L C Racusen

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Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology
    L C Racusen
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Kidney Int 55:713-23. 1999
  2. ncbi Subclinical acute antibody-mediated rejection in positive crossmatch renal allografts
    M Haas
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 7:576-85. 2007
  3. ncbi CD20-positive infiltrates in renal allograft biopsies with acute cellular rejection are not associated with worse graft survival
    S M Bagnasco
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 7:1968-73. 2007
  4. ncbi Effect of Bw4 and Bw6 epitope mismatches on antibody production, acute and chronic rejection, and graft survival in renal allografts
    M S Leffell
    Depaertment of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Transplantation 72:433-7. 2001
  5. ncbi Subclinical rejection in stable positive crossmatch kidney transplant patients: incidence and correlations
    E S Kraus
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 9:1826-34. 2009
  6. ncbi Cohort study of the prognostic significance of acute transplant glomerulitis in acutely rejecting renal allografts
    N C Messias
    Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Transplantation 72:655-60. 2001
  7. ncbi Guidelines for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection in pancreas allografts-updated Banff grading schema
    C B Drachenberg
    Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 11:1792-802. 2011
  8. ncbi Ritonavir-induced acute kidney injury: kidney biopsy findings and review of literature
    T Shafi
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224 2780, USA
    Clin Nephrol 75:60-4. 2011
  9. ncbi Banff schema for grading pancreas allograft rejection: working proposal by a multi-disciplinary international consensus panel
    C B Drachenberg
    Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 8:1237-49. 2008
  10. ncbi C4d and C3d staining in biopsies of ABO- and HLA-incompatible renal allografts: correlation with histologic findings
    M Haas
    Department of Pathology, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Am J Transplant 6:1829-40. 2006

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  1. ncbi The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology
    L C Racusen
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Kidney Int 55:713-23. 1999
    ..This manuscript describes a classification, Banff 97, developed by investigators using the Banff Schema and the Collaborative Clinical Trials in Transplantation (CCTT) modification for diagnosis of renal allograft pathology...
  2. ncbi Subclinical acute antibody-mediated rejection in positive crossmatch renal allografts
    M Haas
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 7:576-85. 2007
    ..5 +/- 2.5 versus 1.0 +/- 2.0, p = 0.01) than that in 24 recipients of HLA-incompatible grafts with no AMR over a similar interval (360 +/- 117 days), suggesting that subclinical AMR may contribute to development of CAN...
  3. ncbi CD20-positive infiltrates in renal allograft biopsies with acute cellular rejection are not associated with worse graft survival
    S M Bagnasco
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 7:1968-73. 2007
    ..Our data do not support association of B cell-rich infiltrates in allograft biopsies and worse outcome in acute rejection type I or II, but do not exclude the possible contribution of B cells to allograft rejection...
  4. ncbi Effect of Bw4 and Bw6 epitope mismatches on antibody production, acute and chronic rejection, and graft survival in renal allografts
    M S Leffell
    Depaertment of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Transplantation 72:433-7. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Mismatching for Bw4 or Bw6 does not confer any independent, increased risk for humoral sensitization or renal allograft failure...
  5. ncbi Subclinical rejection in stable positive crossmatch kidney transplant patients: incidence and correlations
    E S Kraus
    Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 9:1826-34. 2009
    ..Surveillance biopsies during the first year post-transplantation for these high-risk patients uncover clinically occult processes and phenotypes, which without intervention diminish allograft survival and function...
  6. ncbi Cohort study of the prognostic significance of acute transplant glomerulitis in acutely rejecting renal allografts
    N C Messias
    Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Transplantation 72:655-60. 2001
    ..97; P=0.97). CONCLUSION: In this study, G was significantly more common in highly sensitized patients and was strongly associated with vascular rejection biopsies but was not an independent predictor of graft survival...
  7. ncbi Guidelines for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection in pancreas allografts-updated Banff grading schema
    C B Drachenberg
    Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 11:1792-802. 2011
    ..A systematized clinicopathological approach to AMR is essential for the development and assessment of much needed therapeutic interventions...
  8. ncbi Ritonavir-induced acute kidney injury: kidney biopsy findings and review of literature
    T Shafi
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224 2780, USA
    Clin Nephrol 75:60-4. 2011
    ..This is the first report of a kidney biopsy and pathology in acute kidney injury associated with ritonavir. A review of published medical literature on the topic is also presented...
  9. ncbi Banff schema for grading pancreas allograft rejection: working proposal by a multi-disciplinary international consensus panel
    C B Drachenberg
    Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Transplant 8:1237-49. 2008
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  10. ncbi C4d and C3d staining in biopsies of ABO- and HLA-incompatible renal allografts: correlation with histologic findings
    M Haas
    Department of Pathology, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Am J Transplant 6:1829-40. 2006
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  11. ncbi Antibody-mediated rejection in the kidney
    L C Racusen
    Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Transplant Proc 36:768-9. 2004
    ..Antibody-mediated rejection is increasingly recognized as a cause of acute and chronic rejection in kidney as well as other organ allografts. New diagnostic criteria have been drafted to diagnose this entity and enable timely therapy...
  12. ncbi Epithelial cell shedding in acute renal injury
    L C Racusen
    Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 25:273-5. 1998
    ..Phalloidin stabilized the filaments and prevented the changes in cell shape indicative of altered adherence...
  13. ncbi The Banff schema and differential diagnosis of allograft dysfunction
    L C Racusen
    Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Transplant Proc 36:753-4. 2004
    ..This article reviews the criteria for diagnosis of rejection, and its differentiation from other inflammatory infiltrates in renal allograft biopsy specimens...
  14. ncbi Structural correlates of renal electrolyte alterations in acute renal failure
    L C Racusen
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    Miner Electrolyte Metab 17:72-88. 1991
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