EFFECT OF FACTORS INHIBITING HLA-DR ANTIBODIES BEFORE TRANSPLANTATION ON KIDNEY GRAFT SURVIVAL
| Autor: | Bierens de Haan D, Laurent Excoffier, Michel Leski, Carpentier Na, Michel Jeannet, C. Irle |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Adult
Cytotoxicity Immunologic Male Time Factors Renal graft Binding Competitive Antibodies Immune system Blocking antibody medicine HLA-DR Humans Aged Transplantation Kidney biology business.industry Graft Survival HLA-DR Antigens Middle Aged Kidney Transplantation medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology biology.protein Female Graft survival Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0041-1337 |
| Popis: | Blood transfusions administered before renal allografts are known to enhance graft survival. Among alternative hypotheses proposed to explain this effect, one of the most attractive is the possible induction of antiidiotypic antibodies directed against the specific antigen-binding site of donor-specific antibodies. In order to determine if such blocking antibodies are generated after blood transfusions, serial serum samples obtained before transplantation from 44 kidney recipients were analyzed for the development of HLA-DR alloantisera inhibitory activity by a microcytotoxicity inhibition assay. A significant correlation was found between the presence of inhibitory factors before transplantation and prolonged graft survival. However a clear relation between the development of inhibitory factors and the administration of transfusions could not be established. In addition the sera of 36 patients were studied for the presence of circulating immune complexes (CIC) before grafting. The presence of CIC was clearly associated with that of inhibitory factors, and with a prolonged graft survival. Thus these studies provide support for the development of blocking (possibly antiidiotypic) antibodies to anti-MHC in human renal graft recipients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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