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Kim, Jon Jin, Shaw, Olivia, Martin, Chloe, Michaelides, George 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-7728, Balasubramaniam, Ramnath, Sebire, Neil J., Mamode, Nizam, Dorling, Anthony, Vaughan, Robert and Marks, Stephen D.
(2018)
Clinical risk stratification of paediatric renal transplant recipients using C1q and C3d fixing of de novo donor-specific antibodies.
Pediatric Nephrology, 33 (1).
pp. 167-174.
ISSN 0931-041X
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Abstract
Introduction: We have previously shown that children who developed de novo donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSA) had greater decline in allograft function. We hypothesised that patients with complement-activating DSA would have poorer renal allograft outcomes. Methods: A total of 75 children developed DSA in the original study. The first positive DSA sample was subsequently tested for C1q and C3d fixing. The primary event was defined as 50% reduction from baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate and was analysed using the Kaplan–Meier estimator. Results: Of 65 patients tested, 32 (49%) and 23 (35%) tested positive for C1q and C3d fixing, respectively. Of the 32 C1q-positive (c1q+) patients, 13 (41%) did not show concomitant C3d fixing. The mean fluorescence intensity values of the original immunoglobulin G DSA correlated poorly with complement-fixing positivity (C1q: adjusted R2 0.072; C3d: adjusted R2 0.11; p < 0.05). C1q+ antibodies were associated with acute tubulitis [0.75 ± 0.18 (C1q+) vs. 0.25 ± 0.08 (C1q−) episodes per patient (mean ± standard error of the mean; p < 0.05] but not with worse long-term renal allograft dysfunction (median time to primary event 5.9 (C1q+) vs. 6.4 (C1q−) years; hazard ratio (HR) 0.74; 95% confidence ratio (CI) 0.30–1.81; p = 0.58]. C3d-positive (C3d+) antibodies were associated with positive C4d histological staining [47% (C3d+) vs. 20% (C3d−); p = 0.04] and with significantly worse long-term allograft dysfunction [median time to primary event: 5.6 (C3d+) vs. 6.5 (C3d−) years; HR 0.38; 95% CI 0.15–0.97; p = 0.04]. Conclusion: Assessment of C3d fixing as part of prospective HLA monitoring can potentially aid stratification of patients at the highest risk of long-term renal allograft dysfunction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | complement fixation,donor-specific antibodies,hla antibodies,prognosis,renal transplant,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,nephrology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2735 |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2019 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 04:33 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70237 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00467-017-3772-7 |
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