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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2025

Cross-organ hierarchy of HLA molecular mismatches in donor-specific antibody development in solid organ transplantations.

Masaaki Hirata, Kazuto Tsukita, Takero Shindo, Shintaro Yagi, Takashi Ito, Satona Tanaka, Ryo Fujimoto, Hidenao Kayawake, Kenji Nakamura, Nobuhiro Fujiyama and 9 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Masaaki HirataDepartment of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Kazuto TsukitaDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan; Division of Sleep Medicine, Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0003, Japan.
Takero ShindoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. Electronic address: takeros@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Shintaro YagiDepartment of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
Takashi ItoDepartment of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Satona TanakaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Ryo FujimotoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Hidenao KayawakeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Kenji NakamuraDepartment of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Nobuhiro FujiyamaCenter for Kidney Disease and Transplantation, Akita University Hospital, Akita 010-0041, Japan.
Mitsuru SaitoDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Kimiko YurugiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Rie HishidaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Arisa KatoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Atsushi KawaguchiEducation and Research Center for Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
Tomonori HabuchiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Takashi KobayashiDepartment of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Hiroshi DateDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Etsuro HatanoDepartment of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) against human leukocyte antigen (HLA) play a crucial role in antibody-mediated rejection, a major barrier to successful organ transplantation. Donor-recipient HLA molecular incompatibility critically influences DSA susceptibility, commonly assessed by analyzing mismatches in the HLA eplet repertoire. This study, including six distinct liver, lung, and kidney transplant cohorts from two centers (978 donor-recipient pairs), explores associations between individual eplet mismatches and DSA development. Certain mismatched eplets are strongly linked to DSA development, while others show weaker associations, a trend consistent across different organ types. Machine learning leverages these hierarchical associations to develop an eplet risk score (ERS), outperforming traditional eplet mismatch assessments. Furthermore, T cell proliferation in mixed lymphocyte reaction in vitro correlates with the ERS, attenuated by antibody-mediated inhibition of a mismatched DSA-associated eplet. These results establish the differential immunological impacts of mismatched HLA eplets as integral in clinical practice and therapeutic innovation.

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HLA AntigensIsoantibodiesOrgan TransplantationFemaleGraft RejectionHistocompatibility TestingHumansMaleMiddle AgedTissue DonorsT-LymphocytesHLA AntigensIsoantibodiesantibody-mediated rejectionDSAepletHLA molecular mismatchrisk score

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PMID40449481
PMCPMC12208338

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