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Rene J. Duquesnoy is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with a focused interest in subfields such as Immunology, Transplantation, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Nephrology.

The scientist's work addresses various topics including T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, the Complement system in diseases, and Transplantation methods and outcomes as well as Organ Transplantation techniques and outcomes.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Rene J. Duquesnoy include:

  • "High-throughput sequencing defines donor and recipient HLA B-cell epitope frequencies for prospective matching in transplantation" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "Eplet-Based HLA Class II Matching for Transplantation: Design of a Repertoire of Interlocus Eplets Shared between HLA-DR, -DQ and -DP Alleles" (2020, OBM Transplantation)
  • "Autobiographical perspectives on HLA epitopes: Past, present and future" (2022, Human Immunology)
  • "Adaptation of HLA testing to characterize the cynomolgus macaque MHC polymorphisms and alloantibody signatures" (2023, HLA)
  • "Immunogenetics of heteroclitic recognition of HLA-DQB1 55R eplet specificity by human alloantibody" (2021, Human Immunology)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Human Immunology
  • Communications Biology
  • OBM Transplantation
  • HLA

Rene J. Duquesnoy has collaborated with several researchers repeatedly, notably Steven G. E. Marsh, Jane Kearns, Malek Kamoun, Jenny Tran, and Oliver P. Günther.

Best Publications

  • Obliterative bronchiolitis after lung and heart-lung transplantation: An analysis of risk factors and management

    Ko Bando;Irvin L. Paradis;Shari Similo;Hiroaki Konishi

  • A structurally based approach to determine HLA compatibility at the humoral immune level.

    Rene J. Duquesnoy

  • HLAMatchmaker: a molecularly based algorithm for histocompatibility determination. I. Description of the algorithm.

    René J Duquesnoy

  • A1, Cw7, B8, DR3 HLA antigen combination associated with rapid decline of T-helper lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection. A report from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

    R. A. Kaslow;M. vanRaden;H. Friedman;R. Duquesnoy

  • Clonal dominance among T-lymphocyte infiltrates in arthritis.

    Ivan Stamenkovic;Michele Stegagno;Kathryn A. Wright;Stephen M. Krane

  • The acceptable mismatch program as a fast tool for highly sensitized patients awaiting a cadaveric kidney transplantation: short waiting time and excellent graft outcome.

    Frans H. J. Claas;Marian D. Witvliet;René J. Duquesnoy;Guido G. Persijn

  • Serum autoantibody to the nucleolar antigen PM-Scl. Clinical and immunogenetic associations.

    Chester V. Oddis;Yutaka Okano;William A. Rudert;Massimo Trucco

  • HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm for Histocompatibility Determination. V. Eplet Matching for HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and HLA-DP

    Rene J. Duquesnoy;Medhat Askar

  • Successful transfusion of platelets “mismatched” for HLA antigens to alloimmunized thrombocytopenic patients

    René J. Duquesnoy;René J. Duquesnoy;Donald J. Filip;Glenn E. Rodey;Alfred A. Rimm

  • Human intestinal Vdelta1+ lymphocytes recognize tumor cells of epithelial origin.

    M. J. Maeurer;D. Martin;W. Walter;Kaihong Liu

  • HLA-Specific Antibodies are Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

    Alin L. Girnita;Rene Duquesnoy;Samuel A. Yousem;Aldo T. Iacono

  • De novo anti-HLA antibody after pandemic H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization in kidney transplant recipients.

    I. Katerinis;K. Hadaya;R. Duquesnoy;S. Ferrari-Lacraz

  • The number of amino acid triplet differences between patient and donor is predictive for the antibody reactivity against mismatched human leukocyte antigens.

    Marlies K. A. Dankers;Marian D. Witvliet;Dave L. Roelen;Peter De Lange

  • HLA-specific antibodies are associated with high-grade and persistent-recurrent lung allograft acute rejection.

    Alin L. Girnita;Kenneth R. McCurry;Aldo T. Iacono;Rene Duquesnoy

  • HLAmatchmaker: a molecularly based algorithm for histocompatibility determination. III. Effect of matching at the HLA-A,B amino acid triplet level on kidney transplant survival.

    Rene J. Duquesnoy;Steve Takemoto;Peter de Lange;Ilias I. N. Doxiadis

  • HLA mismatching increases the risk of BK virus nephropathy in renal transplant recipients.

    Yehia Awadalla;Parmjeet Randhawa;Kris Ruppert;Adriana Zeevi

  • HLAMatchmaker: a molecularly based algorithm for histocompatibility determination. II. Verification of the algorithm and determination of the relative immunogenicity of amino acid triplet-defined epitopes.

    René J Duquesnoy;Marilyn Marrari

  • Immunologically mediated disease of the airways after pulmonary transplantation

    Bartley P. Griffith;Irvin L. Paradis;Adriana Zeevi;Hanna Rabinowich

  • The Influence Of Hla Matching On Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis And Chronic Rejection After Liver Transplantation

    R Mañez;L T White;P Linden;S Kusne

  • Long-term outcome of human leukocyte antigen mismatching in liver transplantation: results of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Liver Transplantation Database.

    Vijayan Balan;Kris Ruppert;A. Jake Demetris;Tatiana Ledneva

  • Serum analysis after transplant nephrectomy reveals restricted antibody specificity patterns against structurally defined HLA class I mismatches

    Oyedele A. Adeyi;Alin L. Girnita;Judy Howe;Marilyn Marrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Zeevi
Adriana Zeevi University of Pittsburgh
Frans H.J. Claas
Frans H.J. Claas Leiden University Medical Center
Arend Mulder
Arend Mulder Leiden University Medical Center
Thomas E. Starzl
Thomas E. Starzl University of Pittsburgh
Robert L. Hardesty
Robert L. Hardesty University of Pittsburgh
Anthony J. Demetris
Anthony J. Demetris University of Pittsburgh
John J. Fung
John J. Fung University of Chicago
Robert L. Kormos
Robert L. Kormos University of Pittsburgh
William H. Hildebrand
William H. Hildebrand University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ilias I.N. Doxiadis
Ilias I.N. Doxiadis Leiden University Medical Center

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