Background/Aim. Due to improved methods for removal of ABO isoagglutinins and novel immunosuppressive protocols, short and long term outcome in blood group incompatible is similar to blood group compatible kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of our original method for removal of ABO isoagglutinins from the blood in ABO-incompatible kidney allograft recipi...

Hemolytic disease of the newborn due to ABO incompatibility was first observed by Halbrecht in 1944. This entity has a spectrum ranging from minimal hemolysis requiring no therapy, as is the case in most instances, to severe hemolytic disease requiring aggressive management including exchange transfusion in a small percentage of cases. An extreme degree of hemolytic disease of the newborn due t...

SANDLER (1970) suggested that mutation, abnormal oocyte (abo:2-38), may influence the function of the ribosomal RNA cistrons. We have examined the abo mutation and its interaction with the ribosomal D N A of Drosophila melanogaster. We observed that the expression of the abo phenotype is unstable under the appropriate conditions, a behavior which paralleled changes in the phenotypic expression ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Literature reports several studies on ABO groups and malaria but a study with an adequate sample size and controls is not available. ABO groups are genetically controlled, hence, large sample size and comparison with population frequency is essential. To determine whether malaria infection with variable severity has correlation with ABO groups. STUDY DESIGN & METHODS B...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS ABO encodes a glycosyltranferase which determines the major human histo-blood group. The FUT2 fucosyltransferase allows expression of ABO antigens on the gastrointestinal mucosa and in bodily secretions (secretor phenotype). A nonsense allele in FUT2 represents a susceptibility variant for Crohn's disease, and both the secretor and ABO blood group status affect the compositi...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the frequency of and odds for and against HIV infection based on ABO blood type in a large sample of blood donors. BACKGROUND Coevolution between pathogens and hosts may explain the ABO system of polymorphisms. HIV-infected cells add ABO(H) blood group antigens to the viral envelope. Naturally occurring antibodies against ABO(H) antigens that are present in normal human s...

BACKGROUND Living-kidney transplantation is increasing because of the scarcity of kidneys from deceased donors and the increasing numbers of patients on waiting lists for a kidney transplant. Living-kidney transplantation is now associated with increased long-term patient- and allograft-survival rates. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this retrospective study was to identify, in a cohort of 44 ABO-i...

In this report, we propose the Appointed BrOadcast (ABO) method to achieve packet overhearing to reduce the routing overhead in the IEEE 802.11 mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Using the ABO method, IEEE 802.11 frames are modified in such a way that the Intended Receiver Address (IRA) is appended to the frame body. These ABO frames are broadcasted to enable packet overhearing while keeping the ...

INTRODUCTION ABO blood group compatibility between donors and recipients of heart transplants is required to reduce the risk of hyperacute rejection. Ideally, ABO-identical cardiac grafts should be used but transplantating using ABO compatible types allows reduced waiting times among recipients with rarer types without a significant increase in hyperacute rejection. However, previous reports ha...

Forty-four out of 258 allogeneic BMT were performed across the major ABO barrier. Donor erythrocyte repopulation could be evaluated in 30 cases. Fifty-eight patients transplanted with an ABO compatible or minor incompatible graft served as the control group. All patients received a marrow graft depleted of lymphocytes by counterflow centrifugation. Less than 10(8) residual erythrocytes were pre...