Nickan Research Institute Journal of Renal Injury Prevention 2345-2781 6 3 2017 09 01 Pre-transplant biomarkers and prediction of post-transplant outcomes in kidney transplantation 222 230 10.15171/jrip.2017.42 EN Maurizio Salvadori Aris Tsalouchos REVIEW 10.15171/jrip.2017.42 Different biomarkers have been recently described bringing interesting results regarding predictive outcomes in the field of kidney transplantation. In this setting, an evaluation for pre-transplant biomarkers especially in the era of expanded criteria donors (ECDs) and non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) could help transplant physicians to make decisions on allocation or even on discharge of the allograft. Furthermore, identify pre-transplant biomarkers is useful for a risk stratification of delayed graft function (DGF), acute rejection (AR) episodes and chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD) after kidney transplantation (KT). In this review, we report recent findings on pre-transplant biomarkers from various biological samples from donors or recipients.