Frequent False-Positive Reactions in Pronase-Treated T-Cell Flow Cytometric Cross-match Tests
Frequent False-Positive Reactions in Pronase-Treated T-Cell Flow Cytometric Cross-match Tests
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DOI:
10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.048
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Park, M. H.
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作者:
Park, H.;Lim, Y. M.;Park, M. H.
Objective. Pretransplantation cross-match (XM) is essential in organ transplantation. The flow cytometric XM (FCXM) is the most sensitive cell-based XM technique. Pronase treatment is used to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the B-cell FCXM. Thus, pronase-treated (PT) T cells are tested in a single tube T-cell/B-cell technique. Observing discrepancies between PT and pronase-nontreated (PN) T-FCXM results, we investigated their incidence, clinical significance, and possible causes.Methods. We tested 226 serum samples from 167 kidney transplantation candidates or posttransplantation follow-up patients using PT and PN T-FCXM in parallel using 3-color and 2-color immunofluorescence staining, respectively. We reviewed panel-reactive antibody (PRA) and donor-specific antibody (DSA) status as well as HLA data and clinical outcomes.Results. The T-FCXM positive rate was significantly higher among PT versus PN tests (24.3% vs 11.1%; P