Journal
KIDNEY RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 317-324Publisher
KOREAN SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.20.183
Keywords
Glomerulonephritis; Graft survival; Immunoglobulin A; Kidney transplantation; Survival
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [NRF-2017R1D1A1B03029140]
- First Research Support Project of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2017R1C1B5076739]
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Gd-IgA1 can be utilized as a diagnostic biomarker for predicting recurrent IgAN in kidney transplantation, while the level of Gd-IgA1 does not affect the survival rates of grafts or patients.
Background: Recurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of allograft loss in kidney transplantation (KT), the most frequent of which is immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN). Galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) plays a major role in the pathophysiology of IgAN, but the association between Gd-IgA1 and recurrent IgAN in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Gd-IgA1 for prediction of recurrent IgAN and graft and patient survival according to Gd-IgA1 level. Methods: We enrolled 27 KTRs who underwent allograft biopsy between 2009 and 2016 and measured the serum Gd-IgA1 level of each KTR. We divided the patients into two groups: nonrecurrent IgAN (patients with IgAN prior to KT who were not diagnosed with recurrent IgAN) and recurrent IgAN (patients with IgAN prior to KT who were diagnosed with recurrent IgAN). Results: The mean serum Gd-IgA1 level was significantly higher in the recurrent IgAN group than in the nonrecurrent IgAN group (6,419 +/- 3,675 ng/mL vs. 3,381 +/- 2,844 ng/mL, p = 0.02). The cutoff value of serum Gd-IgA1 in receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was 4,338 ng/mL (area under the curve, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57-0.95, p = 0.02). Serum Gd-IgA1 level was an independent factor for recurrent IgAN (odds ratio, 17.60; 95% CI, 1.33-233.03, p = 0.03). There was no significant difference in graft or patient survival between the two groups. Conclusion: Serum Gd-IgA1 can be used as a diagnostic biomarker for recurrent IgAN in KT.
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