The Banff 2022 Kidney Meeting Work Plan: Data-driven Refinement of the Banff Classification for Renal Allografts.
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abstract
The XVI-th Banff Meeting for Allograft Pathology was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 19th-23rd September 2022, as a joint meeting with the Canadian Society of Transplantation. In addition to a key focus on the impact of microvascular inflammation and biopsy-based transcript analysis on the Banff Classification, further sessions were devoted to other aspects of kidney transplant pathology, in particular T cell-mediated rejection, activity and chronicity indices, digital pathology, xenotransplantation, clinical trials, and surrogate endpoints. Although the output of these sessions has not led to any changes in the Classification, the key role of Banff Working Groups in phrasing unanswered questions, and coordinating and disseminating results of investigations addressing these unanswered questions was emphasised. This paper summarises the key Banff Meeting 2022 sessions not covered in the Banff Kidney Meeting 2022 Report paper, and also provides an update on other Banff Working Group activities relevant to kidney allografts.
