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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 138, 303-312, Copyright © 1991 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Longitudinal histopathologic assessment of rejection after bladder- drained canine pancreas allograft transplantation

RD Allen, JM Grierson, H Ekberg, WJ Hawthorne, P Williamson, SA Deane, JR Chapman, GJ Stewart and JM Little
Pancreas Transplant Research Group, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Australia.

In preparation for assessment of percutaneous biopsies in our clinical pancreas transplant program, a working knowledge of the histopathologic changes after transplantation was obtained in a longitudinal open biopsy study of 16 dogs receiving bladder-drained whole pancreas allografts. Edema, extravasation of polymorphs, and lymphocytes associated with focal parenchymal injury were early, invariable, and probably nonspecific findings. The initial feature of unmodified rejection was the appearance of capillary and small vein endothelial changes with mainly perivascular inflammatory cell infiltration. Acinar cell loss occurred early and was progressive, whereas islets and ducts were relatively preserved, indicating that acinar tissue may be more vulnerable to lytic necrosis when damaged. Functional rejection, determined by fasting urinary amylase levels, was at a stage of extensive and irreversible necrosis. Functioning grafts in immunosuppressed dogs had minor and transient endothelial changes with absence of class II antigen staining of parenchymal cells.




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