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Dedinská I, Kleinová P, Macháleková K, Graňák K, Vnučák M, Beliančinová M. The role of hyperleptinaemia and low values of interleukin 10 in de novo DSA production after kidney transplantation. Transpl Immunol 2024; 83:101982. [PMID: 38218229 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2023.101982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND White adipose tissue secretes a number of peptide hormones. The aim of this paper was to determine the role of leptin, adiponectin and interleukin-10 and interleukin-6 on the development of graft rejection in protocol biopsy after kidney transplantation. METHODS In a prospective analysis (n = 104), we monitored the values of leptin, adiponectin, IL-6, and IL-10 prior to the transplantation and in the 3rd month after the transplantation. The protocol biopsy of the graft was performed in the 3rd month after the transplantation. The group was divided into the following according to the biopsy result: negative result, IFTA 1, borderline, and DSA positive. RESULTS After adjusting for the differences in the baseline recipient and donor characteristics, we identified the hyperleptinaemia baseline (HR = 2.0444, P = 0.0341) and month 3 (HR = 49.8043, P < 0.0001) as independent risk factors for borderline changes in the protocol biopsy. The hyperleptinaemia baseline (HR = 7.4979, P = 0.0071) and month 3 (HR = 9.7432, P = 0.0057) are independent risk factors for de novo DSA positivity. A low value of IL-10 month 3 is a risk factor for de novo DSA positivity (HR = 3.0746, P = 0.0388). CONCLUSIONS Higher leptin levels and low values of IL-10 might play a role in rejection and de novo DSA production.
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- Ivana Dedinská
- Transplant Center, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic; Department of Internal Diseases I, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic.
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- Transplant Center, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic; Department of Internal Diseases I, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic
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- Department od Pathology, St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Transplant Center, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic; Department of Internal Diseases I, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic
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- Transplant Center, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic; Department of Internal Diseases I, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic
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- Transplant Center, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic; Department of Internal Diseases I, University Hospital Martin and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Slovak Republic
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Dos Santos EC, Silvestre MDPSCA, Paz JLP, Machado RLD, Lima LNGC. Study of TNF-α, IFN-γ, TGF-β, IL-6, and IL-10 Gene Polymorphism in Individuals from the Leprosy-Endemic Area in the Brazilian Amazon. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2021; 41:125-131. [PMID: 33656915 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2018.0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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This study aimed at verifying the relationship between the polymorphisms of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) -308 G → A (rs1800629); interferon gamma (IFN-γ) +874 T → A (rs2430561); transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) códon 10 (rs1982073) and códon 25 (rs1800471); interleukin (IL)-6 - 174 G → C (rs180079) and IL-10 - 1082 A→T (rs1800896); -819 C → T (rs1800871); -592 A→C (rs1800872); and leprosy. Blood samples were analyzed from 106 individuals, of whom 24 were paucibacillary (PB), 28 were multibacillary (MB), and 54 were patient contacts. Analysis of cytokine polymorphisms was typified by the polymerase chain reaction technique. For TGF-β +869 T → C and +915 G→C, a tendency to associate the presence of the C allele at codon 10 with leprosy was demonstrated, with the T allele being most frequently found in the CCOSI (P = 0.056). For the polymorphisms IL-10 - 1082 A→T, -819 C→T, and -592 A→C, we found an association of the GCC/GCC genotype with the susceptibility to the disease and the A allele at position 1082 with the leprosy protection. Greater predominance was found of ACC/ATA (31.3%) and GCC/ATA (37.5%) (P = 0.03) and the A allele at position -1082 (76.85%) (P = 0.043) in the CCOSI groups, whereas the GCC/GCC was found in the MB group (22.2%) (P = 0.05). For the other cytokines's single-nucleotide polymorphisms, there were no associations with susceptibility to leprosy. These results are limited by sample size, may not be conclusive, and will need further confirmation in a larger cohort.
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- Everaldina Cordeiro Dos Santos
- Bacteriology Section of the Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brasil
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology and Health Surveillance of the Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Brasil
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- Postgraduate Program in Parasitic Biology in the Amazon, State University of Pará, Belém, Brasil
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- Bacteriology Section of the Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brasil
- Postgraduate Program in Parasitic Biology in the Amazon, State University of Pará, Belém, Brasil
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dos Santos EC, Machado RLD, Paz JL, Silvestre MDPSCA, Lima KVB, Lima LNGC. Study of TNF-α, IFN-γ, TGF-β, IL-6, and IL-10 gene polymorphism in individuals from the leprosy endemic area in the Brazilian Amazon. Meta Gene 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2020.100740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Dawood RM, Salum GM, Abd El-Meguid M, Shemis M, Abdel Aziz AO, El Awady MK. Recipient interleukin 6 gene polymorphism and expression predict HCV recurrence post liver transplantation. Gene 2020; 754:144887. [PMID: 32534059 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Liver transplantation (LTX)is a lifesaving- effective protocol for patients suffering end stage liver disease (ESLD) and its complications post HCV infection. Recurrence of disease is a frequent clinical complication that is observed in patients undergoing LTX. Cytokines play a central role in the immunological events occurring after the surgery. METHODS Using Allelic Discrimination PCR, the allelic variation G174C of IL-6 gene was investigated. The abundance of IL6- mRNA and plasma IL6 cytokine levels were evaluated by using qRT-PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) respectively in 76 liver transplant recipients recruited from Al Sahel teaching hospital, Ministry of Health and Population Cairo Egypt within the period between June 2015 and October 2017. RESULTS The frequencies of IL-6 GG genotype and the G allele were significantly detected more in LTX recipients who experienced HCV recurrence versus those who did not suffer recurrence when compared to healthy controls (P = 0.001) and (P = 0.006), respectively. On the contrary, levels of IL-6 related transcripts in PBMC's of recurrent patients were indifferent from non-recurrent patients and healthy controls (P ≥ 0.124). Interestingly, the circulating IL-6 protein in plasma was significantly elevated in recurrent as compared to the non-recurrent recipients (P = 0.002). CONCLUSION HCV recurrence post liver transplantation occur more frequently in patients with -174 G/G IL-6 genotype and elevated plasma IL-6 levels.
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- Reham M Dawood
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth Street Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt.
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth Street Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth Street Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt
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- Department of Endemic Medicine and Hepatogastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth Street Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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Peng Z, Lv X, Sun Y, Dai S. Association of Interleukin-10-1082A/G Polymorphism with Idiopathic Recurrent Miscarriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Am J Reprod Immunol 2015; 75:162-71. [PMID: 26682645 DOI: 10.1111/aji.12467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Zheng Peng
- Department of Clinical Laboratory; The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Liuzhou Guangxi China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory; Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital; Liuzhou Guangxi China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory; Liuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Liuzhou Guangxi China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory; The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University; Liuzhou Guangxi China
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Xiong J, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Nie L, Wang D, Huang Y, Feng B, Zhang J, Zhao J. Lack of Association between Interleukin-10 Gene Polymorphisms and Graft Rejection Risk in Kidney Transplantation Recipients: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127540. [PMID: 26035439 PMCID: PMC4452718 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an important immunomodulatory cytokine. Several studies focused the association between IL-10 promoter gene polymorphisms and graft rejection risk in kidney transplantation recipients. However, the results of these studies remain inconclusive. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to further assess the associations. Methods The PubMed, Embase, and Ovid Medline databases were searched. Two independent authors extracted data, and the effects were estimated from an odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Subgroup and sensitivity analyses identified sources of heterogeneity. Results A total of 16 studies including 595 rejection patients and 1239 stable graft patients were included in order to study the IL-10 -1082 (rs1800896 G/A), -819 (rs1800871 C/T), -592 (rs1800872 C/A) and IL-10 (-1082,-819,-592) polymorphisms. The -1082 G/A polymorphism was not associated with an increased graft rejection risk (OR = 1.03; 95%CI, 0.85–1.25, P = 0.74 for GA+AA vs. GG model). Moreover, all of the -819 C/T (OR = 1.06, 95%CI, 0.79–1.42, P = 0.70 for TA+TT vs. CC model), -592 C/A (OR = 1.10, 95% CI, 0.85–1.42, P = 0.47 for AC+AA vs. CC model) and IL-10 (-1082,-819,-592) polymorphisms (OR = 1.00, 95%CI, 0.79–1.27, P = 0.98 for I+L vs. H model) did not increase the graft rejection risk. In addition, we also performed subgroup analysis by ethnic group (mainly in Europeans or Asians) and rejection type (acute or chronic). There was also lack of evidence of a significant association between the IL-10 gene polymorphism and graft rejection risk. The present meta-analysis indicated that the IL-10 gene polymorphism was not associated with graft rejection risk in kidney transplantation recipients. Conclusion This meta-analysis found evidence that the IL-10 polymorphism does not increase the risk of graft rejection in kidney transplantation recipients. Further chronic rejection and other ethnic population studies are needed to confirm our results.
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- Jiachuan Xiong
- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephrology of Chongqing and Kidney Center of PLA, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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Kramer K, Thye T, Treszl A, Peine S, Koch M, Sterneck M, Nashan B, Thude H. Polymorphism in NFKBIA gene is associated with recurrent acute rejections in liver transplant recipients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 84:370-7. [DOI: 10.1111/tan.12411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- K. Kramer
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Molecular Medicine Department; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; Hamburg 20359 Germany
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- Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Institute for Transfusion Medicine; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Department of Medicine; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg 20246 Germany
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Karimi MH, Ebadi P, Pourfathollah AA. Association of cytokine/costimulatory molecule polymorphism and allograft rejection: a comparative review. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2014; 9:1099-112. [PMID: 24168415 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2013.844462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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One reason for genetic variations among human individuals is SNP which may confer diverse disease susceptibility or resistance in a population. Genetic variations in a key immunoregulatory agent can manifest various immunological responses, such as graft rejection. In fact, the outcome of organ transplantation can be impacted by several genetic causes including polymorphisms in genes encoding cytokines and costimulatory molecules in the donor or recipient. Thus, it can be helpful to contemplate the SNPs relating to these immunological determinants in order to achieve an improved transplantation therapy.
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- Mohammad H Karimi
- Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Ge YZ, Yu P, Jia RP, Wu R, Ding AX, Li LP, Zhao Y, Feng YM, Gui ZL, Liao S. Association between transforming growth factor beta-1 +869T/C polymorphism and acute rejection of solid organ allograft: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Transpl Immunol 2014; 30:76-83. [PMID: 24486560 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transforming growth factor beta-1(TGFB1) is involved in the acute rejection (AR) episodes of solid organ transplant recipients. However, results from published studies on the association between donor/recipient TGFB1 +869T/C polymorphism and AR risk are conflicting and inconclusive. METHODS PUBMED, EMBASE, CNKI and Wanfang Database were searched to identify eligible studies investigating the association between donor/recipient TGFB1 +869T/C polymorphism and AR risk. Statistical analysis was performed by using STATA 10.0. RESULTS A total of 29 studies were included. Overall, the donor TGFB1 +869T/C polymorphism was significantly associated with AR risk in heterozygote comparison (CT vs. TT: OR = 1.67, 95%CI, 1.17-2.39; P heterogeneity=0.285) and dominant model (CC vs. TC/TT OR = 1.47, 95%CI, 1.05-2.06; P heterogeneity=0.445). In addition, subgroup analysis revealed that CT variant (CT vs. TT: OR = 1.97, 95%CI, 1.20-3.25; P heterogeneity = 0.777) and CC/CT genotype (CC/CT vs. TT: OR = 1.72, 95%CI, 1.07, 2.78; P heterogeneity = 0.619) within donors contributed to higher risk of AR in recipients administrated with CsA or FK506, compared with those applied only CsA. On the other hand, no significant association between recipient TGFB1 +869T/C polymorphism and AR was detected in all genetic models. CONCLUSIONS This meta-analysis and systematic review suggested that donor TGFB1 +869T/C polymorphism was significantly associated with AR of solid organ transplant recipients, and especially among patients in CsA/FK 506 group compared with those in CsA group.
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- Yu-Zheng Ge
- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China.
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Urology & Center of Renal Transplantation, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 68 Changle Road, Nanjing 210006, China
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Autoimmune liver disease, autoimmunity and liver transplantation. J Hepatol 2014; 60:210-23. [PMID: 24084655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) represent the three major autoimmune liver diseases (AILD). PBC, PSC, and AIH are all complex disorders in that they result from the effects of multiple genes in combination with as yet unidentified environmental factors. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified numerous risk loci for PBC and PSC that host genes involved in innate or acquired immune responses. These loci may provide a clue as to the immune-based pathogenesis of AILD. Moreover, many significant risk loci for PBC and PSC are also risk loci for other autoimmune disorders, such type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting a shared genetic basis and possibly similar molecular pathways for diverse autoimmune conditions. There is no curative treatment for all three disorders, and a significant number of patients eventually progress to end-stage liver disease requiring liver transplantation (LT). LT in this context has a favourable overall outcome with current patient and graft survival exceeding 80% at 5years. Indications are as for other chronic liver disease although recent data suggest that while lethargy improves after transplantation, the effect is modest and variable so lethargy alone is not an indication. In contrast, pruritus rapidly responds. Cholangiocarcinoma, except under rigorous selection criteria, excludes LT because of the high risk of recurrence. All three conditions may recur after transplantation and are associated with a greater risk of both acute cellular and chronic ductopenic rejection. It is possible that a crosstalk between alloimmune and autoimmune response perpetuate each other. An immunological response toward self- or allo-antigens is well recognised after LT in patients transplanted for non-autoimmune indications and sometimes termed "de novo autoimmune hepatitis". Whether this is part of the spectrum of rejection or an autoimmune process is not clear. In this manuscript, we review novel findings about disease processes and mechanisms that lead to autoimmunity in the liver and their possible involvement in the immune response vs. the graft after LT.
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Kamei H, Masuda S, Nakamura T, Ishigami M, Fujimoto Y, Ogura Y, Oike F, Takada Y, Hamajima N. Cytokine gene polymorphisms in acute cellular rejection following living donor liver transplantation: analysis of 155 donor-recipient pairs. Hepatol Int 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s12072-013-9443-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Association between IL-4 polymorphism and acute rejection of solid organ allograft: A meta-analysis. Gene 2013; 513:14-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kamei H, Masuda S, Nakamura T, Fujimoto Y, Oike F, Ogura Y, Takada Y, Hamajima N. Impact of glutathione S-transferase T1 gene polymorphisms on acute cellular rejection in living donor liver transplantation. Transpl Immunol 2012; 28:14-7. [PMID: 23153768 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It has previously been demonstrated that glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) genetic mismatch between recipient and donor is a risk factor for developing immune-mediated hepatitis following liver transplantation and for antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplantation. Little is known whether the GSTT1 gene polymorphism affects the incidence of acute cellular rejection (ACR) following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Patients underwent LDLT at Nagoya University or Kyoto University, Japan, between 2004 and 2009. Genotyping of GSTT1 genes (null or present genotype) was conducted in recipients and donors. A total of 155 LDLT cases were examined. Forty-seven recipients (30.3%) developed early ACR. There was no association of recipient GSTT1 genotype with ACR incidence. However, ACR incidence was significantly higher in recipients transplanted from GSTT1 present genotype donors than in those transplanted from GSTT1 null genotype donors [odds ratio (OR)=2.64, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.12-5.83, p=0.016]. Moreover, GSTT1 recipient/donor genotype mismatch (present/null or null/present) was significantly associated with ACR development (OR=2.28, 95% CI=1.12-4.61, p=0.022). The genotyping of GSTT1 in recipients and donors might be useful to stratify the liver transplant recipients according to risk of ACR.
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- Hideya Kamei
- Department of Transplantation Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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Rattanasiri S, McDaniel DO, McEvoy M, Anothaisintawee T, Sobhonslidsuk A, Attia J, Thakkinstian A. The association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and graft rejection in liver transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transpl Immunol 2012; 28:62-70. [PMID: 23104141 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We investigated the contribution of polymorphisms in cytokine genes (TNFa-308, IL10-1082 and -592, TGFb1-c10 and c25, and IFNg+874) on the risk of graft rejection in liver transplantation. We performed a systematic review by identifying relevant studies and applied meta-analysis to pool gene effects. In total, 12 studies were eligible and included in the study. Data extraction and assessments for risk of bias were independently performed by two reviewers. Data for allele frequencies, allelic, and genotypic effects were pooled. Heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed. Pooled minor allele frequencies for TNFa-308, IL10-1082, TGFb1-c10, TGFb1-c25, IFNg+874, and IL10-592 were 0.140 (95% CI: 0.083, 0.198), 0.432 (95% CI: 0.392, 0.472), 0.387 (95% CI: 0.307, 0.467), 0.090 (95% CI: 0.056, 0.123), 0.460 (95% CI: 0.392, 0.528), and 0.224 (95% CI: 0.178, 0.269), respectively. OnlyTNFa-308 and IL10-1082 polymorphisms were significantly associated with graft rejection. Patients who carried minor homozygous genotypes for these two polymorphisms were at 3.5 and 1.69 times higher risk of graft rejections than patients who carried major homozygous genotypes. The estimated lambdas were 0.41 and 0.47, suggesting an additive mode of effect was most likely. However, we could not detect the associations of TGFb1at c10 and c25, INFg+874, and IL10-592 polymorphisms and graft rejection. In summary, our systematic review has demonstrated that TNFa-308 and IL10-1082 are potential risk factors of poor outcomes in liver transplantation. Future updated meta-analysis studies to confirm the power of these genotypes in association with allograft rejection are needed.
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- Sasivimol Rattanasiri
- Section for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Yaghobi R, Karimi MH, Namayandeh M, Geramizadeh B, Nikeghbalian S, Malekhosseini SA, Hosseini Y. The Association of Polymorphisms in Cytokine Genes with Acute Rejection and the Pathogenesis of Hepatitis B and C in Liver Transplant Recipients. Lab Med 2012. [DOI: 10.1309/lmkdxbh3kun51orb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Liu F, Li B, Wang WT, Wei YG, Yan LN, Wen TF, Xu MQ, Yang JY. Interleukin-10-1082G/A polymorphism and acute liver graft rejection: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18:847-54. [PMID: 22371646 PMCID: PMC3286149 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i8.847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the association between interleukin (IL)-10-1082 (G/A) promoter polymorphism and acute rejection (AR) in liver transplant (LT) recipients.
METHODS: Two investigators independently searched the Medline, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Chinese Biomedicine Databases. Summary odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs for IL-10-1082 G/A polymorphism and AR were calculated in a fixed- and a random-effects model as appropriate.
RESULTS: This meta-analysis included seven case-control studies, which comprised 652 cases of LT recipients in which 241 cases developed AR and 411 cases did not develop AR. Overall, the variant A allele was not associated with AR risk when compared with the wild-type G allele (OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.64-1.39). Moreover, similar results were observed when the AA genotype was compared with the AG/GG genotype (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.55-2.02). When stratifying for ethnicity, no significant association was observed among either Caucasians or Asians. Because only one study was performed in Asian patients, the result of subgroup analysis by ethnicity would not be reliable for Asians. Limiting the analysis to the studies with controls in the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the results were persistent and robust. No publication bias was found in the present study.
CONCLUSION: This meta-analysis suggests that IL-10-1082 G/A polymorphism may be not associated with AR risk in LT recipients among Caucasians.
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Fosby B, Karlsen TH, Melum E. Recurrence and rejection in liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18:1-15. [PMID: 22228965 PMCID: PMC3251800 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease affecting the bile ducts, leading to fibrosis and eventually cirrhosis in most patients. Its etiology is unknown and so far no effective medical therapy is available. Liver transplantation (LTX) is the only curative treatment and at present PSC is the main indication for LTX in the Scandinavian countries. Close to half of the PSC patients experience one or more episodes of acute cellular rejection (ACR) following transplantation and approximately 1/5 of the transplanted patients develop recurrent disease in the graft. In addition, some reports indicate that ACR early after LTX for PSC can influence the risk for recurrent disease. For these important post-transplantation entities affecting PSC patients, we have reviewed the current literature on epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment and the possible influence of rejection on the risk of recurrent disease in the allograft.
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Driscoll CJ, Lyon D, McCain NL. Integrating genomics into biobehavioral research: a transplantation exemplar. Biol Res Nurs 2011; 13:340-5. [PMID: 21196421 DOI: 10.1177/1099800410389603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Biobehavioral research is becoming more established in nursing. This research paradigm includes a focus on the interactions of biological and behavioral variables and their impact on health outcomes. Nurse researchers have incorporated genomics as a research focus. However, biobehavioral and genomic approaches have often been viewed as separate paradigms. This article provides research exemplars from the liver transplantation population to illustrate how genomics can be integrated into a biobehavioral model of nursing research. Examples of how this integrated approach may be utilized to address gaps of knowledge are provided.
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- Carolyn J Driscoll
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, 1100 E. Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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Liu F, Li B, Wei Y, Ma Y, Yan L, Wen T. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-308 G/A polymorphism and acute liver graft rejection: A meta-analysis. Transpl Immunol 2010; 24:45-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2010] [Revised: 09/19/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant recipients: the prognostic value of inflammatory cytokine genotypes. Transplantation 2010; 89:1001-8. [PMID: 20061995 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181ce243f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the main cause of morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. In view of the modern paradigm of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease, this study investigated the impact of inflammatory cytokine polymorphisms on posttransplant CVD. METHODS The association between cytokine polymorphisms and CVD was assessed in a case-control study to identify the differences in genotype distributions between kidney allografts with or without posttransplant CVD. To validate our results in two independent groups, we divided a cohort of 798 renal transplant recipients according to geographic area: an evaluation cohort of 478 patients from Emilia-Romagna and a validation cohort of 320 patients from the rest of Italy. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, transforming growth factor-beta1, interleukin (IL)-10, IL-6, interferon-gamma, and IL-8 polymorphisms were analyzed, and thereafter, the cytokine production genotype was assigned. RESULTS In the evaluation cohort, the patients in the CVD and no-CVD groups differed significantly in TNF-alpha and IL-10 genotype frequencies. Using multivariate analyses to test the association with CVD, the TNF-alpha high-producer genotype was associated with a significantly increased cardiovascular risk (odds ratio [OR]=4.41, 95% confidence interval (CI)=2.53-7.67). Conversely, the IL-10 high-producer genotype resulted protective against CVD (OR=0.07, 95% CI=0.02-0.29). These findings were confirmed in the validation cohort where the carriers of the TNF-alpha high-producer genotype proved to be at 2.45-fold increased cardiovascular risk (OR=2.45, 95% CI=1.29-4.63), whereas the IL-10 high-producer genotype was associated with a 0.08-fold reduced risk (OR=0.08, 95% CI=0.02-0.36). CONCLUSIONS This work suggests a prognostic value of TNF-alpha and IL-10 genotypes, which might represent cardiovascular risk markers in renal transplant.
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Chaves D, Belisário A, Castro G, Santoro M, Rodrigues C. Analysis of cytokine genes polymorphism as markers for inhibitor development in haemophilia A. Int J Immunogenet 2010; 37:79-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2009.00893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW A fundamental goal in transplantation is the establishment of allograft function without ongoing immunosuppression. Robust allograft tolerance has been established in experimental transplantation models, whereas clinical operational tolerance has been described most frequently following human liver transplantation. RECENT FINDINGS Clinical assessment of tolerance has been limited to laboratory evaluation of organ function. Additional tools include graft monitoring through biopsy and blood sampling for biomarker analysis. Current biomarkers under assessment in recent years include dendritic cell subsets, regulatory T cells, antidonor antibodies, and gene polymorphisms. Emerging microarray analysis that is being prospectively validated will also be reviewed. A further tool in the characterization of the tolerant patient will be the accurate enrollment of such patients into a multicenter registry that will prospectively follow the natural history of the patient withdrawn from immunosuppression and help facilitate the entry of interested patients to mechanistic and immune monitoring trials. The International Solid Organ Transplant Tolerance Registry (www.transplant-tolerance.org) will be briefly described. SUMMARY Effective biomarker characterization of the operationally tolerant liver allograft recipient would allow earlier, well tolerated, prospective drug withdrawal with the goal of extending the potential benefits of drug minimization to an increasing number of patients in a more predictable fashion.
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Elahi MM, Asotra K, Matata BM, Mastana SS. Tumor necrosis factor alpha -308 gene locus promoter polymorphism: an analysis of association with health and disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1792:163-72. [PMID: 19708125 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent immunomediator and proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a large number of human diseases. The location of its gene within major histocompatibility complex and biological activities has raised the possibility that polymorphisms within this locus may contribute to the pathogenesis of wide range of autoimmune and infectious diseases. For example, a bi-allelic single nucleotide substitution of G (TNFA1 allele) with A (TNFA2 allele) polymorphism at -308 nucleotides upstream from the transcription initiation site in the TNF-alpha promoter is associated with elevated TNF-alpha levels and disease susceptibilities. However, it is still unclear whether TNF-alpha -308 polymorphism plays a part in the disease process, in particular whether it could affect transcription factor binding and in turn influence TNF-alpha transcription and synthesis. Several studies have suggested that TNFA2 allele is significantly linked with the high TNF-alpha-producing autoimmune MHC haplotype HLA-A1, B8, DR3, with elevated serum TNF-alpha levels and a more severe outcome in diseases. This review discusses the genetics of the TNF-alpha -308 polymorphism in selected major diseases and evaluates its common role in health and disease.
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- Maqsood M Elahi
- Department of Human Sciences, Human Genetics Laboratory, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
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Nickerson P. The impact of immune gene polymorphisms in kidney and liver transplantation. Clin Lab Med 2009; 28:455-68, vii. [PMID: 19028263 DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2008.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, it has become clear that genetic variation exists among individuals that can affect functional gene expression. This finding raises the possibility that differences in genetic phenotypes may account for the interindividual responses seen in the context of the alloimmune response. This review highlights studies examining the relative role of immunologic gene polymorphism in the context of renal and liver transplant outcomes (eg, acute rejection and graft survival). Furthermore, it examines the limitations and pitfalls in the study designs and concludes with the potential of single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in the future care of transplant recipients.
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- Peter Nickerson
- Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 820 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Polymorphisms in cytokine genes and their association with acute rejection and recurrence of hepatitis B in Chinese liver transplant recipients. Arch Med Res 2008; 39:420-8. [PMID: 18375254 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acute rejection (AR) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) are the two major complications leading to chronic graft dysfunction. Genomic polymorphisms in interleukin (IL)-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and transforming growth factor (TGF)beta1 genes have been found to affect the susceptibility to certain diseases. However, the relationship between cytokine gene polymorphisms and risk of AR as well as HBV recurrence after LT in Han Chinese has not been reported. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms within these cytokine genes with the risk of AR as well as HBV recurrence. METHODS One hundred eighty six Chinese LT recipients in which 41 patients developed AR and 29 patients experienced HBV recurrence were enrolled; 151 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were selected as controls. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at loci of IL-10 -1082, -819, -592, and TNFalpha -308, -238, as well as TGFbeta1 -988, -800, -509, +869, and +915 were determined by using DNA sequencing and then confirmed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Analyses of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype frequency were performed using Haploview program. RESULTS The -819 and -592 polymorphisms in the IL-10 gene were in complete linkage (r(2) = 1). Another linkage was found at -509 and +869 in the TGFbeta1 gene (r(2) = 0.66). A significant difference was observed in the distribution of allelic frequencies at position -819 and -592 in the IL-10 gene between ARs and non-ARs (p = 0.036, OR = 1.134, 95% CI 0.999-1.287 and p = 0.036, OR = 1.134, 95% CI 0.999-1.287, respectively). After adjustment for a Bonferroni correction, there was no significant difference between the polymorphism and AR (p >0.05). Furthermore, the overall genotype distribution between HBV recurrence patients and non-HBV recurrence patients was also not significantly different (p >0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that gene polymorphisms of IL10, TNFalpha, and TGFbeta1 do not have a major independent role in AR and HBV recurrence after LT and may not be risk factors of AR and HBV recurrence after LT in Chinese liver transplant recipients.
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Li D, Zhu JY, Gao J, Wang X, Lou YQ, Zhang GL. Polymorphisms of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-10, cytochrome P450 3A5 and ABCB1 in Chinese liver transplant patients treated with immunosuppressant tacrolimus. Clin Chim Acta 2007; 383:133-9. [PMID: 17568575 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/11/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cytokine production in the host immune response after transplantation may contribute to the variable CYP3A-dependent drug disposition. We investigated the effect of TNF-alpha, IL-10, CYP3A5 and ABCB1 polymorphisms on immunosuppressant tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in liver transplant patients. METHODS Genetic polymorphisms in TNF-alpha, IL-10, CYP3A5 and ABCB1 were studied in 70 liver transplant recipients and 70 donors. Tacrolimus dosage and blood concentration were investigated at 1, 2 and 3 weeks after transplantation. RESULTS The IL-10 G-1082A polymorphism in recipients was significantly associated with tacrolimus concentration/dose (C/D) ratios (IL-10-1082GG < GA < AA) within the first 3weeks posttransplantation (P < 0.05). Recipients with the capacity for low IL-10 production (-1082AA) carrying CYP3A5 non-expressor (CYP3A5()3/()3) liver had the highest C/D ratios (mean: 172.4, 161.7, 160.3 for 1, 2 and 3 weeks posttransplantation, respectively), whereas recipients with intermediate or high production of IL-10 (-1082GA or GG) engrafted with CYP3A5 expressor (CYP3A5()1 carrier) liver were found to have the lowest ratios (96.4, 78.0 and 75.4, respectively, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The IL-10 G-1082A and CYP3A5()3 polymorphisms may influence the interindividual variability of tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in Chinese liver transplant patients. This finding provided a new interpretation for the variable immunosuprressant disposition after transplantation.
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- Dan Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School, Beijing University, Beijing, China
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Burckart GJ, Hutchinson IV, Zeevi A. Pharmacogenomics and lung transplantation: clinical implications. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2006; 6:301-10. [PMID: 16520825 DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- G J Burckart
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Gyulai Z, Balog A, Borbényi Z, Mándi Y. Genetic polymorphisms in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2006; 52:463-75. [PMID: 16400883 DOI: 10.1556/amicr.52.2005.3-4.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a family of clonal disorders characterized by dyshematopoiesis and susceptibility to acute myelogenous leukemia. Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-alpha) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) are cytokines that play key roles in the pathogenesis of MDS. There have been several reports on the presence of genetic polymorphisms in the DNA sequence encoding the leader sequence of the TGF-beta protein, and in the -308 promoter region of TNF-alpha. The association between TNF-alpha and TGF-beta1 gene polymorphism and the susceptibility to MDS and the progression of the disease was investigated. As compared with healthy control subjects (n = 74), patients with MDS (n = 55) showed no significant deviations in genotype or allele frequencies of TNF-alpha. Similarly, there were no differences in the distribution of TNF-alpha genotypes between the MDS patients with only anemia (mild group) and those with bi- or pancytopenia (severe group). On the other hand the TT homozygosity at codon 10 in exon 1 of TGF-beta1 gene was associated with a severe degree of cytopenia [95% CI OR = 4.889, p = 0.0071]. These findings suggest that the investigated genetic polymorphisms do not predispose to the development of MDS, but that TGF-beta1 gene polymorphism may affect the disease progression.
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- Zsófia Gyulai
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary
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Dmitrienko S, Hoar DI, Balshaw R, Keown PA. Immune Response Gene Polymorphisms in Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2005; 80:1773-82. [PMID: 16378074 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000184624.54005.9f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND T-cell activation and regulation are under genetic control and vary between individuals. However, the influence of functional immune response gene polymorphisms on transplant outcomes remains controversial. METHODS A case-control design compared 100 white renal transplant recipients with or without acute graft rejection during the first year posttransplant and 50 normal controls. The polymorphic frequencies of the T-cell signaling genes CD45, CD40L and CTLA-4, and the cytokine genes TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-10 and TGF-beta1 were studied. The primary analysis examined rejection risk, and subsidiary analyses graft failure and patient death. RESULTS Multivariate analysis showed no significant association between acute rejection and single nucleotide polymorphisms in CTLA-4, TGF-beta1, IL-10 or TNF-alpha genes or dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms in IFN-gamma and CD40L genes. Allele CD40L-147 was associated with reduced graft failure (P=0.004), and TGFb-25pro with increased graft failure (P=0.0007), although the latter showed a bidirectional dose effect. There was no significant association between patient death and any polymorphisms in the genes examined. The variant (G) allele of the CD45 gene was not detected in the study population. Minor differences in carriage rates observed by univariate analysis did not predict graft or patient outcome in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION The primary analysis demonstrated no significant association between the immune response gene polymorphisms examined and acute renal graft rejection in Caucasian patients receiving triple immunosuppression. Subsidiary analyses suggesting an influence of CD40L and TGFbeta1 genes on graft survival require independent confirmation.
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- Svetlana Dmitrienko
- Immunology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Bradley BA. Prognostic assays for rejection and tolerance in organ transplantation. Transpl Immunol 2005; 14:193-201. [PMID: 15982563 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2005.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this review, I have summarised our understanding of acute rejection of organ transplants, and for convenience I have identified three processes, recognition, rejection and regulation. In stark contrast to this text-book picture of acute rejection, I have drawn attention to some of the clinical realities, where processes are altered by powerful immunosuppressive drugs, and where many transplant recipients are pre-sensitised to transplantation antigens prior to engraftment. The ultimate goal is to encourage the emergence of a utopian immunological state, wherein patients tolerate organ transplants for life after being weaned from all immunosuppressive drugs. Assays that may be used in the future to reliably monitor this process are still at a very exciting stage of development.
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- Benjamin A Bradley
- The East Barn, The Pound, Lower Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4EF, England, United Kingdom.
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Young CJ, Kew C. Health disparities in transplantation: focus on the complexity and challenge of renal transplantation in African Americans. Med Clin North Am 2005; 89:1003-31, ix. [PMID: 16129109 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2005.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The field of renal transplantation has grown exponentially as a result of a greater understanding of the immune system and the advent of numerous immunosuppressive agents. Although African Americans and whites have benefited from these advances, equivalent long-term success eludes African Americans who are disadvantaged in gaining access to renal transplantation. This review summarizes the obstacles for African Americans to end-stage renal disease(ESRD) care, focusing on transplantation. Factors that predispose African Americans for ESRD, impede this ethnic group from timely transplantation, and negatively influence graft survival are examined. Possible solutions to these persistent problems are offered.
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- Carlton J Young
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lyons-Harrison Research Building, LHRB 728, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA.
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Henao MI, Montes C, París SC, García LF. Cytokine gene polymorphisms in Colombian patients with different clinical presentations of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2005; 86:11-9. [PMID: 15925543 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2005.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) has different clinical presentations. Pulmonary TB affects only the lungs and exhibits variable anti-mycobacterial immune responses. Pleural TB is a localized disease with a strong immune response. Miliary TB is a disseminated form with poor immune response. Cytokines play a pivotal role in anti-mycobacterial response and may determine the type of TB. Thus, gene polymorphisms associated with cytokine production may be associated with clinical presentations of TB. In this study, 54 tuberculin-negative healthy controls, 81 tuberculin-positive healthy controls, 140 patients with pulmonary TB, 30 with pleural TB and 20 with miliary TB were studied. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were typed for tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), transforming growth factor-beta1, interleukin-10 (IL-10) and interleukin-6 by sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR). Allelic, genotypic and haplotypic associations with clinical forms of TB were evaluated. IL-10 -1082 A/A genotype and IFNgamma+874 T allele were associated with pleural TB. Seventy-five extended genotypes were found; two differed between patients and controls, and two between groups of patients. Results suggest that IL-10 low-producer polymorphism and IFN-gamma high-producer polymorphism are associated with pleural TB.
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- Marcela I Henao
- Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Balog A, Borbényi Z, Gyulai Z, Molnár L, Mándi Y. Clinical Importance of Transforming Growth Factor-β but Not of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Belonging to the Refractory Anemia Subtype. Pathobiology 2005; 72:165-70. [PMID: 15860935 DOI: 10.1159/000084121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) are cytokines that play key roles in the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). There have been several reports on the presence of genetic polymorphisms in the DNA sequence encoding the leader sequence of the TGF-beta1 protein, located in codon 10 in exon 1 and in the -308 promoter region of TNF-alpha. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between TNF-alpha and TGF-beta1 gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility to MDS and the progression of the disease among patients with MDS belonging to the refractory anemia (RA) subtype. METHODS The diagnosis of MDS (n = 50) was based on the FAB criteria. The TNF-alpha genotypes were analyzed by PCR-RFLP and the TGF-beta genotypes were analyzed using an amplification refractory mutation system. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Compared with healthy control subjects, patients with RA showed no significant deviations in genotype or allele frequencies of TNF-alpha. The TT homozygosity at codon 10 of TGF-beta1 was significantly higher among patients with bi- or pancytopenia (severe group) than in the patients with anemia only (mild group; odds ratio = 6.99, p = 0.003). These findings suggest that the TGF-beta1 gene polymorphism in codon 10 and the -308 TNF-alpha gene polymorphism do not predispose to the development of RA, but the TGF-beta1 gene polymorphism may affect disease progression.
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- Attila Balog
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Tinckam K, Rush D, Hutchinson I, Dembinski I, Pravica V, Jeffery J, Nickerson P. The Relative Importance of Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in the Development of Early and Late Acute Rejection and Six-Month Renal Allograft Pathology. Transplantation 2005; 79:836-41. [PMID: 15818327 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000155187.81806.df] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute rejection episodes and 6-month protocol biopsy acute pathology are highly correlated with long-term outcomes in renal transplant recipients. Recurrent, vascular, and late rejections are particularly deleterious. METHODS We determined the relative contribution of human leukocyte antigen matching, cytokine genotypes, delayed graft function (DGF), and baseline immunosuppression to the development of acute rejection and allograft pathology in 118 renal transplant recipients. RESULTS Multivariate logistic regression modeling demonstrated that the adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for recurrent (> or =2) early rejections (0-3 months) increased linearly for high (H) > intermediate (I) > low (L) interferon-gamma (1.8; 1.1-3.2) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha (3.0; 1.3-6.9) genotype, whereas every 1 microg/L increase in the cyclosporine A level was protective (0.991; 0.984-0.999). The odds ratio for recurrent late rejections (4-6 months) increased for H > I > L TNFalpha (5.1; 1.8-14.7) genotype and DGF (7.1; 1.6-30.2), whereas H > I/L transforming growth factor-beta1 genotype decreased the relative risk (0.09: 0.02-0.49). Vascular rejection was only predicted by H > I > L TNFalpha phenotype (3.0; 1.2-7.9). The odds ratio for the 6-month Banff Acute Score (6A > or= 4) increased for H > I > L TNFalpha (2.7; 1.1-6.7) and interleukin-10 (3.4; 1.2-6.2) genotype, and DGF (3.4; 1.1-11.5). Treatment of early subclinical rejection decreased the relative risk (0.20; 0.07-0.62). CONCLUSIONS High transforming growth factor-beta1 producer phenotype seems to be protective against acute inflammation, whereas H and I interferon-gamma, TNFalpha, and interleukin-10 producer genotypes correlate with adverse outcomes. Cytokine genotyping identifies individuals who may benefit from more intensive surveillance and treatment posttransplant.
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- Kathryn Tinckam
- Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Gibbs PJ, Tan LC, Sadek SA, Howell WM. Quantitative detection of changes in cytokine gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells correlates with and precedes acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. Transpl Immunol 2005; 14:99-108. [PMID: 15935300 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2005.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Accepted: 02/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Immunological monitoring of transplant recipients is an attractive concept. Cytokines provide an obvious focus for research, as they are central to the human immune response. This study aimed to identify cytokines whose sequential gene expression differentiated rejectors from non-rejectors immediately following renal transplantation. Forty-five renal transplant recipients (15 rejectors) and 13 living donors were recruited. Total RNA was extracted from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells and reverse transcribed. Cytokine gene expression levels of IL-4, IL-10, TNF-alpha and TGF-beta1 were measured using TaqMan. IL-10 expression increased significantly following donor surgery. IL-4 and TNF-alpha patterns clearly differentiated between rejectors and non-rejectors. In the rejectors significant increases occurred more than 48 h before clinical graft dysfunction. Negative predictive values were 76% and 80% for IL-4 and TNF-alpha, respectively. This study has identified two cytokines (IL-4 and TNF-alpha) whose gene expression patterns differentiate between rejecting and non-rejecting renal transplant recipients making immunological monitoring possible.
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- Paul J Gibbs
- Wessex Renal and Transplant Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, UK.
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Zheng HX, Zeevi A, McCurry K, Schuetz E, Webber S, Ristich J, Zhang J, Iacono A, Dauber J, McDade K, Zaldonis D, Lamba J, Burckart GJ. The impact of pharmacogenomic factors on acute persistent rejection in adult lung transplant patients. Transpl Immunol 2005; 14:37-42. [PMID: 15814280 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2004.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Persistent rejection in the face of treatment and multiple episodes of rejection are associated with the development of chronic rejection and graft loss in solid organ transplantation. The factors that create an environment for rejection that persists in the face of treatment are as yet not understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk factors, including human multidrug resistance gene (MDR1), cytochrome P4503A5 (CYP3A5) and cytokine gene polymorphisms, associated with acute persistent rejection (APR) in lung transplant patients. One hundred and twenty-five adult lung transplant patients were studied. MDR1 G2677T, C3435T and CYP3A5 polymorphisms were assessed by direct sequencing of the polymorphic region in patient DNA. Cytokine genotyping for five cytokines was performed using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) technique. Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of acute persistent rejection. The dependent variable was the presence or absence of acute persistent rejection based on lung biopsies during the first postoperative year. The independent variables were MDR1 G2677T and C3435T, CYP4503A5 and cytokine polymorphisms, survival status, age, gender, survival days and HLA mismatches. The MDR1 C3435T polymorphism and age were independently associated with acute persistent rejection (p = 0.025, odds ratio = 0.29, 95% CI 0.1-0.86 and p = 0.016, odds ratio = 0.94, 95% CI 0.89-0.98, respectively). For the MDR1 C3435T polymorphism, 72% of patients with the C allele had acute persistent rejection in comparison to 52% for TT patients (p = 0.04). For age, a significant difference was found between the nonrejection group and the rejection group (mean+/-S.D. 52.1+/-11.2 vs. 44.4+/-12.3, p = 0.01). This is the first report of the association of a drug disposition genotype with drug-resistant acute rejection in organ transplant patients. The major predictor of acute persistent rejection in the first postoperative year for lung transplant patients was the MDR1 C3435T genotype. This association could be due to drug resistance, altered drug disposition or other immunologic effects associated with P-glycoprotein (P-gp) function. Future prospective treatment algorithms should be developed that will incorporate the knowledge of gene polymorphisms into treatment regimens to improve the outcome following lung transplantation.
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- H X Zheng
- School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, PSC-100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Warlé MC, Metselaar HJ, Kusters JG, Zondervan PE, Hop WCJ, Segeren KCA, Kwekkeboom J, Ijzermans JNM, Tilanus HW. Strain-specific in vitro cytokine production profiles do not predict rat liver allograft survival. Transpl Int 2005; 17:779-86. [PMID: 15703923 DOI: 10.1007/s00147-004-0774-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2003] [Revised: 09/30/2003] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to assess whether differences in cytokine production between inbred rat strains could explain differences in liver allograft survival. Splenocytes from five different strains were cultured with Concanavalin A to determine in vitro cytokine production profiles. Strain-specific TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-6 and IL-10 responses in naive animals were not associated with survival after rat liver transplantation. To investigate whether in vitro cytokine responses changed during the allogeneic inflammatory response, Brown Norway livers were transplanted to Lewis and Pivold Virol Glaxo recipients. During the early postoperative phase IL-6 and IL-10 (Th2-like) responses were significantly up-regulated in Lewis recipients, whereas Th2-like responses were not increased in Pivold Virol Glaxo. Our results do not support the generally held view that differential in vitro cytokine responses are related to liver allograft survival but suggest that cytokine responses are affected by the allogeneic inflammatory response after liver allografting.
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- Michiel C Warlé
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Warlé MC, Metselaar HJ, Hop WCJ, Tilanus HW. Cytokine gene polymorphisms and acute liver graft rejection: a meta-analysis. Liver Transpl 2005; 11:19-26. [PMID: 15690532 DOI: 10.1002/lt.20316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In the field of liver transplantation, 7 reports have been published investigating the association between polymorphisms in cytokine genes and the occurrence of acute rejection in liver graft recipients. However, most of the individual studies lack the statistical power to detect a small-to-moderate effect of cytokine gene polymorphisms on the acute rejection rate. To overcome this problem, we performed a quantitative meta-analysis of 7 gene-association studies that were comparable with regard to definition of acute rejection and the type of immunosuppression used. In the overall analysis, the interleukin (IL)-10 polymorphism at position -1082 was identified as a genetic risk factor for acute liver graft rejection; liver transplant recipients carrying the IL-10 -1082.A allele displayed a lower rejection rate (common odds ratio [OR], .6; 95% confidence interval [CI], .4-.9). For the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-A -308 polymorphism, a common OR could not be calculated due to significant heterogeneity of ORs between the studies (mean OR, 1.4; 95% CI, .8-2.6). No associations were found between acute liver graft rejection and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the IL-6 (position -174) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 (positions +869 and +915) genes. In conclusion, results from this meta-analysis suggest a role for the IL-10 -1082 polymorphism in human liver graft rejection.
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- Michiel C Warlé
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Warle MC, Metselaar HJ, Kusters JG, Zondervan PE, Hop WCJ, Segeren KCA, Kwekkeboom J, Jzermans JNMI, Tilanus HW. Strain-specific in vitro cytokine production profiles do not predict rat liver allograft survival. Transpl Int 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zheng HX, Webber SA, Zeevi A, Schuetz E, Zhang J, Lamba J, Boyle GJ, Wilson JW, Burckart GJ. The impact of pharmacogenomic factors on steroid dependency in pediatric heart transplant patients using logistic regression analysis. Pediatr Transplant 2004; 8:551-7. [PMID: 15598322 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00223.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Many pharmacogenomic predictors of drug response are now available, and include both drug metabolism-disposition factors and drug targets. Information on statistical approaches to analyzing large clinical data sets in relation to genetic polymorphisms is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether logistic regression could identify pharmacogenomic predictors of outcome in a large data set in a complex transplant patient population. Seventy pediatric heart transplant patients were studied. Patients were followed for at least 1 yr post-transplantation as outpatients, and weaned from corticosteroids if clinically appropriate. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of steroid dependency. The dependent variable was the presence or absence of steroid therapy at 1 yr post-transplantation. The independent variables were the patients' transplant age, gender, MDR1 C3435T and G2677T, CYP3A53B and cytokine polymorphisms. By chi-square test for the MDR1 C3435T polymorphism, 12 of 18 (67%) patients in the CC group were still on prednisone, whereas only 18 of 47 (38%) of the CT/TT group were still receiving prednisone (p = 0.04). For the IL-10 groups, two of 15 patients with the high producer genotype (13.3%) remained on prednisone, in comparison with 16 of 28 patients with the intermediate producer genotype (57.1%) and 15 of 26 patients with the low producer genotype (57.7%, p = 0.01). Logistic regression analysis confirmed MDR1 C3435T (p = 0.021), and IL-10 polymorphisms (intermediate producer genotype p = 0.015; low producer genotype p = 0.013) as independent risk factors for steroid dependency at 1 yr after transplantation. This approach identifies pharmacogenomic factors, which can be studied more extensively in larger data sets, and used in prospective studies to individualize immunosuppressive therapy following solid organ transplantation.
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- H X Zheng
- School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Gourley IS, Denofrio D, Rand W, Desai S, Loh E, Kamoun M. The effect of recipient cytokine gene polymorphism on cardiac transplantation outcome. Hum Immunol 2004; 65:248-54. [PMID: 15041164 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2003] [Revised: 01/11/2004] [Accepted: 01/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We determined the association between clinical outcomes after heart transplantation and gene polymorphism in five cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, interleukin-10, interleukin-6, and interferon-gamma) reported to influence expression in vitro. Ninety-five patients were studied. Cytokine genotyping was performed by sequence specific priming polymerase chain reaction. Clinical outcomes studied in the first posttransplant year included: (1) documented viral, bacterial, or fungal infection; (2) cytomegalovirus infection; (3) acute cellular rejection (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation > or = grade IIIA); (4) time to first rejection episode; and (5) the development of allograft vasculopathy. Patients with the TGF-beta genotype 10 T/T 25 G/G or 10 T/C 25 G/G had a longer time to first rejection (median time to first rejection episode 321 days) than those with the TGF-beta genotype 10C/C 25 G/C or 10 C/C 25 C/C (median time to first rejection 88 days). There was a trend toward a higher frequency of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha genotype -308 G/A or A/A in patients without infection (19/59, 32%) as compared with patients with infection (5/31, 16%). In both cases, these differences failed to reach significance when adjusted for multiple comparisons. No other significant association was found with clinical outcomes and polymorphisms in the five cytokine genes studied in this population.
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- Ian S Gourley
- University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Clermont G, Bartels J, Kumar R, Constantine G, Vodovotz Y, Chow C. In silico design of clinical trials: A method coming of age. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:2061-70. [PMID: 15483415 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000142394.28791.c3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility and potential usefulness of mathematical models in evaluating immunomodulatory strategies in clinical trials of severe sepsis. DESIGN Mathematical modeling of immunomodulation in simulated patients. SETTING Computer laboratory. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS We introduce and evaluate the concept of conducting a randomized clinical trial in silico based on simulated patients generated from a mechanistic mathematical model of bacterial infection, the acute inflammatory response, global tissue dysfunction, and a therapeutic intervention. Trial populations are constructed to reflect heterogeneity in bacterial load and virulence as well as propensity to mount and modulate an inflammatory response. We constructed a cohort of 1,000 trial patients submitted to therapy with one of three different doses of a neutralizing antibody directed against tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) for 6, 24, or 48 hrs. We present cytokine profiles over time and expected outcome for each cohort. We identify subgroups with high propensity for being helped or harmed by the proposed intervention and identify early serum markers for each of those subgroups. The mathematical simulation confirms the inability of simple markers to predict outcome of sepsis. The simulation clearly separates cases with favorable and unfavorable outcome on the basis of global tissue dysfunction. Control survival was 62.9% at 1 wk. Depending on dose and duration of treatment, survival ranged from 57.1% to 80.8%. Higher doses of anti-TNF, although effective, also result in considerable harm to patients. A statistical analysis based on a simulated cohort identified markers of favorable or adverse response to anti-TNF treatment. CONCLUSIONS A mathematical simulation of anti-TNF therapy identified clear windows of opportunity for this intervention as well as populations that can be harmed by anti-TNF therapy. The construction of an in silico clinical trial could provide profound insight into the design of clinical trials of immunomodulatory therapies, ranging from optimal patient selection to individualized dosage and duration of proposed therapeutic interventions.
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- Gilles Clermont
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Zheng HX, Burckart GJ, McCurry K, Webber S, Ristich J, Iacono A, Dauber J, McDade K, Grgurich W, Zaldonis D, Pillage G, Griffith BP, Zeevi A. Interleukin-10 production genotype protects against acute persistent rejection after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004; 23:541-6. [PMID: 15135368 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(03)00303-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2002] [Revised: 06/11/2003] [Accepted: 06/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Our previous studies demonstrated that cytokine gene polymorphisms are related to acute rejection in pediatric heart transplantation; a decreased tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production genotype combined with an increased or intermediate interleukin (IL)-10 production genotype was associated with the smallest incidence of acute rejection. The objective of this study was to determine whether cytokine genotypes TNF-alpha, IL-10, IL-6, interferon-gamma, and transforming growth factor beta were associated with acute persistent rejection after lung transplantation. METHODS Cytokine genotyping was performed in 119 adult lung transplantation recipients who underwent surveillance transbronchial biopsies during their first year after transplantation. We categorized recipients with acute persistent rejection if they had 2 consecutive biopsy specimens at >/=Grade A2 despite anti-rejection treatment. We performed cytokine genotyping using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers technique, with a commercially available kit. RESULTS We analyzed the IL-10 genotype in 116 patients. For the increased IL-10 production genotype, 7 of 20 patients (35%) were persistent rejecters. In comparison, 57 of 96 patients (59%) with intermediate or decreased IL-10 production genotype had acute persistent rejection (p = 0.046). For IL-10 haplotypes associated with intermediate IL-10 production, 30 of 45 patients with GCC/ACC haplotype (67%) had acute persistent rejection compared with 10 of 22 patients with GCC/ATA (45%). In the patients with intermediate IL-10 production, 17 of 22 (77%) with IL-10 GCC/ACC and IL-6 G/C had acute persistent rejection, whereas only 2 of 7 patients (29%) with IL-10 GCC/ATA and IL-6 G/G had acute persistent rejection (p = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS In lung transplant recipients, the increased IL-10 production genotype protects against acute persistent rejection when compared with the intermediate or decreased IL-10 production genotypes. The intermediate IL-10 production genotype in lung transplant recipients can be differentiated into 2 haplotype responses, with the GCC/ACC haplotype associated more with acute persistent rejection. In lung transplant recipients, the immunomodulatory effects of IL-6 are differentiated in the G/C and G/G alleles in conjunction with IL-10 haplotypes, with G/C being associated with more acute persistent rejection in conjunction with the IL-10 GCC/ACC haplotype. Future pharmacogenomic models may incorporate these associations with acute persistent rejection in lung transplant recipients to formulate individualized therapeutic regimens.
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- Hong Xia Zheng
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Pietrowski D, Bettendorf H, Keck C, Bürkle B, Unfried G, Riener EK, Hefler LA, Tempfer C. Lack of association of TNFα gene polymorphisms and recurrent pregnancy loss in Caucasian women. J Reprod Immunol 2004; 61:51-58. [PMID: 15027477 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) gene plays an important role in immunology and inflammation. Variant alleles of TNFalpha are associated with altered RNA and serum protein levels in humans. Conflicting results have been obtained regarding the role of TNFalpha during pregnancy and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). This study investigated the relationship between RPL and two polymorphisms in the promoter of the TNFalpha gene (TNFalpha -308 and -863). Genotyping was performed in 168 RPL women and 212 ethnically matched healthy individuals. In addition, we performed analysis of TNFalpha serum protein levels. We demonstrate that neither the polymorphism -308 nor the polymorphism -863 of the TNFalpha gene is associated with RPL in Caucasian women. In addition, we did not find any association between TNFalpha serum levels and the occurrence of RPL in a subset of 36 RPL women and 36 healthy individuals. We conclude that TNFalpha polymorphisms and resting blood TNFalpha levels do not correlate with the propensity to recurrent pregnancy loss in Caucasian women.
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- Detlef Pietrowski
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Freiburg School of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
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Mas VR, Fisher RA, Maluf DG, Archer KJ, Contos MJ, Mills SA, Shiffman ML, Wilkinson DS, Oliveros L, Garrett CT, Ferreira-Gonzalez A. Polymorphisms in cytokines and growth factor genes and their association with acute rejection and recurrence of hepatitis C virus disease in liver transplantation. Clin Genet 2004; 65:191-201. [PMID: 14756669 DOI: 10.1111/j.0009-9163.2004.00208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acute rejection (AR) and recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are complications after liver transplantation (LTx). Genetic factors play a role in cytokine production as a consequence of polymorphisms within cytokine genes. Our goal was to identify genetic factors that might be associated with AR and recurrence of HCV in liver transplant recipients (LTxRs). We studied 77 Caucasian LTxRs and 100 Caucasian healthy individuals. We studied single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in tumor necrosis factor-alpha[TNF-alpha, interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, transforming growth factor-beta1, and angiotensin-converting enzyme genes by SNaPSHOT trade mark Multiplex assay. SNPs were classified as high producers (HP), intermediate producers (IP), or low producers (LP), and their association with AR and recurrence of HCV were studied. The frequency of TNF-alpha IP and HP genotypes was significantly higher in LTxRs with AR in comparison to patients without AR (TNF-alpha HP -238: 63 vs 20%, p < 0.001; TNF-alpha HP -308: 47.4 vs 20%, p = 0.02). The frequency of IL-6 IP and HP genotypes was higher in patients with AR episodes, but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.14). However, when we analyzed the simultaneous presence of pro-inflammatory genotypes in the same patient, we found a significant difference between patients with and without AR, respectively (42.1 vs 14.6%, p = 0.012). Moreover, the frequency of the IL-10 LP genotype was higher in LTx patients with AR (p = 0.001) compared to patients without AR. There was an association between pro-inflammatory genotypes and HCV recurrence. Our data suggest that cytokine gene polymorphisms might play a role in AR and HCV recurrence in LTxRs.
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- V R Mas
- Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 403 North 13th Street, Richmond, VA 23298-0248, USA
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Palmer SM, Burch LH, Davis RD, Herczyk WF, Howell DN, Reinsmoen NL, Schwartz DA. The role of innate immunity in acute allograft rejection after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:628-32. [PMID: 12773319 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200303-447oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although innate immunity is crucial to pulmonary host defense and can initiate immune and inflammatory responses independent of adaptive immunity, it remains unstudied in the context of transplant rejection. To investigate the role of innate immunity in the development of allograft rejection, we assessed the impact of two functional polymorphisms in the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) associated with endotoxin hyporesponsiveness on the development of acute rejection after human lung transplantation. Patients and donors were screened for the TLR4 Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphisms by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers. The rate of acute rejection at 6 months was significantly reduced in recipients, but not in donors, with the Asp299Gly or Thr399Ile alleles as compared with wild type (29 vs. 56%, respectively, p = 0.05). This association was confirmed in Cox proportional hazards and multivariate logistic regression models. Our results suggest activation of innate immunity in lung transplant recipients through TLR4 contributes to the development acute rejection after lung transplantation. Therapies directed at inhibition of innate immune responses mediated by TLR4 may represent a novel and effective means to prevent acute rejection after lung transplantation.
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- Scott M Palmer
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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Plaza DM, Fernández D, Builes M, Villegas A, García LF. Cytokine gene polymorphisms in heart transplantation: association of low IL-10 production genotype with Quilty effect. J Heart Lung Transplant 2003; 22:851-6. [PMID: 12909463 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)00812-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cytokines are important modulators of post-transplant, allogeneic immune responses. In heart transplantation, endomyocardial biopsies allow monitoring of histologic and immunologic events that occur inside the graft; their correlation with risk factors condition graft outcome. Recent reports indicate that various cytokine gene allelic polymorphisms control the number of cytokines produced and may be associated with graft outcome. METHODS We studied 71 heart transplant recipients between December 1985 and December 2000. We used sequence-specific primers (SSP) polymerase chain reaction to study interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms at -1082 (G/A), -819 (C/T), and -592 (C/A); tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) at -308 (G/A) and -238 (G/A); transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) variants at codon 10 (C/T) and codon 25 (G/C); and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) polymorphisms at +874 (T/A). We determined the association of allele, genotype, and haplotype frequencies with the presence of histologically proven rejection episodes (according to International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation criteria) and the presence of Quilty lesions in endomyocardial biopsy specimens. RESULTS We found no association between the polymorphisms studied and the frequency and severity of acute and chronic rejection episodes. However, the gene frequency of allele A at IL-10 -1082, associated with decreased IL-10 production, was increased in patients with Quilty lesions (p = 0.0027, odds ratio = 2.98). Similarly, we found more AA homozygous individuals, compared with AG heterozygous and GG homozygous individuals (p = 0.0017), among patients with Quilty effect. The ATA and ACC IL-10 haplotypes also were associated with Quilty effect (p = 0.0051). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that genetically controlled decreased IL-10 production predisposes to the development of Quilty lesions. The decreased negative regulatory effect of IL-10 on T cells and macrophages may result in enhanced graft infiltration.
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- Diana M Plaza
- Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Institut de Malalties Digestives. IDIBAPS. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España.
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Kwekkeboom J, Kuijpers MA, Bruyneel B, Mancham S, De Baar-Heesakkers E, Ijzermans JNM, Bouma GJ, Zondervan PE, Tilanus HW, Metselaar HJ. Expression of CD80 on Kupffer cells is enhanced in cadaveric liver transplants. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 132:345-51. [PMID: 12699427 PMCID: PMC1808714 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02129.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In experimental animals inhibition of T cell co-stimulation immediately after organ transplantation effectively prevents rejection. We investigated whether the expression of co-stimulatory molecules is enhanced in cadaveric liver transplants, whether their expression is influenced by the transplantation procedure, and whether variation in expression between liver transplants is related to the occurrence of acute rejection. Expression of CD80, CD86 and the macrophage marker CD68 were determined by immunohistochemistry in biopsies from 40 clinical liver transplants obtained at different time-points during the transplantation procedure, and in normal liver tissue obtained from 10 human livers. Expression of CD80 and CD86 on Kupffer cells was graded by comparison with CD68-staining. In a subgroup CD80 and CD86 mRNA was quantified by real-time detection polymerase chain reaction. CD86 was expressed in all liver transplants and normal livers on the majority of Kupffer cells. CD80 was absent or sporadically expressed in normal liver tissue, but in 18 of 40 liver transplants at least one-quarter of Kupffer cells expressed CD80. CD80- and CD86-mRNA and protein expression in liver transplants did not change during the warm ischaemic and reperfusion phases of the transplantation procedure. CD80-expression on Kupffer cells varied strongly between individual donor livers; this variation was, however, not significantly related to the occurrence of acute rejection after transplantation. In conclusion, in nearly half of cold-preserved cadaveric liver transplants an increased proportion of Kupffer cells express CD80 at the time of transplantation in comparison with normal liver tissue. The expression was not further induced by warm ischaemia and reperfusion. However, the observed variation in CD80-expression between liver transplants is not a accurate predictive measure for acute rejection.
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- J Kwekkeboom
- Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Marder BA, Schröppel B, Lin M, Schiano T, Parekh R, Tomer Y, Murphy B. The impact of costimulatory molecule gene polymorphisms on clinical outcomes in liver transplantation. Am J Transplant 2003; 3:424-31. [PMID: 12694064 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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CTLA-4 and CD28 deliver opposing signals for T-cell proliferation. We examined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) CTLA-4 -318C/T and CD28 IVS3 +17T/C for associations with acute rejection in liver transplant recipients. These and two other polymorphisms in CTLA-4 [microsatellite polymorphism +642(AT)n and SNP +49 A/G] were also analyzed for influence on graft survival. Two hundred and eleven liver transplant recipient genotypes were determined by direct sequencing or restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of PCR-amplified genomic DNA. Mean graft survival for patients with the GG genotype of CTLA-4 +49 A/G was 58.5 +/- 6.0 months compared with 70.3 +/- 4.0 months and 73.8 +/- 2.8 months for the AA and AG genotypes, respectively (p = 0.0055). This is in support of previous studies suggesting decreased CTLA-4 function and increased incidence of autoimmune disease for this genotype. The 92-, 94-, and 100-bp alleles of CTLA-4 +642(AT)n occurred more often in African-American transplant recipients and were associated with decreased graft survival (p = 0.0001 and 0.007, respectively) but the independence of these variables could not be established. No associations with acute rejection or graft survival were found for CTLA-4 -318C/T or CD28 IVS3 +17T/C. The described associations between CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms and transplant outcomes provide the foundation for further investigations leading to genetic risk stratification for transplant recipients.
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- Brad A Marder
- Division of Nephrology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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