To the Editor:To reduce the risk of acute rejection(AR)after renal transplantation,immunosuppressive induction therapy has been commonly used in the perioperative period.At present,rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin(rATG)...To the Editor:To reduce the risk of acute rejection(AR)after renal transplantation,immunosuppressive induction therapy has been commonly used in the perioperative period.At present,rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin(rATG)and basiliximab are the two main induction agents used for kidney transplantation.In adult kidney transplantation,the incidence of AR with rATG induction is generally lower than that with basiliximab.[1]Children have different immune systems than adults do.In pediatric kidney transplantation,which induction therapy is more effective in preventing early AR is an important clinical question worth answering.Because there are few reports in this field and differences in the immune systems of children at different ages,we have now conducted a total and age-stratified analysis of Chinese multicenter cohort data to compare the AR rates and other outcomes between rATG and basiliximab induction therapy groups in pediatric deceased-donor kidney transplantation.展开更多
基金supported by the Clinical Research Flagship Project of Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology(No.2019CR108).
文摘To the Editor:To reduce the risk of acute rejection(AR)after renal transplantation,immunosuppressive induction therapy has been commonly used in the perioperative period.At present,rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin(rATG)and basiliximab are the two main induction agents used for kidney transplantation.In adult kidney transplantation,the incidence of AR with rATG induction is generally lower than that with basiliximab.[1]Children have different immune systems than adults do.In pediatric kidney transplantation,which induction therapy is more effective in preventing early AR is an important clinical question worth answering.Because there are few reports in this field and differences in the immune systems of children at different ages,we have now conducted a total and age-stratified analysis of Chinese multicenter cohort data to compare the AR rates and other outcomes between rATG and basiliximab induction therapy groups in pediatric deceased-donor kidney transplantation.
