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TRANSFUSION
Volume 57, Issue 11, Pages 2738-2746Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14282
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- Immucor
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [DD14-1406]
- National Institutes of Health [UL1 TR000424]
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BACKGROUNDRed blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization occurs at a high frequency in sickle cell anemia (SCA) despite serologic matching for Rh (C/c, E/e) and K antigens. RBC minor antigen genotyping allows for prediction of antigens and RH variants that may lead to alloimmunization. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODSRBC antigen genotyping was performed on chronically transfused pediatric SCA patients, using PreciseType human erythrocyte antigen (HEA), RHCE, and RHD BeadChip arrays. All patients received C/c, E/e, and K serologically matched units (Category 1); patients with prior RBC antibodies were also matched for Fy(a), Jk(b), and any antibodies (Category 2). The RBC genotypes of all leukoreduced (LR) units transfused over a 12-month period were determined by the prototype HEA-LR BeadChip assay. RESULTSThere were 2320 RBC units transfused to 90 patients in 1135 transfusion episodes. Thirty-five (38.9%) patients had homozygous or compound heterozygous RH variants. Seven new alloantibodies were detected, with alloantibody incidence of 0.706 in 100 units for Category 2 transfusions and 0.068 in 100 units for Category 1 (p=0.02). Three patients on Category 2 transfusions formed new anti-Js(a) and had a higher rate of exposure to Js(a) than those who did not form anti-Js(a) (20.4 vs. 8.33 exposures/100 units, p=0.02). The most frequent mismatches were S (43.9%), Do(a) (43.9%), Fy(a) (29.2%), M (28.4%), and Jk(b) (28.1%). CONCLUSIONSAlloimmunization incidence was higher in those with prior RBC antibodies, suggesting that past immunologic responders are at higher risk for future alloimmunization and therefore may benefit from more extensive antigen matching beyond C/c, E/e, K, Fy(a), and Jk(b).
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