The Claim
Previous acute rejection episodes in renal transplant recipients are independently associated with metabolic acidosis, indicating that immune-mediated tubular injury results in persistent defects in renal acid excretion despite graft recovery.
What the research says
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Renal transplant recipients who have had prior acute rejection episodes show persistent inability of the kidneys to excrete acid properly, leading to metabolic acidosis, even when the transplanted kidney appears to have recovered function.
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Previous acute rejection episodes are independently associated with metabolic acidosis in renal transplant recipients, suggesting that immune-mediated tubular injury may cause persistent defects in renal acid excretion even after graft recovery.
When the kidney's tubules are damaged by an immune attack, the cells that remove acid from the blood lose their ability to pump hydrogen ions into the urine. This damage lasts even after the kidney appears to have healed, so acid builds up in the blood and causes metabolic acidosis.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Post-Renal Transplant Metabolic Acidosis: A Neglected Entity
Even when a transplanted kidney seems to be working fine again, people who had a past immune attack on it are still more likely to have too much acid in their blood — likely because the immune attack damaged the kidney’s acid-removing parts.
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