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TRANSPLANTATION
卷 91, 期 3, 页码 323-329出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182029b16
关键词
Gene expression; Acute rejection; Whole blood; Treatment; Kidney transplantation
资金
- NCE CECR Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF) Centre of Excellence
- Genome Canada Biomarkers in Transplantation Team
Background. We have shown that genomic biomarkers in peripheral blood provide evidence of early graft rejection and may offer an important option for posttransplant monitoring, and we are working to improve this signature to maximize assay performance. Methods. This clinical refinement study (n = 79) used gene expression profiling in a case-control design to compare whole blood samples between normal subjects (n = 20) and patients with (n = 20) or without (n = 39) biopsy-confirmed acute rejection (BCAR). Results. Gene expression in peripheral blood from subjects with BCAR before treatment differed significantly from that of normal subjects and transplant recipients without BCAR. Hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis showed that samples obtained 1 to 5 days after the start of treatment of BCAR were segregated across both groups before treatment or without BCAR and that this was closely related to the time lag between treatment and sampling. Genes differentially expressed during BCAR included FKSG49, LMAN2, NFYC, LIMK2, JUNB, NASP, MALAT1, ITGAX, HLA-J, FKBP1A, and RBMS1, and gene ontology analysis highlighted changes in networks related to cytoskeletal reorganization, apoptosis, and immune signaling, whereas after treatment change highlighted pathways of cellular metabolism, cell-cycle regulation, DNA damage, and apoptosis. Conclusion. Gene expression in the peripheral blood is associated with BCAR, and the pattern of expression changes rapidly after treatment. This may offer a potential tool for diagnosis of rejection and immunologic monitoring of response to treatment, which is now being evaluated in a large multicenter international study.
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