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ArticleAging2021

Donor plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with antibody-mediated rejection in renal allograft recipients.

Fei Han, Qipeng Sun, Zhengyu Huang, Heng Li, Maolin Ma, Tao Liao, Zihuang Luo, Lingling Zheng, Nana Zhang, Nan Chen and 3 more

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Article in Aging, 2021. 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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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. %dd-cfDNA: The New Frontier for Heart/Lung Transplant Surveillance?Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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  5. Roles of Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Kidney Diseases: A New Biomarker.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fei HanOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Qipeng SunOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhengyu HuangOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Heng LiOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Maolin MaOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Tao LiaoOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zihuang LuoOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lingling ZhengDepartment of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Nana ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Nan ChenLaboratory of Cancer Biomarkers and Liquid Biopsy, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Liangqing HongOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ning NaOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Qiquan SunOrgan Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CNHenan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously showed that donor plasma mitochondrial DNA (dmtDNA) levels were correlated with renal allograft function. The aim of the current study was to determine whether dmtDNA levels are associated with the occurrence of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). This is a retrospective open cohort study comprised of 167 donors and 323 recipients enrolled from January 2015 to December 2017. We quantified the mtDNA level present in donor plasma using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The average plasma dmtDNA level in the acute rejection (AR) group was higher than that of the control group (0.156 versus 0.075, p<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that dmtDNA levels were also significantly associated with AR (OR=1.588, 95% CI 1.337-4.561, p<0.001). When the dmtDNA level was >0.156, the probability of AR was 62.9%. The plasma dmtDNA level in the ABMR group was significantly higher than that of the T cell-mediated rejection group (0.185 versus 0.099, p=0.032). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of dmtDNA for prediction of ABMR was as high as 0.910 (95% CI 0.843-0.977). We demonstrated that plasma dmtDNA was an independent risk factor for ABMR, which is valuable in organ evaluation. dmtDNA level is a possible first predictive marker for ABMR.

Indexed as

Kidney TransplantationAdultAllograftsBiomarkersCohort StudiesDNA, MitochondrialFemaleGraft RejectionHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTissue DonorsBiomarkersDNA, Mitochondrialantibody-mediated rejectionkidney transplantationmitochondrial DNA

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PMID33714205
PMCPMC8034952
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