Increased Expressions of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and Galectin 9 in Transplant Recipients Who Achieved Tolerance After Immunosuppression Withdrawal

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Programmed death 1 (PD1)/its ligand PD-L1 concomitant with T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 (TIM-3)/its ligand galectin 9 (Gal-9) and the forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) might be involved in tolerance after liver transplantation (LT). Liver biopsies from 38 tolerant, 19 nontolerant (including 16 samples that triggered reintroduction of immunosuppression [IS] and 19 samples after IS reintroduction), and 38 control LT patients were studied. The expressions of PD1, PD-L1, Gal-9, and FOXP3 were determined by immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence (IF) staining. The success period of IS withdrawal was calculated using Kaplan-Meier curve analysis. Tolerant and control patients exhibited higher PD-L1, Gal-9, and FOXP3 levels than nontolerant patients at the moment of triggering IS reintroduction. High expressions of PD-L1 and Gal-9 were associated with prolonged success of tolerance (83.3% versus 36.7% [P < 0.01] and 73.1% versus 42.9% [P = 0.03]). A strong correlation between PD-L1 and Gal-9 expression levels was detected (Spearman r = 0.73; P ≤ 0.001), and IF demonstrated colocalization of PD-L1 and Gal-9 in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that increased expressions of PD-L1 and Gal-9 were associated with sustained tolerance after IS withdrawal in pediatric liver transplantation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 28(2022), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 647-658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hai Nam, Nguyen [VerfasserIn]
Taura, Kojiro [VerfasserIn]
Koyama, Yukinori [VerfasserIn]
Nishio, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Gen [VerfasserIn]
Uemoto, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Xuefeng, Li [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Daichi [VerfasserIn]
Yoshino, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Eri [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Yoshizawa, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Satoru [VerfasserIn]
Iwaisako, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Yoh, Tomoaki [VerfasserIn]
Hata, Koichiro [VerfasserIn]
Masui, Toshihiko [VerfasserIn]
Okajima, Hideaki [VerfasserIn]
Haga, Hironori [VerfasserIn]
Uemoto, Shinji [VerfasserIn]
Hatano, Etsuro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B7-H1 Antigen
Forkhead Transcription Factors
Galectins
Journal Article
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.04.2022

Date Revised 09.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/lt.26336

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331959593