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Clinical Significance of Serum Visfatin in Renal Transplant Recipients.
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Transplantation proceedings [Transplant Proc] 2018 Oct; Vol. 50 (8), pp. 2398-2400. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 20. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Chronic antibody-mediated rejection is the most common cause of late graft loss in renal transplant recipients. Visfatin is a pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor secreted by activated lymphocytes. We hypothesize that visfatin may play a role in the augmentation of B cell colonies and facilitate antibody-mediated rejection. Renal transplant recipients were randomly selected for the study. Fasting blood samples were obtained for the assay of visfatin. The participants were prospectively followed up for 3 years. A total of 146 patients were recruited for the study and were divided into 3 groups according to tertile of serum visfatin level. At the end of follow-up, 6 patients had graft loss, including 1 graft loss in tertile 1, 3 in tertile 2, and 2 in tertile 3 (P = .60). Fourteen patients experienced at least 1 episode of acute rejection, while 21 patients were diagnosed as having chronic rejection. The distribution of acute rejection was 10.2% in tertile 1, 10.2% in tertile 2, and 8.3% in tertile 3 (P = .94); chronic rejection occurred in 10.2%, 16.3%, and 16.7%, respectively (P = .59). We conclude that serum visfatin level was not correlated with either graft failure or patient mortality in a 3-year observation period.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2623
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Transplantation proceedings
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30316365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.181