Early Subclinical Rejection as a Risk Factor for Late Chronic Humoral Rejection
Early Subclinical Rejection as a Risk Factor for Late Chronic Humoral Rejection
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DOI:
10.1097/tp.0b013e31823bb647
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发表时间:
2012-01-15
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Seron, Daniel
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作者:
Moreso, Francesc;Carrera, Marta;Seron, Daniel
Background. Subclinical rejection and interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) in protocol biopsies are associated with outcome. We study the relationship between histologic lesions in early protocol biopsies and histologic diagnoses in late biopsies for cause.Materials and Methods. Renal transplants with a protocol biopsy performed within the first 6 months posttransplant between 1988 and 2006 were reviewed. Biopsies were evaluated according to Banff criteria, and C4d staining was available in biopsies for cause.Results. Of the 517 renal transplants with a protocol biopsy, 109 had a subsequent biopsy for cause which showed the following histological diagnoses: chronic humoral rejection (CHR) (n = 44), IF/TA (n = 42), recurrence of the primary disease (n = 11), de novo glomerulonephritis (n = 7), T-cell-mediated rejection (n = 4), and polyoma virus nephropathy (n = 1). The proportion of retransplants (15.9% vs. 2.3%, P = 0.058) and the prevalence of subclinical rejection were higher in patients with CHR than in patients with IF/TA (52.3% vs. 28.6%, P = 0.0253). Demographic donor and recipient characteristics and clinical data at the time of protocol biopsy were not different between groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that subclinical rejection (relative risk, 2.52; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-6.3; P = 0.047) but not retransplantation (relative risk, 6.7; 95% confidence interval, 0.8 - 58.8; P = 0.085) was associated with CHR.Conclusion. Subclinical rejection in early protocol biopsies is associated with late appearance of CHR.