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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
A perfect or nearly perfect human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match has been associated with better immediate and long-term survival of diseased donor kidney transplants. However, the effect of HLA matching for hepatic allografts remains poorly defined. Using data from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Liver Transplantation Database, we investigated the association between HLA mismatches and hepatic allograft survival, disease recurrence, and immunosuppression interactions. A, B, and DR loci were used to calculate total mismatch scores of 0 (no mismatches in any loci) to 6 (mismatches in all loci). Seven hundred ninety-nine adults (male, 55%; female, 45%) underwent 883 liver transplants. The 10-year graft survival according to total mismatch score was as follows: 0-2, 60%; 3-4, 54%; and 5-6, 57%. There was a negative effect of mismatching at the A locus on patient survival, with shorter survival for patients with 1 or 2 mismatches compared with 0 mismatches [P = 0.05, hazard ratio (HR) = 1.6]. Patients on tacrolimus with 1 or 2 mismatches at B or DR loci appeared to have increased rates of patient and graft survival compared to patients with 0 mismatches, with the appearance of a protective effect of tacrolimus (HR = 0.67). The effect of HLA mismatching was more pronounced on certain disease recurrences. DR-locus mismatch increased recurrence of autoimmune hepatitis (P = 0.01, HR = 4.2) and primary biliary cirrhosis (P = 0.04, HR = 2). Mismatch in the A locus was associated with more recurrence of hepatitis C virus (P = 0.01, HR = 1.6) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (P = 0.03, HR = 2.9). CONCLUSION: Mismatching at the A locus decreases patient survival in liver transplant recipients, and mismatching at the DR and A loci affects recurrence of autoimmune liver diseases and hepatitis C, respectively.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1527-3350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
878-88
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Databases as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-HLA Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-HLA-A Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Hepatitis, Autoimmune, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Hepatitis C, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney..., pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Tacrolimus, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:18752327-United States
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term outcome of human leukocyte antigen mismatching in liver transplantation: results of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Liver Transplantation Database.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Transplantation Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural