Display options
Share it on

NDT Plus. 2010 Dec;3(6):579-81. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq160. Epub 2010 Sep 06.

The kinetics of donor HLA class I-specific antibody absorption following a combined split liver and kidney transplant.

NDT plus

Tim Key, Christopher J Watson, Menna R Clatworthy, Cheryl M O'Rourke, Reyna S Goodman, Craig J Taylor, Andrew J Butler

Affiliations

  1. Tissue Typing Laboratory.
  2. Department of Surgery.
  3. Division of Renal Medicine , Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK.

PMID: 25949473 PMCID: PMC4421431 DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfq160

Abstract

Hyperacute rejection of a transplanted liver is rare even when the recipient has circulating donor-specific alloantibodies (DSA). There is also evidence that a transplanted liver may provide immunological protection for other organs transplanted from the same donor. We monitored the kinetics of circulating DSA in a highly sensitized recipient of a combined split liver and kidney transplant and demonstrated a reduction in antibody titres immediately after liver perfusion. The absorption of DSA was not compromised by the smaller liver mass transplanted. DSA titres remained low at 3 months post-transplant, and the recipient did not experience antibody-mediated rejection.

Keywords: HLA-specific antibody; hyperacute rejection; liver–kidney transplant

References

  1. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jan;7(1):130-6 - PubMed
  2. Transplant Proc. 1988 Feb;20(1 Suppl 1):88-91 - PubMed
  3. Lancet. 1992 Jun 27;339(8809):1579-82 - PubMed
  4. Liver Transpl Surg. 1998 Sep;4(5):363-9 - PubMed
  5. Transplant Proc. 1981 Mar;13(1 Pt 1):286-8 - PubMed
  6. Comp Hepatol. 2004 Jan 14;3 Suppl 1:S32 - PubMed
  7. N Engl J Med. 1969 Apr 3;280(14):735-9 - PubMed
  8. Transplantation. 1995 Mar 27;59(6):919-21 - PubMed
  9. Transplantation. 1989 Mar;47(3):524-7 - PubMed

Publication Types