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ArticleExperimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation2019

HLA, Non-HLA Antibodies, and Eplet Mismatches in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Observations From a Small, Single-Center Cohort.

Udeme D Ekong, Swati Antala, Laurine Bow, Doreen Sese, Raffaella Morotti, Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, Geliang Gan, Yanhong Deng, Sukru H Emre

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Article in Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors.

Udeme D EkongFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Swati Antala
Laurine Bow
Doreen Sese
Raffaella Morotti
Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos
Geliang Gan
Yanhong Deng
Sukru H Emre

Funding

Yale University Clinical and Translational Science Award ProgramUL1TR000142 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHERWIN, ROBERT S · 2012 to 2015
$31.8M
Yale Liver CenterP30DK034989 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YASUKO IWAKIRI · 1986 to 2026
$31.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000142NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034989
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Abstract

objectivesTo identify the risk of developing acute rejection, allograft fibrosis, and antibody-mediated rejection, a retrospective review of pediatric patients who underwent liver transplant between July 31, 1998 and February 29, 2016 and had donor-specific antibodies measured at time of liver biopsy was undertaken. MATERIALS AND

methodsHLAMatchmaker Software (http://www.hlamatchmaker.net) was used to define epitope mismatches between donors and recipients and to predict de novo donor-specific antibody risk. Epitope mismatches were evaluated for their immunogenicity.

resultsIn our group of 42 recipients, 20 (48%) had donor-specific antibodies. Having an antibody against HLA-DQB1*02 was associated with acute rejection (66.6% vs 36%; P = .024). We found that DQ epitope mismatch load was greater in recipients with class II donor-specific antibodies (9.7 vs 3.6; P = .001). HLA-DQ (7.4 vs 3.6; P = .04) and HLA-DR (8.8 vs 3.8; P = .04) epitope mismatch loads were higher in recipients with DQ + DR donor-specific antibodies. A high portal fibrosis score was associated with higher mismatch load at the DQ locus (P = .005) and DQ + DR loci (P = .03). Having > 5 or > 6 epitope mismatch loads at the DQ locus identified a threshold above which development of DQ donor-specific antibodies would occur (area under the curve = 0.878). Mismatches for eplet 4Q, 45GE, 52PQ, and 52PL, thought to be immunodominant epitopes, were observed for several recipients.

conclusionsKnowledge of epitope mismatches between recipients and donors may aid transplant physicians in devising immunosuppression strategies.

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Graft SurvivalHistocompatibilityAdolescentAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolConnecticutFemaleGraft RejectionHistocompatibility TestingHLA AntigensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsInfantIsoantibodiesLiver TransplantationHLA AntigensImmunosuppressive AgentsIsoantibodies

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PMCPMC11165937

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