Improved Graft Function following Desensitization of Anti-AT1R and Autoantibodies in a Heart Transplant Recipient Negative for Donor-Specific Antibodies with Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A Case Report

Regina Jung, Kevin Ly, Michiko Taniguchi, Aileen Grace Arriola, Christopher Gravante, Derek Shinn, Leena Mathew, Eman Hamad, Steven Geier, Abdelhamid Liacini

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Abstract

HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) pre and post transplant increase the risk of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and lead to poor graft survival. Increasing data exist to support the involvement of non-HLA antibodies in triggering an immunological response. The development of non-HLA antibodies specific for AT1R is associated with poor clinical outcomes in orthotopic heart transplant recipients. This case presents an investigation of non-HLA antibodies in a 56-year-old female heart transplant recipient diagnosed with AMR in the absence of DSAs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2218
JournalInternational journal of molecular sciences
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2024

Keywords

  • ATR
  • antibody-mediated rejection
  • autoantibodies
  • orthotopic heart transplantation
  • rejection

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