title: [Identification of HLA-DR antigenic disparities favorable and unfavorable in renal transplantation].
abstract: In order to detect possible influences of donor (D)/recipient (R) HLA-DR antigen disparities on graft survival, 310 renal cadaver transplantations performed from January 1980 to July 1988 were analyzed. For each DR1 to DR7 specificity, 4 combinations were considered according to the presence (pos) or the absence (neg) of the antigen in the D and in the R. Logistic regression was used to study graft survival during two postoperative periods: A (month 1 to 3) and B (month 4 to 24). The following combinations exerted a beneficial effect on survival: DR5 and DR7 Dpos/Rneg for period A, DR4 Dpos/Rneg and DR5 Dneg/Rpos for period B, whereas DRw6 and DR7 Dneg/Rpos for period A, DR1 and DR2 Dpos/Rneg, DR2 and DRw6 Dneg/Rpos for period B exerted a detrimental effect. Graft survival at two years was similar (83%) in HLA-DR identical pairs and in recipients with beneficial and no detrimental HLA-DR disparities, contrasting with poorer outcome in patients with either mixed beneficial and detrimental HLA-DR disparities (67%: p less than 0.05) or detrimental (and no beneficial) HLA-DR disparities (55%: p less than 0.001). The use of relevant D/R HLA-DR disparities for predicting graft outcome could lead to results similar to those currently reported with the best HLA-matched kidneys, from a much smaller pool of recipients.
authors.affiliation: Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vereerstraeten
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrien
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kinnaert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toussaint
mesh_terms: D006085:Graft Survival; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D012307:Risk Factors; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens
vernacular_title: Identification de disparités antigéniques HLA-DR favorables et défavorables en transplantation rénale.