Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine

Sandra Tafulo, MSc

Selected publications:

1. Tafulo S, Malheiro J, Dias L, Mendes C, Osório E, Martins LS, Santos J, Pedroso S, Ameida M, Castro-Henriques A. Low transplantability of 0 blood group and highly sensitized candidates in the Portuguese kidney allocation algorithm: quantifying an old problem in search of new solutions. HLA 2016;88(5):232-238. doi: 10.1111/tan.12895.

2. Malheiro J, Martins LS, Tafulo S, Dias L, Fonseca I, Beirao I, et al. Impact of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies on grafts outcomes in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Transpl Int. 2016;29(2):173-83. doi: 10.1111/tri.12687

3. Malheiro J, Tafulo S, Dias L, Martins LS, Fonseca I, Beirao I, et al. Analysis of preformed donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies characteristics for prediction of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation. Transpl Immunol. 2015;32(2):66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.trim.2015.01.002

4. Malheiro J, Tafulo S, Dias L, Martins LS, Fonseca I, Beirão I, et al. Impact on mid-term kidney graft outcomes of pretransplant anti-HLA antibodies detected by solid-phase assays: Do donor-specific antibodies tell the whole story? Human Immunology. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2017.07.011

5. Malheiro J, Tafulo S, Dias L, Martins LS, Fonseca I, Beirão I, et al. Determining donor-specific antibody C1qbinding ability improves the prediction of antibody‐mediated rejection in human leucocyte antigen‐incompatible kidney transplantation. Transplant International. 2017;30(4):347-59. doi: 10.1111/tri.12873