CD38 Antibody Daratumumab for the Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody-mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection
CD38 Antibody Daratumumab for the Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody-mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection
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DOI:
10.1097/tp.0000000000003247
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发表时间:
2021-02-01
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Boehmig, Georg A.
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作者:
Doberer, Konstantin;Klaeger, Johannes;Boehmig, Georg A.
Background.Late antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of transplant failure. Potential therapeutic targets are plasma cells and natural killer (NK) cells, both expressing high levels of CD38.Methods.Here, we report the use of CD38 monoclonal antibody daratumumab (9-mo course) in a kidney allograft recipient diagnosed with smoldering myeloma and anti-HLA class II donor-specific antibody-positive chronic active AMR 13 years after transplantation. Patient monitoring included serial HLA single-antigen testing, peripheral blood immune cell phenotyping, as well as follow-up allograft and bone marrow biopsies at 3 and 9 months, including analyses of rejection-related gene expression patterns.Results.Daratumumab led to persistent CD138(+) cell depletion in the bone marrow and blood and substantially decreased NK cells counts in blood and graft tissue. At the same time, donor-specific antibody in serum disappeared, and in vitro alloantibody production by CD138(+) cells enriched from bone marrow aspirates was abrogated. A 3-month follow-up biopsy revealed a complete resolution of microcirculation inflammation (g+ptc: 3 to 0) and molecular AMR activity (AMR score: 0.79 to