异种移植
群体反应性抗体
免疫学
敏化
抗原
抗体
人类白细胞抗原
免疫系统
生物
器官移植
家猪
医学
移植
内科学
林业
地理
作者
D. K. C. Cooper,Zahra Habibabady,K Kinoshita,Hidetaka Hara,Richard N. Pierson
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.humimm.2022.06.003
摘要
Antibody-mediated rejection is a major cause of graft injury and contributes to failure of pig xenografts in nonhuman primates (NHPs). Most 'natural' or elicited antibodies found in humans and NHPs are directed against pig glycan antigens, but antibodies binding to swine leukocyte antigens (SLA) have also been detected. Of clinical importance is (i) whether the presence of high levels of antibodies directed towards human leukocyte antigens (HLA) (i.e., high panel-reactive antibodies) would be detrimental to the outcome of a pig organ xenograft; and (ii) whether, in the event of sensitization to pig antigens, a subsequent allotransplant would be at increased risk of graft failure due to elicited anti-pig antibodies that cross-react with human HLA or other antigens.A literature review of pig-to-primate studies indicates that relatively few highly-HLA-sensitized humans have antibodies that cross-react with pigs, predicting that most would not be at increased risk of rejecting an organ xenograft. Furthermore, the existing evidence indicates that sensitization to pig antigens will probably not elicit increased alloantibody titers; if so, 'bridging' with a pig organ could be carried out without increased risk of subsequent antibody-mediated allograft failure.These issues have important implications for the design and conduct of clinical xenotransplantation trials.
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