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Michael Mengel

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ProfessorLaboratory Medicine & Pathology DeptUniversity of Alberta

Michael Mengel

Professor

Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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39 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CFI), most recently in 2012.

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Latest papers

The Banff 2024 Kidney Meeting Report: Rejection as a spectrum of phenotypes and focus on differential diagnostic reasoning.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026 · senior author
Sensitization in organ transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2025 meeting group report.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
Clazakizumab in the treatment of chronic active antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection: Results from the IMAGINE phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026

All 86 publications

Latest funding

MS Imaging of Tissue Biopsies for the Rapid Diagnosis and Classification of Amyloidosis and Glomerulonephritis
CFI · 2015 · Co-investigator
$151,798
Translational Pathology Unit
CFI · 2012 · Principal investigator
$185,233

All 2 grants and awards

86 publications.

The Banff 2024 Kidney Meeting Report: Rejection as a spectrum of phenotypes and focus on differential diagnostic reasoning.

Naesens M, Roufosse C, Cornell LD, Haas M, Mannon RB, Afrouzian M, Akalin E, Alachkar N, Alexander MP, Bagnasco SM, Batal I, Böhmig GA, Boor P, Broecker V, Chang A, Clahsen-Van Groningen M, Coley SM, Colvin RB, Dadhania D, Drachenberg CB, Elias M, Farris AB, Fogo AB, Fowler K, Gibson IW, Goutaudier V, Huang E, Husain SA, Jackson AM, Kers J, Kikić Ž, Kozakowski N, Kung V, Liapis H, Louis K, Muthukumar T, Nankivell B, Neil DAH, Rabant M, Randhawa P, Riella LV, Rosales I, Royal V, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Schachtner T, Schinstock C, Seshan SV, Sharif A, Solez K, Thaunat O, Van Midden D, Ventura-Aguiar P, Willicombe M, Lefaucheur C, Loupy A, Mengel M

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons202611 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.01.018 PMID: 41888020

Sensitization in organ transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2025 meeting group report.

Schinstock CA, Gebel H, Gimferrer I, Habal M, Heidt S, Hickey MJ, Jackson AM, Kosmoliaptsis V, Mannon RB, Meneghini M, Mengel M, Morris A, Naesens M, Reed E, Senev A, Thaunat O, Valenzuela N, Wiebe C, Tambur AR, STAR Working Group Members

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons20264 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.12.286 PMID: 41519473

Clazakizumab in the treatment of chronic active antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection: Results from the IMAGINE phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Djamali A, Böhmig GA, Mannon RB, Chadban S, Kumar D, van Gelder T, Schultz-Hauser G, Alperovich G, Preiss R, Lee LA, Rogosch T, Morin I, Luo C, Budde K, Mengel M, Nickerson PW

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.04.018 PMID: 42035994

The Evolution of Molecular Phenotypes Through Time in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Baragar B, Adam BA, Mengel M, Balshaw R, Gibson IW, Ho J, Shaw J, Karpinski M, Trachtenberg A, Pochinco D, Goldberg A, Birk P, Pinsk M, Rush D, Nickerson PW, Wiebe C

Transplantation direct2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001919 PMID: 41884703

Normalization of nCounter Gene Expression Data Alters Molecular Diagnostics in Kidney Transplantation.

Piedrafita A, Sablik M, Preka E, Goutaudier V, Demir Z, Mezine F, Divard G, Dagobert J, Robin B, Truchot A, Thalamas T, Sannier A, Rabant M, Aubert O, Maanaoui M, Le Quintrec M, Couzi L, Chauveau B, Bestard O, Elias M, Louis K, Rosales IA, Smith RN, Anglicheau D, Del Bello A, Budde K, Halleck F, Huang E, Adam B, Villard J, Kamar N, Lefaucheur C, Colvin RB, Mengel M, Loupy A

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001107 PMID: 42024462

Corrigendum to "Molecular diagnosis of kidney allograft rejection based on the Banff Human Organ Transplant gene panel: A multicenter international study" [American Journal of Transplantation 25 (2025) 1631-1642].

Zielinski D, Goutaudier V, Sablik M, Divard G, Aubert O, Piedrafita A, Mezine F, Dagobert J, Certain A, Robin B, Gueguen J, Rabant M, Duong van Huyen JP, Sannier A, Randoux-Lebrun C, Maanaoui M, Lionet A, Gibier JB, Gnemmi V, Le Quintrec M, Chauveau B, Vermorel A, Brouard S, Giral M, Couzi L, Bestard O, Elias M, Louis K, Rosales IA, Smith RN, Kung VL, Anglicheau D, Legendre C, Del Bello A, Huang E, Adam B, Kamar N, Colvin RB, Mengel M, Lefaucheur C, Loupy A

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.01.012 PMID: 42103519

2025 Report of the Sensitization in Transplantation: Assessment of Risk Working Group on donor-derived cell-free DNA: Establishing analytical validity as the basis for appropriate and effective clinical utilization.

Valenzuela NM, Lan J, Hitchman KMK, Amstutz U, Bloom RD, Levine DJ, Mengel M, Mannon RB

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.08.036 PMID: 40939822

Readiness to Consider and Adopt Genetic and Genomic Tests in Canada-An Update to the State of Readiness Report.

Husereau D, Servidio-Italiano F, D'Angelo MS, Muthu V, Mengel M, Ivany C, Steuten L, Spinner DS, Sheffield B, Yip S, Jacobs P, Arshoff L

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33060334 PMID: 42346234

Pathologic evaluation of pig kidney and heart xenografts: 2024 recommendations from the Banff Xenotransplantation Pathology Working Group.

Rosales IA, Farris AB, Goutaudier V, Sannier A, Fatima H, Trivin-Avillach C, Bagnasco S, Calabrese F, Clahsen van Groningen MC, Coley SM, Cozzi E, Hodo CL, Kolev M, Kozakowski N, Kwun J, Meier R, Nowak G, Oniscu GC, Riella LV, Rosenberg A, Sekulic M, Sykes M, Tatapudi V, Wu M, Mannon RB, Loupy A, Colvin RB, Mengel M, Drachenberg C, Bruneval P, Batal I, Banff Working Group for Xenotransplantation Pathology

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.04.011 PMID: 41985627

Interferon-Inducible Gene Upregulation Correlates With Successful Viral Clearance in Patients With BK Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy.

Omic H, Kozakowski N, Kläger J, Hirsch HH, Adam BA, Mengel M, Weseslindtner L, Kikić Ž, Eder M

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106551 PMID: 42199954

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Michael Mengel

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Banff 2024 Kidney Meeting Report: Rejection as a spectrum of phenotypes and focus on differential diagnostic reasoning.

Sensitization in organ transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2025 meeting group report.

Clazakizumab in the treatment of chronic active antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection: Results from the IMAGINE phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

The Evolution of Molecular Phenotypes Through Time in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Normalization of nCounter Gene Expression Data Alters Molecular Diagnostics in Kidney Transplantation.

Corrigendum to "Molecular diagnosis of kidney allograft rejection based on the Banff Human Organ Transplant gene panel: A multicenter international study" [American Journal of Transplantation 25 (2025) 1631-1642].

2025 Report of the Sensitization in Transplantation: Assessment of Risk Working Group on donor-derived cell-free DNA: Establishing analytical validity as the basis for appropriate and effective clinical utilization.

Readiness to Consider and Adopt Genetic and Genomic Tests in Canada-An Update to the State of Readiness Report.

Pathologic evaluation of pig kidney and heart xenografts: 2024 recommendations from the Banff Xenotransplantation Pathology Working Group.

Interferon-Inducible Gene Upregulation Correlates With Successful Viral Clearance in Patients With BK Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy.

MS Imaging of Tissue Biopsies for the Rapid Diagnosis and Classification of Amyloidosis and Glomerulonephritis

Translational Pathology Unit

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