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ArticleWorld journal of nephrology2019

Complement activation and long-term graft function in ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation.

Marit S van Sandwijk, Astrid Klooster, Ineke Jm Ten Berge, Arjan Diepstra, Sandrine Florquin, Joris J Hoelbeek, Frederike J Bemelman, Jan-Stephan Sanders

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Article in World journal of nephrology, 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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  2. ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation in perspective of deceased donor transplantation and induction strategies: a propensity-matched analysis.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2021
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marit S van SandwijkDepartment of Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam NL-1105 AZ, Netherlands. m.s.vansandwijk@amsterdamumc.nl.
Astrid KloosterDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen NL-9700 RB, Netherlands.
Ineke Jm Ten BergeDepartment of Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam NL-1105 AZ, Netherlands.
Arjan DiepstraDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen NL-9700 RB, Netherlands.
Sandrine FlorquinDepartment of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam NL-1105 AZ, Netherlands.
Joris J HoelbeekDepartment of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam NL-1105 AZ, Netherlands.
Frederike J BemelmanDepartment of Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam NL-1105 AZ, Netherlands.
Jan-Stephan SandersDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen NL-9700 RB, Netherlands.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible kidney transplantation are equivalent in terms of short-term graft and patient survival. This is thought to be the result of ABO-incompatible graft accommodation, which occurs when anti-blood group antibodies re-occur after transplantation but somehow do not yield their detrimental effect. The underlying mechanism is unclear, but one of the hypotheses is that this is the result of complement inhibition. Since virtually all ABO-incompatible graft biopsies are C4d positive, this complement inhibition must occur somewhere in the complement cascade after the formation of C4d has already taken place, but where exactly is unclear. It is also unclear whether complement inhibition is complete. Incomplete accommodation could explain why recent studies have shown that long-term graft function in ABO-incompatible transplantation is somewhat inferior to ABO-compatible kidney transplantation.

aimTo unravel the relationship between pre-transplant anti-ABO antibodies, complement activation, and long-term graft function.

methodsWe included all 27 ABO-incompatible transplantations that were performed between 2008 and 2013 at the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam and the University Medical Center Groningen. For each ABO-incompatible transplantation, we included four ABO-compatible controls matched by age, sex, and transplantation date.

resultsGraft and patient survival were not significantly different. The slope of kidney function during five-year follow-up was also not significantly different, but ABO-incompatible recipients did have a lower kidney function at three months (creatinine clearance 58

conclusionCo-stimulation of T-cell activation by ongoing complement activation by anti-ABO antibodies may be responsible for an impaired long-term graft function in ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation.

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ABO-incompatibleComplementGraft functionKidney transplantationRejection

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