Effect of low platelet HLA-C expression on donor-specific antibody depletion following platelet transfusion from a corresponding HLA donor

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan. takayay@med.akita-u.ac.jp.
• ² Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
• ³ Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan.
• ⁴ Division of Blood Transfusion, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan.
• ⁵ Division of Radiology and Radiation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Akita, Japan.
• ⁶ HLA Foundation Laboratory, Kyoto, Japan.