Leonardo Riella

BACKGROUND: More than 30% of potential kidney transplant recipients have pre-existing anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies. This subgroup has significantly lower transplant rates and increased mortality. Desensitization has become an important…

The Notch pathway is an important intercellular signaling pathway that plays a major role in controlling cell fate. Accumulating evidence indicates that Notch and its ligands present on antigen-presenting cells…

In a successful pregnancy, the semiallogeneic fetus is not rejected by the maternal immune system, which implies tolerance mechanisms protecting fetal tissues from maternal immune attack. Here we report that…

Fever, dysuria and elevated serum creatinine in a kidney transplant recipient. Batal I, Bijol V, Riella LV, Rennke HG. Am J Transplant. 2013 Mar;13(3):817-8.