Callie Plafkin1, Tripti Singh2, Brad C Astor1,3, Sandesh Parajuli2, Gauri Bhutani2, Nasia Safdar4,5, Sarah E Panzer2. 1. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. 3. Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. 4. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. 5. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, William S. Middleton Memorial Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with high risk of kidney allograft loss. Whether the cause of native end-stage renal disease influences the risk of BK infection is unclear. METHODS: A retrospective, single-center study of 2741 adult kidney transplant recipients between 1994 and 2014 was performed. Recipients had end-stage renal disease due to polycystic kidney disease (PKD, n = 549), diabetes mellitus (DM, n = 947), hypertension (HTN, n = 442), or glomerulonephritis (GN, n = 803). RESULTS: A total of 327 recipients (12%) developed post-transplant BK viremia over a median follow-up time of 5 years. The incidence rate of BK viremia was lowest in patients with PKD (1.46 per 100 person-years) compared to other causes of ESRD (DM = 2.06, HTN = 2.65, and GN = 2.01 per 100 person-years). A diagnosis of PKD was associated with a lower risk of post-transplant BK viremia (adjusted HR (95% CI) = 0.67 (0.48-0.95), P = 0.02). BK nephropathy was significantly less common in patients with PKD (0.21 per 100 person-years) compared to those with HTN (0.80 per 100 person-years, P ≤ 0.001). Among patients with PKD, the risk of BK viremia was lower in patients with nephrectomy, compared to those without nephrectomy (adjusted HR (95% CI) = 0.42 (0.19-0.92), P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: ESRD due to PKD is associated with a lower risk of post-transplant BK infection. The renal tubular epithelial cells in PKD are unique; they are in a proliferative but non-differentiated state. Whether this characteristic of renal tubular epithelial cells alters the BK viral reservoir or replication in PKD patients warrants further study.
BACKGROUND:Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with high risk of kidney allograft loss. Whether the cause of native end-stage renal disease influences the risk of BK infection is unclear. METHODS: A retrospective, single-center study of 2741 adult kidney transplant recipients between 1994 and 2014 was performed. Recipients had end-stage renal disease due to polycystic kidney disease (PKD, n = 549), diabetes mellitus (DM, n = 947), hypertension (HTN, n = 442), or glomerulonephritis (GN, n = 803). RESULTS: A total of 327 recipients (12%) developed post-transplant BK viremia over a median follow-up time of 5 years. The incidence rate of BK viremia was lowest in patients with PKD (1.46 per 100 person-years) compared to other causes of ESRD (DM = 2.06, HTN = 2.65, and GN = 2.01 per 100 person-years). A diagnosis of PKD was associated with a lower risk of post-transplant BK viremia (adjusted HR (95% CI) = 0.67 (0.48-0.95), P = 0.02). BK nephropathy was significantly less common in patients with PKD (0.21 per 100 person-years) compared to those with HTN (0.80 per 100 person-years, P ≤ 0.001). Among patients with PKD, the risk of BK viremia was lower in patients with nephrectomy, compared to those without nephrectomy (adjusted HR (95% CI) = 0.42 (0.19-0.92), P < 0.05). CONCLUSION:ESRD due to PKD is associated with a lower risk of post-transplant BK infection. The renal tubular epithelial cells in PKD are unique; they are in a proliferative but non-differentiated state. Whether this characteristic of renal tubular epithelial cells alters the BK viral reservoir or replication in PKDpatients warrants further study.
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