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Article Dans Une Revue Transplant Immunology Année : 2020

Exploring predicted indirectly recognizable HLA epitopes (PIRCHE-II) in liver transplant recipients on calcineurin inhibitor-free maintenance immunosuppression. A retrospective single center study

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The PIRCHE (Predicted Indirectly ReCognizable HLA Epitopes) score is an HLA epitope matching algorithm. PIRCHE algorithm estimates the level of presence of T-cell epitopes in mismatched HLA. The PIRCHE-II numbers associate with de novo donor-specific antibody (dnDSA) formation following liver transplantation and kidney allograft survival following renal transplantation. The aim of our study was to assess the PIRCHE-II score in calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-free maintenance immunosuppression recipients. This was a retrospective study of forty-one liver transplant recipients on CNI-free immunosuppression and with available liver allograft biopsies. Donors and recipients were HLA typed. The HLA-derived mismatched peptide epitopes that could be presented by the recipient's HLA-DRB1 molecules were calculated using PIRCHE-II algorithm. The associations between PIRCHE-II scores and graft immune-mediated events were assessed using receiver operating characteristics curves and subsequent univariate and multivariate analyses. CNI-free patients with cellular rejection, humoral rejection, or severe portal inflammation had higher mean PIRCHE-II scores compared to patients with normal liver allografts. PIRCHE-II score and donor age were independent risk factors for liver graft survival in CNI-free patients (HR: 8.0, 95% CI: 1.3-49, p = .02; and HR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.00-0.96, p = .007, respectively). PIRCHE-II scores could be predictive of liver allograft survival in CNI-free patients following liver transplantation. Larger studies are needed to confirm these results.

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hal-03515171 , version 1 (06-01-2022)

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Magdalena Meszaros, Matthias Niemann, José Ursic-Bedoya, Stéphanie Faure, Lucy Meunier, et al.. Exploring predicted indirectly recognizable HLA epitopes (PIRCHE-II) in liver transplant recipients on calcineurin inhibitor-free maintenance immunosuppression. A retrospective single center study. Transplant Immunology, 2020, 59, pp.101272. ⟨10.1016/j.trim.2020.101272⟩. ⟨hal-03515171⟩

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