Michelle Willicombe1, Candice Roufosse, Paul Brookes, Adam G McLean, Jack Galliford, Tom Cairns, Terry H Cook, David Taube. 1. 1 Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. 2 Department of histopathology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. 3 Department of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK. 4 Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College, London, UK. 5 Address correspondence to: Michelle Willicombe, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK W12 0HS.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mixed rejection in kidney transplantation consists of histologic and/or serological evidence of both cellular and humoral components. As it is not confined to a distinct category in the Banff classification, how to best manage these patients is not clear. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and outcome of morphological T-cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) with a humoral component, defined as the presence of either DSA or C4d, compared with the outcome of pure TCMR. METHODS: We retrospectively studied 922 consecutive renal transplant recipients and analyzed patients with TCMR according to the evidence of a humoral component. RESULTS: A total of 147 cases of morphological TCMR were analyzed. Of these, 92 (62.6%) had "pure" TCMR and 55 (37.4%) had "mixed" TCMR on the index biopsy. On univariant analysis, diffuse C4d (odds ratio [OR]=10.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.8-66.9, P=0.01) and DSA positivity at the time of index biopsy (OR=2.8, 95% CI=1.2-6.6, P=0.02) were associated with allograft loss, whereas arteritis (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.2-1.2, P=0.11) and glomerulitis (OR=0.9, 95% CI=0.4-2.1, P=0.8) were not. Arteritis was associated with subsequent antibody-mediated rejection (OR=4.9, 95% CI=1.1-20.8, P=0.03), and glomerulitis was associated with the development of transplant glomerulopathy (OR=10.7, 95% CI=3.1-37.1, P<0.01). On the multivariate analysis, only patients with C4d and DSA were at risk of graft failure (OR=4.9, 95% CI=2.0-12.0, P<0.01) in the medium term. CONCLUSION: TCMR with a humoral component has a worse prognosis when compared with pure TCMR. As such, it is important to test for alloantibody in cases of morphological TCMR to optimize patient management. Such cases might benefit from more aggressive immunotherapy.
BACKGROUND: Mixed rejection in kidney transplantation consists of histologic and/or serological evidence of both cellular and humoral components. As it is not confined to a distinct category in the Banff classification, how to best manage these patients is not clear. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and outcome of morphological T-cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) with a humoral component, defined as the presence of either DSA or C4d, compared with the outcome of pure TCMR. METHODS: We retrospectively studied 922 consecutive renal transplant recipients and analyzed patients with TCMR according to the evidence of a humoral component. RESULTS: A total of 147 cases of morphological TCMR were analyzed. Of these, 92 (62.6%) had "pure" TCMR and 55 (37.4%) had "mixed" TCMR on the index biopsy. On univariant analysis, diffuse C4d (odds ratio [OR]=10.9, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.8-66.9, P=0.01) and DSA positivity at the time of index biopsy (OR=2.8, 95% CI=1.2-6.6, P=0.02) were associated with allograft loss, whereas arteritis (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.2-1.2, P=0.11) and glomerulitis (OR=0.9, 95% CI=0.4-2.1, P=0.8) were not. Arteritis was associated with subsequent antibody-mediated rejection (OR=4.9, 95% CI=1.1-20.8, P=0.03), and glomerulitis was associated with the development of transplant glomerulopathy (OR=10.7, 95% CI=3.1-37.1, P<0.01). On the multivariate analysis, only patients with C4d and DSA were at risk of graft failure (OR=4.9, 95% CI=2.0-12.0, P<0.01) in the medium term. CONCLUSION: TCMR with a humoral component has a worse prognosis when compared with pure TCMR. As such, it is important to test for alloantibody in cases of morphological TCMR to optimize patient management. Such cases might benefit from more aggressive immunotherapy.
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