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ArticleScientific reports2021

Donor genetic variants in interleukin-6 and interleukin-6 receptor associate with biopsy-proven rejection following kidney transplantation.

Felix Poppelaars, Mariana Gaya da Costa, Siawosh K Eskandari, Jeffrey Damman, Marc A Seelen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Donor and Recipient Polygenic Risk Scores Influence Kidney Transplant Function.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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  7. Association Between Pre-Transplant Oral Health and Post-Liver Transplant Complications.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023
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  8. An interleukin 6-based genetic risk score strengthened with interleukin 10 polymorphisms associated with long-term kidney allograft outcomes.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022
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  9. A functionalClinical kidney journal · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Felix Poppelaars *Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands. f.poppelaars@umcg.nl.
Mariana Gaya da Costa *Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Siawosh K EskandariDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jeffrey DammanDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Marc A SeelenDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University of Groningen · NLErasmus MC · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rejection after kidney transplantation remains an important cause of allograft failure that markedly impacts morbidity. Cytokines are a major player in rejection, and we, therefore, explored the impact of interleukin-6 (IL6) and IL-6 receptor (IL6R) gene polymorphisms on the occurrence of rejection after renal transplantation. We performed an observational cohort study analyzing both donor and recipient DNA in 1271 renal transplant-pairs from the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands and associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with biopsy-proven rejection after kidney transplantation. The C-allele of the IL6R SNP (Asp358Ala; rs2228145 A > C, formerly rs8192284) in donor kidneys conferred a reduced risk of rejection following renal transplantation (HR 0.78 per C-allele; 95%-CI 0.67-0.90; P = 0.001). On the other hand, the C-allele of the IL6 SNP (at position-174 in the promoter; rs1800795 G > C) in donor kidneys was associated with an increased risk of rejection for male organ donors (HR per C-allele 1.31; 95%-CI 1.08-1.58; P = 0.0006), but not female organ donors (P = 0.33). In contrast, neither the IL6 nor IL6R SNP in the recipient showed an association with renal transplant rejection. In conclusion, donor IL6 and IL6R genotypes but not recipient genotypes represent an independent prognostic marker for biopsy-proven renal allograft rejection.

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AdultBiopsyFemaleGraft RejectionHumansInterleukin-6KidneyKidney TransplantationMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptors, Interleukin-6Risk FactorsTissue DonorsIL6 protein, humanIL6R protein, humanInterleukin-6Receptors, Interleukin-6

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PMID34389747
PMCPMC8363661
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