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ArticleInternational journal of organ transplantation medicine2013

Dynamic Changes of IFN-γ-producing Cells, TGF-β and Their Preidctive Value in Early Outcomees of Renal Transplantation.

F Mohammadi, M H Niknam, M Nafar, B Einollahi, B Nazari, M Lessanpezeshki, M A Amirzargar, G Solgi, B Nikbin, A A Amirzargar

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F MohammadiMolecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
M H NiknamMolecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
M NafarDepartment of Nephrology, Shahid Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
B EinollahiNephrology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
B NazariMolecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
M LessanpezeshkiNephrology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
M A AmirzargarDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
G SolgiDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
B NikbinMolecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
A A AmirzargarMolecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Abstract

backgroundA growing body of evidence demonstrated an immune etiology as well as nonimmune mechanisms for episodes of clinical acute rejection and long-term allograft dysfunction.

objectiveTo investigate the correlation of IFN-γ-producing cells and TGF-β with incidence of clinical acute rejection in living-related and unrelated kidney allogarft recipients during the first post-transplant year.

methodsThis multi-center study was performed on 57 kidney allograft recipients from living-related (n=20) and unrelated (n=37) donors between April 2011 and September 2012 and who were followed prospectively for a mean period of one year. Peripheral blood samples were collected from all patients pre-transplantation and at days 14, 30 and 90 after transplantation; PBMCs were used as responding cells in enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (ELISPOT) assay to measure the frequency of IFN-γ-producing cells after stimulation with donor lymphocytes. Additionally, TGF-β levels were measured in cell culture supernatants of ELISPOT assay.

resultsDuring the follow-up period, 45 (79%) patients were diagnosed with stable graft function (group A); 12 (21%) experienced clinical acute rejection episodes (group B). The frequency of IFN-γ-producing cells was significantly (p<0.001) higher in the rejection group in all three times after transplantation. Also, post-transplantation comparison for TGF-β showed a significantly (p<0.001) higher contents in group A vs. group B. Comparing the post-transplantation levels of TGF-β and mean numbers of IFN-γ- producing cells between groups A and B demonstrated a continuous increment in TGF-β and decreasing frequencies of IFN-γ-producing cells in group A vs. group B.

conclusionSerial post-transplantation monitoring of IFN-γ-producing donor reactive cells during the first months is a clinically feasible approach for identification of kidney allogarft recipients at risk for ongoing immune-mediated graft damage and later graft loss.

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AllograftIFN-γKidneyTGF-β

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