Mubarak M, Raza A, Rashid R, Shakeel S. Evolution of human kidney allograft pathology diagnostics through 30 years of the Banff classification process. World J Transplant 2023; 13(5): 221-238 [PMID: 37746037 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v13.i5.221]
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Muhammed Mubarak, MD, Professor, Department of Histopathology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Dewan Farooque Medical Complex, Karachi 74200, Sindh, Pakistan. drmubaraksiut@yahoo.com
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World J Transplant. Sep 18, 2023; 13(5): 221-238 Published online Sep 18, 2023. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v13.i5.221
Evolution of human kidney allograft pathology diagnostics through 30 years of the Banff classification process
Muhammed Mubarak, Amber Raza, Rahma Rashid, Shaheera Shakeel
Muhammed Mubarak, Rahma Rashid, Shaheera Shakeel, Department of Histopathology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi 74200, Sindh, Pakistan
Amber Raza, Department of Nephrology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi 74200, Sindh, Pakistan
Author contributions: Mubarak M, Raza A, Rashid R and Shakeel S contributed significantly and equally to the preparation of the manuscript, including primary and final drafting; Mubarak M and Raza A conceived and designed the study, and performed the research; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Muhammed Mubarak, MD, Professor, Department of Histopathology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Dewan Farooque Medical Complex, Karachi 74200, Sindh, Pakistan. drmubaraksiut@yahoo.com
Received: April 10, 2023 Peer-review started: April 10, 2023 First decision: June 1, 2023 Revised: June 5, 2023 Accepted: June 12, 2023 Article in press: June 12, 2023 Published online: September 18, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: The efforts to standardize the nomenclature, classification, and reporting of kidney allograft biopsies were initiated in 1991 by a small group of renal pathologists, transplant physicians, and surgeons at a meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Thereafter, regular meetings of the now ever-expanding, multidisciplinary, and international Banff community have been held every 2 years at different places around the world to revise, update and refine the classification. Major and frequent changes have occurred in the classification over the three decades of its evolution, making it extremely complex and difficult to comprehend, particularly for beginners in the field. The classification has essentially changed from pathology-based to pathogenesis-based classification and has become clinician-friendly and treatment-friendly. This review is an attempt to summarize the changes in the classification in an easily understandable manner and describe the rationale behind these changes for easy assimilation by both neophytes and practicing renal pathologists, transplant physicians, surgeons, and other relevant stakeholders.
