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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Tissue attenuates to injury by the effects of heme oxygenase (HO)-1. The induction of HO-1 expression is modulated by a (GT)(n) dinucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the gene, of which increased activity is associated with short (S) (<or=27) repeats. We investigated the influence of this HO-1 gene polymorphism on renal transplant survival. DNA from 387 recipients and 384 donors was genotyped and we divided the HO-1 alleles into two subclasses, the S (<or=27 repeats) class and long (L) class (>27 repeats). Graft survival was associated with donor and not with recipient HO-1 gene polymorphism (log rank p = 0.005; hazard ratio 0.51, 95% CI 0.32-0.83). The beneficial effect of the donor HO-1 genotype was observed in grafts exposed to prolonged cold ischemia time and acute rejection. Patients who received a kidney from L-homozygotes lost their graft significantly more often to chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) than carriers of S-alleles (p = 0.015). Multivariate analysis showed reduced risk for graft failure in kidneys with S-alleles in comparison to L-homozygotes (odds ratio 0.50, 95% CI 0.27-0.93, p = 0.03). Kidneys that are carriers of HO-1 S-allele are less vulnerable to tissue injury resulting in less CAN and better graft survival.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1600-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
811-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Fundamental role for HO-1 in the self-protection of renal allografts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. c.c.baan@erasmusmc.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article