Soft kidney allocation improves HLA matching and maintains allocation order
For predefined allocation rules, soft allocation enables significant HLA matching improvement with minimal impact on allocation order, benefiting both unrelated and related transplants. Future work will extend this approach to include sensitized donations.
Authors
- Eviatar Nesher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8753-2688)
- Ron Loewenthal
- Ruth Rahamimov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-3771)
- Sapir Israeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-4979)
- Eytan Mor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-0860)
- M. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-9645)
- Moshe Israeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-8692)
- Yoram Louzoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1714-6148)
- Robert L. Gutman
- Benaya Rosen Zvi
Institutions
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Holon Institute of Technology (IL)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Rabin Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01232-8
- Primary Topic
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00