Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 4, Issue 10, Pages 1691-1696Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00563.x
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BK virus; HLA; kidney transplantation
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI51227-01, R01-AI-55933] Funding Source: Medline
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BK virus (BKV)nephropathy is a serious complication in kidney transplant recipients that may lead to irreversible graft failure. We have analyzed the degree of donor/recipient HLA compatibility and HLA antigen association in 40 kidney transplant patients with BKV nephropathy in comparison with a control group of 404 unaffected transplant recipients who were on tacrolimus-based immunosuppression with no induction. HLA compatibility was assessed by determining the number of HLA-A, -B, -DR-mismatched antigens. BK virus nephropathy was diagnosed histologically and confirmed by immunochemistry. Univariate and multiple logistic regression statistical analyses have shown a significant association between BKV nephropathy and HLA mismatching. This analysis showed also that BKV nephritis is associated with a greater number of rejection episodes and a higher incidence of steroid-resistant rejection requiring antilymphocyte treatment. There was no association between BKV nephropathy and any specific HLA allele. We propose that HLA mismatching promotes the development of BKV nephropathy through rejection-related inflammatory processes and heavy immunosuppression which cause virus reactivation and injury of the tubular epithelium.
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