Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO One of the most important characteristics of blood is its type. Knowing your blood ...

Doctors call this the ABO Blood Group System ... That’s because type O-negative blood cells don’t have antibodies to A, B, or Rh antigens. Type O-negative blood is usually given in a life ...

An individual's ABO blood type is commonly determined by using antibodies specific for type A and type B glycoproteins. Antibody-A (Anti-A) and Antibody-B (Anti-B) combine with A and B antigens, ...

The major host factor is prior sensitization against ABO and HLA antigens expressed on the graft. In addition, microbial or other non-MHC antigens may stimulate antibodies that cross-react with ...

Here, we discuss strategies to select the best therapeutic antigen targets, to optimize the structure of IgG antibodies and to design related or new structures with additional functions.

ABO, HLA matching and HLA sensitization. [53] To avoid unnecessary testing in highly sensitized patients, the HLA antigens to which a patient has developed an antibody are entered into the UNOS ...