A Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Signature to Diagnose Subclinical Acute Rejection
Zhang W, Yi Z, Keung KL, Shang H, Wei C, Cravedi P, Sun Z, Xi C, Woytovich C, Farouk S, Huang W, Banu K, Gallon L, Magee CN, Najafian N, Samaniego M, Djamali A, Alexander SI, Rosales IA, Smith RN, Xiang J, Lerut E, Kuypers D, Naesens M, O'Connell PJ, Colvin R, Menon MC, Murphy B. A Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Signature to Diagnose Subclinical Acute Rejection. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2019, 30: 1481-1494. PMID: 31278196, PMCID: PMC6683710, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018111098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiomarkersBiopsyFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenomicsGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsInflammationKaplan-Meier EstimateKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSequence Analysis, RNAConceptsSubclinical acute rejectionKidney transplant recipientsAcute cellular rejectionAcute rejectionTransplant recipientsSurveillance biopsiesACR 3Graft functionHigh riskIndependent cohortPeripheral blood gene expression signaturesClinical acute rejectionFuture graft lossOngoing acute rejectionStable graft functionBlood gene expression signaturesCellular rejectionGraft lossGraft outcomeGraft survivalBorderline changesGene expression signaturesCox analysisHistologic featuresPeripheral blood