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  • Title: Evidence for a genetic predisposition towards acute rejection after kidney and simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation.
    Author: Pelletier R, Pravica V, Perrey C, Xia D, Ferguson RM, Hutchinson I, Orosz C.
    Journal: Transplantation; 2000 Aug 27; 70(4):674-80. PubMed ID: 10972228.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In vitro production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin 10 (IL-10), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) correlate with their respective genetic polymorphisms. We analyzed the relationship between these genetic polymorphisms and posttransplant outcome. METHODS: Using DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, polymorphisms for TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-10, and TGF-beta were determined for 82 kidney (K) and 19 simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SKP) recipients. These results were analyzed with regard to the incidence of acute rejection (AR), and the timing and severity of the first AR episode. RESULTS: A high TNF-alpha production phenotype correlated with recurrent acute rejection (AR) episodes (P<0.026). Compared with the low TNF-alpha production phenotype, more patients with the high production phenotype had a post-AR serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dl, but this was not statistically significant (64 vs. 35%, P=0.12). There was no relationship between TNF-alpha genotype and the time to first AR episode or incidence of graft loss. IFN-gamma production phenotype showed no correlation with any of these clinical outcome parameters. There was an increase in AR incidence as the IL-10 production phenotype increased (low, intermediate, high), but only in low TNF-alpha producer phenotypes (P=0.023). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with a polymorphic cytokine genotype putatively encoding for high in vivo TNF-alpha production, and to a lesser extent IL-10 cytokine genotypes putatively encoding for higher levels of in vivo IL-10 production, had a worse clinical outcome regarding AR episodes. These data support the hypothesis that the strength of alloimmune responsiveness after transplantation in part is genetically determined.
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