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Bazemore K, Permpalung N, Mathew J, Lemma M, Haile B, Avery R, Kong H, Jang MK, Andargie T, Gopinath S, Nathan SD, Aryal S, Orens J, Valantine H, Agbor-Enoh S, Shah P. Elevated cell-free DNA in respiratory viral infection and associated lung allograft dysfunction. Am J Transplant 2022; 22:2560-2570. [PMID: 35729715 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Respiratory viral infection (RVI) in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) is a risk for chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). We hypothesize that donor-derived cell-free DNA (%ddcfDNA), at the time of RVI predicts CLAD progression. We followed 39 LTRs with RVI enrolled in the Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation for 1 year. Plasma %ddcfDNA was measured by shotgun sequencing, with high %ddcfDNA as ≥1% within 7 days of RVI. We examined %ddcfDNA, spirometry, and a composite (progression/failure) of CLAD stage progression, re-transplant, and death from respiratory failure. Fifty-nine RVI episodes, 38 low and 21 high %ddcfDNA were analyzed. High %ddcfDNA subjects had a greater median %FEV1 decline at RVI (-13.83 vs. -1.83, p = .007), day 90 (-7.97 vs. 0.91, p = .04), and 365 (-20.05 vs. 1.09, p = .047), compared to those with low %ddcfDNA and experienced greater progression/failure within 365 days (52.4% vs. 21.6%, p = .01). Elevated %ddcfDNA at RVI was associated with an increased risk of progression/failure adjusting for symptoms and days post-transplant (HR = 1.11, p = .04). No difference in %FEV1 decline was seen at any time point when RVIs were grouped by histopathology result at RVI. %ddcfDNA delineates LTRs with RVI who will recover lung function and who will experience sustained decline, a utility not seen with histopathology.
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- Katrina Bazemore
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Division of Mycology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Transplant Oncology Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Genomic Research Alliance for Transplantation (GRAfT), Bethesda, Maryland
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Levitsky J, Kandpal M, Guo K, Kleiboeker S, Sinha R, Abecassis M. Donor-derived cell-free DNA levels predict graft injury in liver transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 2022; 22:532-540. [PMID: 34510731 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has been evaluated as a rejection marker in organ transplantation. This study sought to assess the utility of dd-cfDNA to diagnose graft injury in liver transplant recipients (LTR) and as a predictive biomarker prior to different causes of graft dysfunction. Plasma from single and multicenter LTR cohorts was analyzed for dd-cfDNA. Phenotypes of treated biopsy-proven acute rejection (AR, N = 57), normal function (TX, N = 94), and acute dysfunction no rejection (ADNR; N = 68) were divided into training and test sets. In the training set, dd-cfDNA was significantly different between AR versus TX (AUC 0.95, 5.3% cutoff) and AR versus ADNR (AUC 0.71, 20.4% cutoff). Using these cutoffs in the test set, the accuracy and NPV were 87% and 100% (AR vs. TX) and 66.7% and 87.8% (AR vs. ADNR). Blood samples collected serially from LTR demonstrated incremental elevations in dd-cfDNA prior to the onset of graft dysfunction (AR > ADNR), but not in TX. Dd-cfDNA also decreased following treatment of rejection. In conclusion, the serial elevation of dd-cfDNA identifies pre-clinical graft injury in the context of normal liver function tests and is greatest in rejection. This biomarker may help detect early signs of graft injury and rejection to inform LTR management strategies.
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- Josh Levitsky
- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.,Biostatistics Collaboration Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Eurofins Viracor Clinical Diagnostics, Lee's Summit, Missouri
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Newell LF, Dunlap J, Gatter K, Bagby GC, Press RD, Cook RJ, Fletcher L, Leonard JT, Leong KM, Bubalo JS, Olyaei A, Deloughery TG, Maziarz RT, Maynard E, Orloff SL, Enestvedt CK. Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation is associated with bone marrow failure, hemophagocytosis, and DNMT3A mutations. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:3894-3906. [PMID: 33961341 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation (LT-GVHD) is rare, frequently fatal, and associated with bone marrow failure (BMF), cytopenias, and hyperferritinemia. Given hyperferritinemia and cytopenias are present in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), and somatic mutations in hematopoietic cells are associated with hyperinflammatory responses (clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, CHIP), we identified the frequency of hemophagocytosis and CHIP mutations in LT-GVHD. We reviewed bone marrow aspirates and biopsies, quantified blood/marrow chimerism, and performed next-generation sequencing (NGS) with a targeted panel of genes relevant to myeloid malignancies, CHIP, and BMF. In all, 12 marrows were reviewed from 9 LT-GVHD patients. In all, 10 aspirates were evaluable for hemophagocytosis; 7 had adequate DNA for NGS. NGS was also performed on marrow from an LT cohort (n = 6) without GVHD. Nine of 10 aspirates in LT-GVHD patients showed increased hemophagocytosis. Five (71%) of 7 with LT-GVHD had DNMT3A mutations; only 1 of 6 in the non-GVHD LT cohort demonstrated DNMT3A mutation (p = .04). Only 1 LT-GVHD patient survived. BMF with HLH features was associated with poor hematopoietic recovery, and DNMT3A mutations were over-represented, in LT-GVHD patients. Identification of HLH features may guide prognosis and therapeutics. Further studies are needed to clarify the origin and impact of CHIP mutations on the hyperinflammatory state.
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- Laura F Newell
- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Cassaniti I, Colombo AA, Bernasconi P, Malagola M, Russo D, Iori AP, Girmenia C, Greco R, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Bonifazi F, Percivalle E, Campanini G, Piccirilli G, Lazzarotto T, Baldanti F. Positive HCMV DNAemia in stem cell recipients undergoing letermovir prophylaxis is expression of abortive infection. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:1622-1628. [PMID: 33320429 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Letermovir (LMV) inhibits HCMV replication by binding to components of the HCMV-terminase complex showing a potential role in prevention of HCMV-related complications in allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (allo-HSCTRs). However, little is known about breakthrough HCMV infection and the relevance of HCMV DNAemia during prophylaxis. We reported the results of a multicenter prospective study involving five Italian centers in the management of HCMV DNAemia in 75 adult HCMV-seropositive allo-HSCTRs undergoing LMV prophylaxis. The aim of the present study was to characterize the presence of real HCMV reactivation during LMV prophylaxis. Then, the presence of circulating infectious HCMV particles was determined by virus isolation and degradation of free-floating viral DNA. This report provides the first evidence that during LMV prophylaxis the clinical relevance of HCMV DNAemia should be critically considered.
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- Irene Cassaniti
- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hemopoietic Stem Cell Unit, Division of Haematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hemopoietic Stem Cell Unit, Division of Haematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Dermatology, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Dermatology, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.,Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Guerrero-Miranda CY, Hall SA. Rethinking the future with evolving technology: It's time to empower change in heart transplantation. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:453-455. [PMID: 32717109 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Cesar Y Guerrero-Miranda
- Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Wiesener A, Knaup KX, Büttner-Herold M, Dieterle A, Stoeckert J, Riedl B, Morath C, Wald A, Vondran F, Braun F, Schödel J, Schueler M, Schiffer M, Amann K, Reis A, Kraus C, Wiesener MS. Molecular diagnosis of kidney transplant failure based on urine. Am J Transplant 2020; 20:1410-1416. [PMID: 31814324 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
In light of the organ shortage, there is a great responsibility to assess postmortal organs for which procurement has been consented and to increase the life span of transplanted organs. The former responsibility has moved many centers to accept extended criteria organs. The latter responsibility requires an exact diagnosis and, if possible, omission of the harmful influence on the transplant. We report the course of a kidney transplant that showed a steady decline of function over a decade, displaying numerous cysts of different sizes. Clinical workup excluded the most frequent causes of chronic transplant failure. The filed allocation documents mentioned the donor's disease of oral-facial-digital syndrome, a rare ciliopathy, which can also affect the kidney. Molecular diagnosis was performed by culturing donor tubular cells from the recipient´s urine more than 10 years after transplantation. Next-generation panel sequencing with DNA from tubular urinary cells revealed a novel truncating mutation in OFD1, which sufficiently explains the features of the kidney transplants, also found in the second kidney allograft. Despite this severe donor disease, lifesaving transplantation with good long-term outcome was enabled for 5 recipients.
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- Antje Wiesener
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- KfH-Nierenzentrum, Kuratorium für Dialyse und Nierentransplantation e.V., Bayreuth, Germany
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- Nierenzentrum Heidelberg, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral- and Transplant Surgery, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of General Surgery, Visceral-, Thoracic-, Transplantation- and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Stapleton CP, Heinzel A, Guan W, van der Most PJ, van Setten J, Lord GM, Keating BJ, Israni AK, de Borst MH, Bakker SJ, Snieder H, Weale ME, Delaney F, Hernandez‐Fuentes MP, Reindl-Schwaighofer R, Oberbauer R, Jacobson PA, Mark PB, Chapman FA, Phelan PJ, Kennedy C, Sexton D, Murray S, Jardine A, Traynor JP, McKnight AJ, Maxwell AP, Smyth LJ, Oetting WS, Matas AJ, Mannon RB, Schladt DP, Iklé DN, Cavalleri GL, Conlon PJ. The impact of donor and recipient common clinical and genetic variation on estimated glomerular filtration rate in a European renal transplant population. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:2262-2273. [PMID: 30920136 PMCID: PMC6989089 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Genetic variation across the human leukocyte antigen loci is known to influence renal-transplant outcome. However, the impact of genetic variation beyond the human leukocyte antigen loci is less clear. We tested the association of common genetic variation and clinical characteristics, from both the donor and recipient, with posttransplant eGFR at different time-points, out to 5 years posttransplantation. We conducted GWAS meta-analyses across 10 844 donors and recipients from five European ancestry cohorts. We also analyzed the impact of polygenic risk scores (PRS), calculated using genetic variants associated with nontransplant eGFR, on posttransplant eGFR. PRS calculated using the recipient genotype alone, as well as combined donor and recipient genotypes were significantly associated with eGFR at 1-year posttransplant. Thirty-two percent of the variability in eGFR at 1-year posttransplant was explained by our model containing clinical covariates (including weights for death/graft-failure), principal components and combined donor-recipient PRS, with 0.3% contributed by the PRS. No individual genetic variant was significantly associated with eGFR posttransplant in the GWAS. This is the first study to examine PRS, composed of variants that impact kidney function in the general population, in a posttransplant context. Despite PRS being a significant predictor of eGFR posttransplant, the effect size of common genetic factors is limited compared to clinical variables.
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- Caragh P. Stapleton
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Departments of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- King’s College London, MRC Centre for Transplantation, London, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’, NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Penn Transplant Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
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- King’s College London, MRC Centre for Transplantation, London, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’, NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK
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- Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Nephrology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, UK
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- Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Bloom RD. Using (cell-free) DNA to incriminate rejection as the cause of kidney allograft dysfunction: Do we have a verdict? Am J Transplant 2019; 19:1609-1610. [PMID: 30835968 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Roy D Bloom
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Bonnafous P, Marlet J, Gaudy-Graffin C, Gautheret-Dejean A. Need for a better characterization of HHV-6 infections and associated clinical impacts. Am J Transplant 2019; 19:304-305. [PMID: 29985560 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- P Bonnafous
- CIMI-Paris UMRS CR7, Inserm U1135, Equipe 1 Infections Virales Persistantes, Faculté de médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Morphogenèse et Antigénicité du VIH et des Virus des Hépatites, Inserm U1259, Université de Tours, Tours, France.,Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU de Tours, Tours, France
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- Morphogenèse et Antigénicité du VIH et des Virus des Hépatites, Inserm U1259, Université de Tours, Tours, France.,Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU de Tours, Tours, France
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- CIMI-Paris UMRS CR7, Inserm U1135, Equipe 1 Infections Virales Persistantes, Faculté de médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.,Service de Virologie, HU La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, APHP, Paris, France.,Laboratoire de Microbiologie, équipe UPRES EA4065, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Kenan DJ, Mieczkowski PA, Latulippe E, Côté I, Singh HK, Nickeleit V. BK Polyomavirus Genomic Integration and Large T Antigen Expression: Evolving Paradigms in Human Oncogenesis. Am J Transplant 2017; 17:1674-1680. [PMID: 28039910 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 12/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Human polyomaviruses are ubiquitous, with primary infections that typically occur during childhood and subsequent latency that may last a lifetime. Polyomavirus-mediated disease has been described in immunocompromised patients; its relationship to oncogenesis is poorly understood. We present deep sequencing data from a high-grade BK virus-associated tumor expressing large T antigen. The carcinoma arose in a kidney allograft 6 years after transplantation. We identified a novel genotype 1a BK polyomavirus, called Chapel Hill BK polyomavirus 2 (CH-2), that was integrated into the BRE gene in chromosome 2 of tumor cells. At the chromosomal integration site, viral break points were found, disrupting late BK gene sequences encoding capsid proteins VP1 and VP2/3. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization studies demonstrated that the integrated BK virus was replication incompetent. We propose that the BK virus CH-2 was integrated into the human genome as a concatemer, resulting in alterations of feedback loops and overexpression of large T antigen. Collectively, these findings support the emerging understanding that viral integration is a nearly ubiquitous feature in polyomavirus-associated malignancy and that unregulated large T antigen expression drives a proliferative state that is conducive to oncogenesis. Based on the current observations, we present an updated model of polyomavirus-mediated oncogenesis.
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- D J Kenan
- Division of Nephropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Genetics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Québec, PQ, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôtel Dieu de Québec, Québec, PQ, Canada
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- Division of Nephropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Nephropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Shapey IM, Summers AM, Augustine T, Rutter MK, van Dellen D. Circulating Cell-Free Unmethylated DNA as a Marker of Graft Dysfunction in Pancreas Transplantation. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:3064-3065. [PMID: 27376346 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- I M Shapey
- Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.,Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Manchester Diabetes Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
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Oetting WS, Schladt DP, Guan W, Miller MB, Remmel RP, Dorr C, Sanghavi K, Mannon RB, Herrera B, Matas AJ, Salomon DR, Kwok PY, Keating BJ, Israni AK, Jacobson PA. Genomewide Association Study of Tacrolimus Concentrations in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients Identifies Multiple CYP3A5 Alleles. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:574-82. [PMID: 26485092 PMCID: PMC4733408 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
We previously reported that tacrolimus (TAC) trough blood concentrations for African American (AA) kidney allograft recipients were lower than those observed in white patients. Subtherapeutic TAC troughs may be associated with acute rejection (AR) and AR-associated allograft failure. This variation in TAC troughs is due, in part, to differences in the frequency of the cytochrome P450 CYP3A5*3 allele (rs776746, expresses nonfunctional enzyme) between white and AA recipients; however, even after accounting for this variant, variability in AA-associated troughs is significant. We conducted a genomewide association study of TAC troughs in AA kidney allograft recipients to search for additional genetic variation. We identified two additional CYP3A5 variants in AA recipients independently associated with TAC troughs: CYP3A5*6 (rs10264272) and CYP3A5*7 (rs41303343). All three variants and clinical factors account for 53.9% of the observed variance in troughs, with 19.8% of the variance coming from demographic and clinical factors including recipient age, glomerular filtration rate, anticytomegalovirus drug use, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant and antibody induction. There was no evidence of common genetic variants in AA recipients significantly influencing TAC troughs aside from the CYP3A gene. These results reveal that additional and possibly rare functional variants exist that account for the additional variation.
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- W. S. Oetting
- University of Minnesota, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN,Corresponding author: William S. Oetting,
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- Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Biostatistics, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Minnesota, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Minnesota, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN
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- Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Minnesota, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Alabama, Division of Nephrology, Birmingham, AL
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN,University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN,University of Minnesota, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN
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- University of Minnesota, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN
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Gielis EM, Ledeganck KJ, De Winter BY, Del Favero J, Bosmans JL, Claas FHJ, Abramowicz D, Eikmans M. Cell-Free DNA: An Upcoming Biomarker in Transplantation. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:2541-51. [PMID: 26184824 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
After organ transplantation, donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) can be detected in the recipient's blood and urine. Different ddcfDNA quantification techniques have been investigated but a major breakthrough was made with the introduction of digital droplet PCR and massive parallel sequencing creating the opportunity to increase the understanding of ddcfDNA kinetics after transplantation. The observations of increased levels of ddcfDNA during acute rejection and even weeks to months before histologic features of graft rejection point to a possible role of ddcfDNA as an early, noninvasive rejection marker. In this review, we summarize published research on ddcfDNA in the transplantation field thereby elaborating on its clinical utility.
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- E M Gielis
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Hamilton A, Mittal S, Barnardo MCNM, Fuggle SV, Friend P, Gough SCL, Simmonds MJ. Genetic variation in caveolin-1 correlates with long-term pancreas transplant function. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:1392-9. [PMID: 25787790 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Pancreas transplantation is a successful treatment for a selected group of people with type 1 diabetes. Continued insulin production can decrease over time and identifying predictors of long-term graft function is key to improving survival. The aim of this study was to screen subjects for variation in the Caveolin-1 gene (Cav1), previously shown to correlate with long-term kidney transplant function. We genotyped 435 pancreas transplant donors and 431 recipients who had undergone pancreas transplantation at the Oxford Transplant Centre, UK, for all known common variation in Cav1. Death-censored cumulative events were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression. Unlike kidney transplantation, the rs4730751 variant in our pancreas donors or transplant recipients did not correlate with long-term graft function (p = 0.331-0.905). Presence of rs3801995 TT genotype (p = 0.009) and rs9920 CC/CT genotype (p = 0.010) in our donors did however correlate with reduced long-term graft survival. Multivariate Cox regression (adjusted for donor and recipient transplant factors) confirmed the association of rs3801995 (p = 0.009, HR = 1.83;[95% CI = 1.16-2.89]) and rs9920 (p = 0.037, HR = 1.63; [95% CI = 1.03-2.73]) with long-term graft function. This is the first study to provide evidence that donor Cav1 genotype correlates with long-term pancreas graft function. Screening Cav1 in other datasets is required to confirm these pilot results.
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- A Hamilton
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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