Keating BJ, Pereira AC, Snyder M, Piening BD. Applying genomics in heart transplantation.
Transpl Int 2018;
31:278-290. [PMID:
29363220 PMCID:
PMC5990370 DOI:
10.1111/tri.13119]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
While advances in patient care and immunosuppressive pharmacotherapies have increased the lifespan of heart allograft recipients, there are still significant comorbidities post-transplantation and 5-year survival rates are still significant, at approximately 70%. The last decade has seen massive strides in genomics and other omics fields, including transcriptomics, with many of these advances now starting to impact heart transplant clinical care. This review summarizes a number of the key advances in genomics which are relevant for heart transplant outcomes, and we highlight the translational potential that such knowledge may bring to patient care within the next decade.
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