   *  PDF
  12.    Duquesnoy RJ: The HLA system and histocompatibility testing for organ transplantation. In  Pediatric Transplantation  (Eds. Fine R, Webber S, Harmon W, Kelly D and Olthoff K)    2nd Edit (Blackwell Publishing, NY) In Press, 2006 
  13.    Duquesnoy RJ:    A structurally based approach to determine HLA compatibility at the humoral immune level.  Human immunology, 67: 847-862, 2006  *  PDF
  14.   Duquesnoy, RJ and Claas FHJ: Progress Report of 14th International Histocompatibility Workshop Project on the Structural Basis of HLA Compatibility, Tissue Antigens, 69 (Suppl. 1): 1-5, 2007   *  PDF
  15.    Duquesnoy, RJ and Askar, M: HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm for Histocompatibility Determination. V.  Eplet Matching for HLA-DR, HLA-DQ and HLA-DP, Human immunology, 68: 12-25, 2007    *  PDF
  16.    Duquesnoy, RJ: “Match and Treat”, An Effective Strategy for Transplanting Highly Sensitized Pediatric Transplant Candidates?  (Invited Editorial), Pediatric Transplantation 11: 3-4, 2007  *  PDF
  17.     Duquesnoy, RJ : Structural Epitope Matching for HLA Alloimmunized Thrombocytopenic Patients: A New Strategy to Provide More Effective Platelet Transfusion Support? Transfusion, In Press, 2007  *  PDF
  18.    Duquesnoy RJ, Awadalla Y, Lomago J, Jelinek L, Howe J, Zern D, Hunter B, Martell J, Girnita A and A Zeevi: Retransplant Candidates Have Donor-Specific Antibodies that React with Structurally Defined HLA-DR,DQ,DP Epitopes.  Transplant Immunology, 18: 352-360, 2008  *  PDF
  19.   Duquesnoy, RJ : Update on HLAMatchmaker: a Molecularly Based Algorithm for Histocompatibility Determination at the Epitope Level, EFI Newsletter, Fall 2007 and ASHI Quarterly, In Press 2007  *  PDF
 B.   From other institutions
  1. Lobashevsky, A.L., R.W. Senkbeil, J.L. Shoaf, A.K. Stephenson, S.B. Skelton, R.M. Burke, M.H. Deierhoi, and J.M. Thomas, The number of amino acid residues mismatches correlates with flow cytometry crossmatching results in high PRA renal patients. Human Immunology.. 63: 364-74, 2002
  2. Dankers MKA, Witvliet MD, Roelen DL, de Lange P, Korfage N, Persijn GG, Duquesnoy RJ, Doxiadis IIN and Claas FHJ: The Number of Amino Acid Triplet Differences between Patient and Donor is Predicitve for the Antibody Reactivity Against Mismatched HLA Antigens, Transplantation, I28: 1236-1239, 2004   * PDF
  3. Claas FHJ , Witvliet MD, Duquesnoy RJ, Persijn  GG and Doxiadis IIN The Acceptable Mismatch Program As A Fast Tool To Transplant Highly Sensitised Patients Awaiting A Post-Mortal Kidney: Short Waiting Time And Excellent Graft Outcome  Transplantation 78:190-193, 2004   *  PDF
  4. Boehringer D, Reinhard T, Duquesnoy R , Boehringer S, Enczmann J, de  Lange  P, Claas F,  and Sundmacher R : Beneficial Effect of Matching at the HLA-A and B Amino-Acid Triplet Level on Rejection Free Survival in Penetrating Keratoplasty, Transplantation 77: 417-421, 2004
  5. Iniotaki-Theodoraki, A., E. Kalogeropoulou, M. Apostolaki, I. Doxiadis, and C. Stavropoulos-Giokas, Humoral sensitization against rejected grafts: Specific antibodies to graft immunogenic amino acid triplets. Transplant Proc. 36: 1728-1731, 2004
  6. Varnavidou-Nicolaidou, A., I. Doxiadis, A. Iniotaki-Theodoraki, T. Patargias, C. Stavropoulos-Giokas, and G. Kyriakides, HLA class I donor-specific triplet antibodies detected after renal transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings  36: 1732-1734, 2004
  7. Laux, G., J. Mytilineos, and G. Opelz, Critical evaluation of the amino acid triplet-epitope matching concept in cadaver kidney transplanation. Transplantation  77: 902-907, 2004
  8. Dankers MK, Heemskerk MB, Duquesnoy RJ, Doxiadis II, Oudshoorn M, Roelen DL and Claas FH:  HLAMatchmaker algorithm is not a suitable tool to predict the alloreactive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response in vitro. Transplantation 78:165-7, 2004   * PDF
  9. Takemoto S, Port, FK, Claas, FHJ and Duquesnoy RJ: HLA Matching for Kidney Transplantation, Human Immunology, 65: 1489-1505, 2004.   
  10.   Claas FHJ, Dankers MK, Oudshoorn M, van Rood JJ, Mulder A, Roelen DJ, Duquesnoy RJ and Doxiadis IIN:  Differential Immunogenicity of HLA Mismatches in Clinical Transplantation. Transplant Immunology, 14:  187-191, 2005   * PDF
  11.   Doxiadis I. I. N., Duquesnoy, R.J., and Claas, H.J.: Extending options for highly sensitized patients to receive a suitable kidney graft.     Curr. Opin.  Immunol. 17:536-540, 2005   * PDF
  12.   Nambiar A, Duquesnoy RJ, Adams S, Oblitas J, Leitman S, Stroncek D and Marincola F: HLAMatchmaker-Driven Analysis Of Response To HLA Typed Platelet Transfusions In Alloimmunized Patients, Blood, 107: 1690-1697, 2006
  13.   Haririan, A., O. Fagoaga, H. Daneshvar, K. Morawski, D. Sillix, J. El-Amm, M. West, J. Garnick, S. Migdal, S. Gruber, and S. Nehlsen-Cannarella, Predictive value of HLA epitope matching using HLAMatchmaker for graft outcomes in a predominantly African-American renal transplant cohort. Clinical Transplantation 20: 226-233 2006   * PDF
  14.    Rosenberg, J., M. Berrri, M. Jackowski, D. Levis, S. Nehlsen-Cannarella, and H. Oh, Multi-array antibody screening in detecting antibodies to mismatched HLA in patients awaiting a second transplant. Transplantation Proceedings 38: 3393-3395, 2006
  15.   Mihaylova, A., D. Baltadjieva, P. Boneva, M. Ivanova, K. Penkova, D. Marinova, S. Mihailova, E. Paskalev, P. Simeonov, and E. Naumova, Clinical Relevance of Anti-HLA Antibodies Detected by Flow-Cytometry Bead-Based Assays—Single-Center Experience. Human Immunology. 67: 787–794, 2006
  16.    Goodman, R., C. Taylor, C. O’Rourke, A. Lynch, A. Bradley, and K. Key, Utility of HLAMatchmaker and single-antigen HLA-antibody detection beads for identification of acceptable mismatches in highly sensitised patients awaiting kidney transplantation. Transplantation  81: 1331-1336, 2006
  17.   Valentini, R.P., S.L. Nehlsen-Cannarella, S.A. Gruber, T.K. Mattoo, M.S. West, C. Lang, and A.A. Imam, Intravenous immunoglubulin, HLA allele typing and HLAMatchmaker facilitate suucessful transplantation in highly sensitized pediatric renal allograft recipients. Pediatr. Transplant. 11: 77-81, 2007   * PDF
 
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