title: Refinement of permissible HLA mismatches.
abstract: Cadaver-donor transplants performed before 1987 that had survived for more than 7 years despite having all 6-A,B,DR antigens mismatched were used to develop a list of permissible mismatches. When these permissible mismatches were applied to an entirely different set of cadaver-donor grafts performed after 1987, patients with permissible mismatches had a higher graft survival than those with an equivalent number of immunogenic mismatches. In addition, a new list of permissible mismatches was produced from living-donor transplants which survived for more than one year despite having mismatches. When this list made from living-donor transplants was checked against cadaver-donor transplants, patients with one-permissible-A,B,DR mismatch had a projected 10-year graft survival equivalent to that of zero-A,B,DR mismatched transplants. Patients with one immunogenic mismatch had a significantly lower graft survival. Patients with only permissible mismatches had a higher graft survival than those with immunogenic mismatches and equivalent to patients with one immunogenic mismatch. It was projected that the percentage of patients who can benefit from a zero-A,B,DR mismatched transplant by national sharing can be doubled if one permissible-mismatched grafts are also shared. Even in local pools, the use of permissible-mismatched grafts can be projected to improve 10-year graft survival rates from the current 41% to 52%.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Terasaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens