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ArticleKidney research and clinical practice2021

Clinical significance of serum galactose-deficient immunoglobulin A1 for detection of recurrent immunoglobulin A nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients.

Woo Yeong Park, Yaerim Kim, Jin Hyuk Paek, Kyubok Jin, Seungyeup Han

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Article in Kidney research and clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Woo Yeong ParkDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Yaerim KimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Jin Hyuk PaekDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Kyubok JinDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Seungyeup HanDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2017R1C1B5076739National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2017R1D1A1B03029140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of allograft loss in kidney transplantation (KT), the most frequent of which is immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN). Galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) plays a major role in the pathophysiology of IgAN, but the association between Gd-IgA1 and recurrent IgAN in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Gd-IgA1 for prediction of recurrent IgAN and graft and patient survival according to Gd-IgA1 level.

methodsWe enrolled 27 KTRs who underwent allograft biopsy between 2009 and 2016 and measured the serum Gd-IgA1 level of each KTR. We divided the patients into two groups: nonrecurrent IgAN (patients with IgAN prior to KT who were not diagnosed with recurrent IgAN) and recurrent IgAN (patients with IgAN prior to KT who were diagnosed with recurrent IgAN).

resultsThe mean serum Gd-IgA1 level was significantly higher in the recurrent IgAN group than in the nonrecurrent IgAN group (6,419 ± 3,675 ng/mL vs. 3,381 ± 2,844 ng/mL, p = 0.02). The cutoff value of serum Gd-IgA1 in receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was 4,338 ng/mL (area under the curve, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57-0.95, p = 0.02). Serum Gd-IgA1 level was an independent factor for recurrent IgAN (odds ratio, 17.60; 95% CI, 1.33-233.03, p = 0.03). There was no significant difference in graft or patient survival between the two groups.

conclusionSerum Gd-IgA1 can be used as a diagnostic biomarker for recurrent IgAN in KT.

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GlomerulonephritisGraft survivalImmunoglobulin AKidney transplantationSurvival

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