Genome-wide non-HLA donor-recipient genetic differences influence renal allograft survival via early allograft fibrosis
Zhang Z, Menon MC, Zhang W, Stahl E, Loza BL, Rosales IA, Yi Z, Banu K, Garzon F, Sun Z, Wei C, Huang W, Lin Q, Israni A, Keating BJ, Colvin RB, Hao K, Murphy B. Genome-wide non-HLA donor-recipient genetic differences influence renal allograft survival via early allograft fibrosis. Kidney International 2020, 98: 758-768. PMID: 32454123, PMCID: PMC7483801, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllograft survivalIntimal fibrosisDeath-censored allograft survivalLong-term allograft failureAcute rejection episodesDonor-recipient differencesRenal allograft survivalHuman leukocyte antigen (HLA) lociNon-HLA SNPsLong-term survivalAllograft failureHLA mismatchesKidney recipientsRejection episodesSubclinical rejectionAllograft fibrosisMultivariable analysisHistologic damageR differencesOrgan SharingCox modelFibrosisHLA regionSurvivalGenome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism array data