BRIEF COMMUNICATIONNoninvasive quantification of intrarenal allograft C4d deposition with targeted ultrasound imaging
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Keywords
alloantibody
animal models
basic (laboratory) research/science
biomarker
biopsy
kidney transplantation/nephrology
pathology/histopathology
rejection: antibody-mediated (ABMR)
translational research/science
Abbreviations
AMR
antibody-mediated rejection
BN
Brown Norway rats
CEUS
contrast-enhanced ultrasound
DSA
donor-specific antibody
FITC
fluorescein isothiocyanate
H&E
hematoxylin and eosin
IOD
integrated optical density
IPP
image-pro plus
MBC4d
C4d-targeted microbubbles
MBCon
control microbubbles
MBs
microbubbles
NIDs
normalized intensity differences
NS
non-presensitized
PAS
periodic acid–Schiff
PS
presensitized
PTCs
peritubular capillaries
ROI
region of interest
SY
syngeneic
US
ultrasound
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Tao Liao, Yannan Zhang, and Jie Ren contributed equally to this work.
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