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HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 67, 期 3, 页码 230-237出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.02.017
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MICA alloantibodies; kidney transplantation; Luminex flow cytometry; recombinants; biotinylation
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Previously we have reported on the development of antibodies against MICA alleles in kidney transplant recipients. These alloantibodies have now been determined using a new assay using Luminex beads bound to soluble recombinant MICA antigens produced in insect cells. In the present study we have analyzed sera from 85 kidney transplant recipients on the waiting list and 66 patients transplanted within the last 4 years and 59 acid eluates obtained from allograft nephrectomy specimens. Many of the patients in those groups were sensitized and some had previous transplants (waiting list: 15%; post-tx: 7.6%; eluates 22%) and their sera were found to contain anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and anti-MICA antibodies. Anti-MICA antibodies were detected in 21/85 (24.7%) of the waiting list patients and in 15/66 (22.7%) of the transplanted recipients; 11 of the eluates (18.6%) were found to have MICA-specific antibodies (6 of them also had anti-HLA antibodies and 5 did not). These data suggested that immunization against mismatched MICA alleles induces development of anti-MICA antibodies. The finding of MICA allele-specific antibodies in eluates of kidney transplants suggests that anti-MICA antibodies can be involved in the pathogenesis of kidney allograft rejection. Further studies will be required to determine whether patients who produce alloantibodies against MICA alleles are at risk for transplant rejection even when no HLA antibodies are detected.
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