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ArticleCancer medicine2023

Achieving tolerance modifies cancer susceptibility profiles in liver transplant recipients.

Mamatha Bhat, Elisa Pasini, Preya Patel, Jeffrey Yu, Cristina Baciu, Sunil M Kurian, Josh Levitsky

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mamatha BhatMulti Organ Transplant Program and Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1960-8449
Elisa PasiniMulti Organ Transplant Program and Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Preya PatelMulti Organ Transplant Program and Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jeffrey YuMulti Organ Transplant Program and Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Cristina BaciuMulti Organ Transplant Program and Division of Gastroenterology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Sunil M KurianScripps Clinic Bio-Repository & Transplantation Research, Scripps Clinic & Green Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA.
Josh LevitskyDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
University Health Network · CANorthwestern University · USScripps Green Hospital · US

Funding

Quantitative Biology CoreU19AI063603 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI YATES III, JOHN R · 2004 to 2015
$26.4M
Proteogenomics for Organ Transplantation: Prediction, Diagnosis, InterventionU01AI084146 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ABECASSIS, MICHAEL M · 2009 to 2013
$10.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI084146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term survival of transplant recipients is significantly impacted by malignancy. We aimed to determine whether calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-treated recipients converted to and weaned off molecular target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTOR-I) therapy have favorable changes in their molecular profiles in regard to malignancy risk. We performed gene expression profiling from liver biopsy and blood (PBMC) specimens followed by network analysis of key dysregulated genes, associated diseases and disorders, molecular and cellular functions using IPA software. Twenty non-immune, non-viremic patients were included, and 8 of them achieved tolerance. Two comparisons were performed: (1) tolerance time point vs tacrolimus monotherapy and (2) tolerance time point vs sirolimus monotherapy. Upon achieving tolerance, IPA predicted significant activation of DNA damage response (p = 5.40e-04) and inhibition of DNA replication (p = 7.56e-03). Conversion from sirolimus to tolerance showed decrease in HCC (p = 1.30e-02), hepatic steatosis (p = 5.60e-02) and liver fibrosis (p = 2.91e-02) associated genes. In conclusion, this longitudinal study of patients eventually achieving tolerance reveals an evolving molecular profile associated with decreased cancer risk and improved hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis. This provides a biological rationale for attempting conversion to mTOR-I therapy and tolerance following liver transplantation particularly in patients at higher risk of cancer incidence and progression post-transplant.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsLiver TransplantationGraft RejectionHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsLeukocytes, MononuclearLiver CirrhosisLongitudinal StudiesSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTransplant RecipientsImmunosuppressive AgentsSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID36205189
PMCPMC9972022
OpenAlexW4303516473

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