Fritz E. Lower, MD

Publications & Other Scholarly Work:

1     Schinstock CA, Askar M, Bagnasco SM, Batal I, Bow L, Budde K, Campbell P, Carroll R, Clahsen-van Groningen MC, Cooper M, Cornell LD, Cozzi E, Dadhania D, Diekmann F, Hesselink DA, Jackson AM, Kikic Z, Lower F, Naesens M, Roelofs JJ, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Kraus ES:  A 2020 Banff antibody-mediated injury working group examination of international practices for diagnosing antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation - a cohort study.  Transplant International 34:488, 2021

2     Schinstock CA, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Naesens M, Batal I, Bagnasco S, Bow L, Campbell P, Clahsen-van Groningen MC, Cooper M, Cozzi E, Dadhania D, Diekmann F, Budde K, Lower F, Orandi B, Rowshani AT, Cornell L, Kraus E:  Banff  survey on antibody mediated rejection clinical practices in kidney transplantation: Diagnostic misinterpretation has potential therapeutic implications.   Am. J. Transplant 19:123, 2019

3     Drachenberg C, Torrealba J, Nankivell B, Rangel E, Bajema I, Kim D, Arend L, Bracamonte E, Bromberg J, Bruijn J, Cantarovich D, Chapman J, Farris A, Gaber L, Goldberg J, Haririan A, Honsova E, Iskandar S, Klassen D, Kraus E, Lower F, Odorico J, Olson J, Mittalhenkle A, Munivenkatappa R, Paraskevas S, Papadimitriou J, Randhawa P, Reinholt F, Renaudin K, Revelo P, Ruiz P, Samaniego M, Shapiro R, Stratta R, Sutherland D, Troxell M, Voska L, Seshan S, Racusen L, Bartlett S:  Guidelines for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection in pancreas allografts-updated Banff grading schema.  Am. J. Transplant 11:1792, 2011

4     Fritz E. Lower, MD, Santosh Menon, MD, Juan A. Sanchez, MD: Association of parvovirus B19 with plasma cell rich myocardial infiltrates following heart transplantation.  J Heart Lung Transplant 20:755, 2001.

5     D.A. Jezek, F.E. Lower, D.R. Wagenknecht, R.M. Britton, R.R. Getty, J.F. Pulliam, J.A. McIntyre, and C.D. Jennings: Report of a new DRb1*13 allele: DRb1*1336.  Tissue Antigens 57:548, 2001.

6     Lower FE, Eichhorn T, Jennings CD: Discontinuation of confirmatory cadaveric HLA typing.  ASHI Quarterly 24:32, 2000.

7     Lower FE, Jennings CD, Phillips GL, Thompson JS: Utility of DRb1 subtyping: a case report.  Clin Transplantation 10:598, 1996.

8     McConnachie PR, Denegri JF, Lower FE, Torry DS, McIntyre JA: Differences in immunoglobulin subclasses between dye exclusion and 51Cr-release complement dependent lymphocytotoxicity assays.  Transplantation  42:212, 1986.

9     McConnachie PR, Lower F, McIntyre JA: Restricted effector cell function in ADCC.  Diagnostic Immunology  3:67, 1985.