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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Xenotransplantation. 2021 Oct 13;28(6):e12715. doi: 10.1111/xen.12715

TABLE 2.

Major histopathological findings in the kidney graft

Baboon Histopathological findings IMR IMR-D/S
Group 1: Kidney is not from a CMAHKO pig
B9315 Interstitial hemorrhage, edema, glomerular/tubular necrosis, and tubular atrophy None N/A
B17315 Interstitial edema, fibrosis, and tubular atrophy None N/A
B17615 Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy None N/A
B10815 Interstitial fibrin thrombi, dilation of Bowman’s space, and interstitial edema AMR Renal interstitium, multifocal/mild
B5916 Thrombotic microangiopathy, interstitial fibrin thrombi, fibrosis and edema AMR Glomerular: global/severe
Renal interstitium: multifocal/
moderate
Group 2: Kidney is from a CMAHKO pig
B8216 Acute tubular injury, multifocal foci of interstitial vasculitis fibrin thrombi, and interstitial neutrophilic infiltrate IRI/AMR Renal interstitium: multifocal/mild
B1417 Hemorrhage, fibrin thrombi, tubular necrosis, fibrosis, neutrophil and mononuclear cell infiltration AMR/CCXR Renal interstitium: diffuse/ severe
B3917 Hemorrhage, congestion, fibrin thrombi, tubular necrosis, and neutrophilic infiltrate HAR Renal interstitium: diffuse/ severe
B15816 Segmental edema associated with ascending pyelonephritis, gram-negative bacteria, multifocal foci of fibrin thrombi AMR Renal interstitium: multifocal/mild
B517 Glomerular necrosis and dilation of Bowman’s space, interstitial edema, and fibrosis AMR N/A

Abbreviations: AMR, antibody-mediated thromboses and rejection; CCXR, chronic cellular xenograft rejection; HAR, hyperacute rejection; IRI, ischemia/reperfusion injury; IMR, Immune mediated rejection; D/S, distribution and severity; N/A, no evidence of immune-mediated rejection.