Soluble HLA antigens, anti-HLA antibodies, and antiidiotypic antibodies in the circulation of renal transplant recipients.
Soluble HLA antigens, anti-HLA antibodies, and antiidiotypic antibodies in the circulation of renal transplant recipients.
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肾移植受者循环中的可溶性 HLA 抗原、抗 HLA 抗体和抗独特型抗体。
DOI:
10.1097/00007890-199103000-00011
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Hardy,MA
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作者:
Suciu-Foca,N;Reed,E;D'Agati,VD;Ho,E;Cohen,DJ;Benvenisty,AI;McCabe,R;Brensilver,JM;King,DW;Hardy,MA
Chronic rejection represents the major threat to long-term survival of organ allografts. It is presumed that this form of rejection is mediated by antibodies against mismatched HLA antigens of the graft. The presence and specificity of anti-HLA-antibodies in posttransplantation sera are, however, difficult to document. We have explored the possibility that anti-HLA antibodies form immune complexes with soluble HLA antigens released from the injured graft and/or that they are blocked by antiidiotypic, anti-anti-HLA-antibodies. Our data demonstrate that the long-term survival of renal allografts is significantly lower in patients who develop anti-HLA-antibodies following transplantation than in patients who do not form antibodies. Following depletion of soluble HLA antigens by magnetic immunoaffinity, we could identify anti-HLA-antibodies in 57% of the sera obtained from patients undergoing chronic rejection of kidney allografts, comared with 41% prior to antigen depletion. In patients tolerating the grafts for 4 years or more, the corresponding frequencies of antibody-positive sear was 2% and 5% prior and following depletion of HLA antigens. The presence of HLA-antibody immune complexes in patients' sear was positively associated with chronic humoral rejection (P< 0.0001). Patients who tolrated the graft in spite of having developed antibodies against one of its mismatched HLA antigens show specific antiidiotypic (anit-anit-HLA-antibodies). Such antiidiotypic antibodies were not found in sear from patients with chronic rejection (P= 0.005). This indicates that anitiidiotypic antibodies may delay the progression of chronic humoral rejection.