Complement genomics and antibody-mediated rejection in heart recipients. 2018

Javier Carbone
Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, the Immunology Unit, Complutense University, and Instituto para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: javier.carbone@salud.madrid.org.

In this issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Marrón-Liñares et al report the results of an interesting study in which they evaluated 51 genes associated with the complement pathway in a small number of heart recipients to explore their relationship with antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Next-generation sequencing was used in 46 heart transplant recipients (23 with AMR and 23 without AMR). The authors identified a significant association of 2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms with the absence or presence of AMR, respectively, p.Gly54Asp-MBL2 in the mannose-binding lectin (MBL) 2 gene and p.Asn428(p=)-CFP in the alternative complement factor properdin (CFP) gene. This article is a new contribution to the heart transplant literature. It suggests that complement single-nucleotide polymorphisms may influence circulating levels of selected proteins of both the lectin pathway and alternative complement pathways, thus potentially determining which patients will develop AMR.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006084 Graft Rejection An immune response with both cellular and humoral components, directed against an allogeneic transplant, whose tissue antigens are not compatible with those of the recipient. Transplant Rejection,Rejection, Transplant,Transplantation Rejection,Graft Rejections,Rejection, Graft,Rejection, Transplantation,Rejections, Graft,Rejections, Transplant,Rejections, Transplantation,Transplant Rejections,Transplantation Rejections
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000906 Antibodies Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D016027 Heart Transplantation The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another. Cardiac Transplantation,Grafting, Heart,Transplantation, Cardiac,Transplantation, Heart,Cardiac Transplantations,Graftings, Heart,Heart Grafting,Heart Graftings,Heart Transplantations,Transplantations, Cardiac,Transplantations, Heart
D023281 Genomics The systematic study of the complete DNA sequences (GENOME) of organisms. Included is construction of complete genetic, physical, and transcript maps, and the analysis of this structural genomic information on a global scale such as in GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES. Functional Genomics,Structural Genomics,Comparative Genomics,Genomics, Comparative,Genomics, Functional,Genomics, Structural
D064591 Allografts Tissues, cells, or organs transplanted between genetically different individuals of the same species. Allogeneic Grafts,Allogeneic Transplants,Homografts,Homologous Transplants,Allogeneic Graft,Allogeneic Transplant,Allograft,Graft, Allogeneic,Grafts, Allogeneic,Homograft,Homologous Transplant,Transplant, Allogeneic,Transplant, Homologous,Transplants, Allogeneic,Transplants, Homologous

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