ABO-incompatible liver transplantation (ABO-i LT) is associated with a higher risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) compared to ABO-compatible liver transplantation (ABO-c LT). We compared the risk of AKI associated with transfusion between ABO-c and ABO...
Background: The accurate evaluation of anti-ABO antibodies is essential for risk stratification in ABO-incompatible (ABOi) transplantation. Historically, hemagglutination-based titration has been the cornerstone of such an assessment; however, differ...
Third-generation sequencing (TGS), also known as long-read sequencing, has become a promising tool in clinical and research laboratories because it delivers high-resolution results with unmatched throughput. Specialised immunohematology laboratories...
Background: Although advancements in desensitization protocols have led to increased ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), a higher biliary complication rate remains a problem. This study evaluated the effect of baseline...
For ABO-incompatible liver transplantation (ABO-i LT), therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is performed preoperatively to reduce the isoagglutinin titer of anti-ABO blood type antibodies. We evaluated whether perioperative high isoagglutinin titer is a...
Background/Objectives: Interindividual variability in responses to physiological and pathological perturbations remains a fundamental challenge in neuroscience. Astrocytes and microglia are dynamic regulators of brain homeostasis, immune surveillance...
Background: Patients for elective operation often undergo routine ABO/Rh type and screening test for potential need of transfusion. Some institutions require double verification of ABO/Rh type. We evaluated the clinical practice pattern of performing...
15 November 2026
Background: Associations between ABO blood phenotypes and tendon disorders have been reported, although previous findings are inconsistent across tendon sites and populations. Only one previous study specifically evaluated rotator cuff tears (RCTs),...
ABO incompatibility is not considered a contraindication for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Approximately 30% of transplants from related donors and up to 50% of transplants from unrelated donors are ABO incompatible. Immuno-hematolo...
The link between ABO/Rh blood groups and COVID-19 severity remains a topic of debate. We aimed to investigate the role ABO/Rh blood groups, rs8176746 and rs495828 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in COVID-19 severity among COVID-19 patients in...
Background and objectives: The ABO antibody (Ab) titration tests are used in monitoring in ABO-incompatible (ABOi) solid organ transplantation (SOT). However, currently developed ABO Ab tests show Ab binding reactions. This study attempted to measure...
Babesia is an intraerythrocytic parasite transmitted by ticks or through blood transfusion, and it can cause babesiosis with symptoms such as fever, anemia, and organ failure. The parasite is closely related to the mosquito-borne Plasmodium falciparu...
Background: Although ABO blood groups have been implicated in several vascular and neurological disorders, evidence regarding their association with epilepsy remains limited and inconclusive. We performed the largest and most comprehensive case&ndash...
Background/Objectives: The association between ABO/Rh blood groups and knee osteoarthritis (OA) remains controversial, with inconsistent findings reported across different populations. This study aimed to evaluate the distribution of ABO and Rh(D) bl...
Background and Objectives: Blood transfusion is a key component of sickle cell disease (SCD) management, and ABO and Rh compatibility is essential to minimize transfusion-related complications. This study investigated factors associated with blood tr...
ABO immune complexes (ABO-IC) formed by ABO-incompatible antigen-antibody interaction are associated with hemolysis and platelet destruction in patients transfused with ABO-nonidentical blood products. However, the effects of ABO-IC on endothelial ce...
Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Classical risk factors explain only part of the interindividual variability in thrombotic risk. Non-O blood groups are associated with higher plasma...
Background/Purpose: The effect of the ABO blood group on the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. The aim of the present study is to determine the prognostic impact of ABO blood types on the survival of a Japanese popu...
The Objective Grading System (OGS) developed by the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO-OGS) provides an objective method to evaluate the quality of orthodontic treatment outcomes. Initially designed to assess individual orthodontists, it is now wide...
Background and Objectives: Non-O ABO blood groups have been linked to higher coronary risk, plausibly via hemostatic and lipid pathways. However, evidence in Japanese populations and imaging-defined disease is limited. We examined whether ABO status...
The ABO blood group system, characterized by specific glycosyltransferase activity, is linked to various biological and clinical traits. However, findings often lack consistency due to small sample size and ethnic variability. This research explores...
Individuals with ABO type O, naturally possessing anti-A and anti-B antibodies in their serum, are underrepresented among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared with healthy controls. The ABO antibodies might play a role in the viral transmission...
Background. Non-O ABO blood groups are known to confer an increased risk of venous thromboembolism, primarily through higher circulating levels of von Willebrand factor and factor VIII. However, it remains unclear whether ABO type affects biochemical...
(1) Background: ABO blood group incompatibility between the mother and fetus protects against anti-D immunization by pregnancy. The possible role of ABO incompatibility in protecting against anti-human platelet antigen-1a immunization is unclear. (2)...
This study focuses on the association between the ABO blood group system and the risk of gastric cancer or Helicobacter pylori infection. The data for the ABO blood group was collected from 1045 cases of gastric cancer, whereby the patient underwent...
Objective: To evaluate whether ABO blood group is associated with venous thromboembolic events (VTEs), cerebral severe vasospasm (CSV), delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), and clinical or cognitive outcomes after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH...
ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can be performed successfully. However, anti-ABO isoagglutinin rebound may cause antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and graft loss. The risk threshold of isoagglutinin rebound is still...
Chronic inflammation harbors a vulnerable substrate for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after catheter ablation. However, whether the ABO blood types are associated with AF recurrence after catheter ablation is unknown. A total of 2106 AF patient...
Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. We aimed to evaluate whether ABO and rhesus blood groups associate with the susceptibility or the severity of PUUV infection. We analyzed blood groups in 289 adult patients treat...
Since the emergence of COVID-19, many publications have reported associations with ABO blood types. Despite between-study discrepancies, an overall consensus has emerged whereby blood group O appears associated with a lower risk of COVID-19, while no...
24 September 2021
After a COVID-19 outbreak in the Falles festival of Borriana (Spain) during March 2020, a cohort of patients were followed until October 2020 to estimate complications post-COVID-19, considering ABO blood groups (ABO). From 536 laboratory-confirmed c...
ABO blood system is an inborn trait determined by the ABO gene. The genetic-phenotypic mechanism underneath the four mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive types of O, A, B and AB could theoretically be elucidated. However, genetic polymorphi...
This study aimed to determine the long-term quality of life (QoL) in hemifacial spasm (HFS) patients after treating with Abo-botulinum toxin A (Abo-BTX). The study assessed the disease-specific QoL (hemifacial spasm questionnaire 30 items; HFS 30), t...
Background and Objectives: ABO blood types have been implicated as potential risk factors for various hemorrhagic diseases. No study has investigated the association between gastroesophageal variceal bleeding and ABO blood types. We aimed to evaluate...
Objective of the study. To evaluate the correlation between total serum bilirubin (TSB) and transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) levels in newborn infants at risk of ABO hemolytic disease.
Material and methods. During a prospective study, 130 full-term (≥3...
The effect of donor-recipient weight mismatch is not well established in ABO-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). A total of 2584 LDKT patients in the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry were classified into four groups accordin...
Background/Objectives: Museum collections constitute valuable material for investigating a wide range of histological processes. This results from the historical selection of unusual and advanced disease cases by museum curators, which are rarely enc...
Our objective was to estimate the incidence of COVID-19 and the ABO blood Groups in the mass-gathering events (MGEs) during the Falles Festival in Borriana (Spain) from 6–10 March 2020. We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study and m...
Background: The ABO blood group system has previously been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), where non-O blood group individuals have shown an increased risk. Studies assessing early atherosclerotic disease while also including RhD are fe...
Safe transfusion depends on rapid, accurate ABO typing, yet reference methods require centrifuges and instrumentation unavailable at the point of need. Here, a paper-based ABO-RhD typing device built on a covalent, optically silent surface chemistry...
Babesia is spread to humans via ticks or blood transfusions. Severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is strongly correlated to the ABO blood group of the patient. Babesia divergens is an intraerythrocytic parasite with many similarities to malaria,...
Background/Objectives: Understanding blood group antigen distribution is essential for transfusion safety and preventing alloimmunization in transfused patients. The ABO, RH1, and Kell blood group systems are among the most clinically significant due...
Background and Objectives: There is no universal agreement with regard to the correlation between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and ABO blood group antigens. The data related to these are limited. The pur...
Background and Objectives: ABO and Rh blood group systems represent clinically relevant genetic polymorphisms with established associations beyond transfusion medicine, including thrombotic risk. We investigated the prevalence of ABO and Rh blood gro...
Background: TTIs remain a major threat to transfusion safety. This study assessed the association between ABO/Rh blood groups and HBV, HIV, HCV, and syphilis among 4.038 apparently healthy blood donors. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study...
(1) Background: The association between ABO blood groups and COVID-19 outcomes was investigated in several studies. The results were controversial. This study aimed to explore the association between ABO blood groups and COVID-19 outcomes. (2) Method...
The influence of COVID-19 infection on the association between ABO blood groups and early outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains uncertain. We conducted a retrospective, single-center cohort study including adult patients adm...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, a relationship between the ABO blood group type and the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the etiological agent of COVID-19, has been reported, noting that individuals with the O blood group...
Background: COVID-19 is associated with coagulopathy and increased mortality. The ABO blood group system has been implicated in modulating susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease severity, but its relationship with viral RNAemia, spike gen...
Background and Objectives: The relationship between ABO or Rh blood groups and susceptibility to Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize available evidence on this association....
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