ene Expression Profiling Distinguishes a Molecular ignature for Grade 1B Mild Acute Cellular Rejection in ardiac Allograft Recipients

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  • aniel Bernstein
  • Gavin E. Williams
  • Howard Eisen
  • Jay G. Wohlgemuth
  • Kenneth C. Fang
  • Mario C. Deng
چکیده

ackground: Gene expression profiling distinguishes the absence or presence of moderate to severe grades of acute cellular rejection in cardiac allograft recipients using a 20-gene classifier. We explored the hypothesis that the rejection classifier also differentiates various forms of mild rejection and we performed sub-analyses based on time post-transplant and confirmatory pathology interpretations. ethods: A post hoc analysis of 265 CARGO study patients and 714 clinical encounters focused on the correlation of rejection classifier–derived gene expression (GE) scores for blood samples accompanying endomyocardial biopsies. Biopsy grades assigned by a study center pathologist (center) were re-interpreted by three pathologists (panel) in a blinded manner. esults: Mean GE scores not only differentiated Grades 3A from Grade 0 (p 0.00001, center or panel), but also from Grades 1A or 2 (p 0.05, center or panel), based on mild rejection sub-groups defined by the ISHLT 1990 grading system. In contrast, mean GE scores for Grades 1B and 3A were indistinguishable, using either center or panel interpretation. Sub-group analyses of encounters from 2 to 6 months or 6 months post-transplant showed similar results for the classifier’s ability to discriminate moderate to severe rejection from Grades 1A and 2 mild rejection, but indistinguishable mean GE scores for Grades 3A and the Grade 1B sub-group. Of the classifier’s 11 informative genes, expression of MIR and WDR40 showed statistically significant increases for both Grade 1B and Grade 3A rejection, while expression of PDCD1 or SEMA7A showed similar directional patterns without achieving statistical significance. onclusions: These data demonstrate that GE scores discriminate moderate to severe rejection from Grades 1A and 2 mild rejection. However, a sub-group of mild rejection cases, defined as Grade 1B according to the 1990 grading system, share a molecular signature more consistent with moderate to severe rejection. The clinical relevance of these data remains to be defined. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007; 26:1270–80. Copyright © 2007 by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007