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Prevalence and risk factors of having antibodies to class I and II human leukocyte antigens in older haploidentical allograft candidates.

Abstract
The effect of donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (DSAs) has been recognized as a factor in graft failure (GF) in patients who underwent umbilical cord blood transplantation (UBT), matched unrelated donor transplantation (MUDT), or haploidentical stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT). Presently, we know little about the prevalence of and risk factors for having anti-HLA antibodies among older transplant candidates. Therefore, we analyzed 273 older patients with hematologic disease who were waiting for haplo-SCT. Among all patients, 73 (26.7%) patients had a positive panel-reactive antibody (PRA) result for class I, 38 (13.9%) for class II, and 32 (11.7%) for both. Multivariate analysis showed that females were at a higher risk for having a PRA result for class II (P = 0.001) and for having antibodies against HLA-C and HLA-DQ. Prior pregnancy was a risk factor for having a PRA result for class I (P < 0.001) and for having antibodies against HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DQ. Platelet transfusions were risk factors for the following: having a positive PRA result for class I (P = 0.014) and class II (P < 0.001); having antibodies against HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DP, HLA-DQ, and HLA-DR; and having higher mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of PRA for class I (P = 0.042). In addition, previous total transfusions were at high risk for having higher numbers of antibodies to specific HLA loci (P = 0.005), and disease course (7.5 months or more) (P = 0.020) were related to higher MFI of PRAs for class I. Our findings indicated that female sex, prior pregnancy, platelet transfusions and disease courses are independent risk factors for older patients with hematologic disease for having anti-HLA antibodies, which could guide anti-HLA antibody monitoring and be helpful for donor selection.
AuthorsLe-Qing Cao, Meng Lv, Lan-Ping Xu, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Huan Chen, Yu-Hong Chen, Feng-Rong Wang, Wei Han, Yu-Qian Sun, Chen-Hua Yan, Fei-Fei Tang, Xiao-Dong Mo, Kai-Yan Liu, Xiao-Jun Huang, Ying-Jun Chang
JournalScientific reports (Sci Rep) Vol. 10 Issue 1 Pg. 2367 (02 11 2020) ISSN: 2045-2322 [Electronic] England
PMID32047235 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Topics
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Autoimmune Diseases (epidemiology)
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation (adverse effects)
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease (epidemiology)
  • Haplotypes
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I (genetics, immunology)
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II (genetics, immunology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Sex Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous

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