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ArticleImmunity & ageing : I & A2021

Changes in T and B cell subsets in end stage renal disease patients before and after kidney transplantation.

Lei Wang, Christien Rondaan, Anoek A E de Joode, Elisabeth Raveling-Eelsing, Nicolaas A Bos, Johanna Westra

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Article in Immunity & ageing : I & A, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei WangDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, NL, The Netherlands.
Christien RondaanDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Anoek A E de JoodeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Elisabeth Raveling-EelsingDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, NL, The Netherlands.
Nicolaas A BosDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, NL, The Netherlands.
Johanna WestraDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, NL, The Netherlands. johanna.westra@umcg.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-6508
University Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

china scholarship council 201606040177de cock hadders foundation 2018-53 and 2019-71
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe incidence of kidney transplantation performed in elderly patients has increased steadily recently. Higher risk of infection and mortality, but lower rate of rejection, are reported in older kidney transplant patients. This study aims to analyze the effect of transplantation on aging of T and B cells in kidney transplant patients, with the emphasis on age and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) latency.

resultsWe included 36 patients before and after (median 2.7 years) kidney transplantation and 27 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC). T and B cell subsets were measured by flow cytometry, with a focus on aged T cells (CD28-), and age associated B cells (ABCs, CD19 + CD21-CD11c+). Three years after transplantation a significant increase of total T cells among the lymphocytes was found compared to pre-transplantation and HC. Among the T cells CD4+ cells were decreased, especially naïve CD4+ cells and regulatory T cells. Total CD8+ cell proportions were increased, and proportions of naïve CD8+ cells were significantly decreased after transplantation, while CD8+ effector memory T cells re-expressing CD45RA were increased. CD28- T cells were significantly higher compared to HC after transplantation, especially in CMV seropositive patients. B cells were significantly decreased, while among B cells memory B cells and especially ABCs were increased after transplantation.

conclusionsAfter transplantation T and B cell subsets change towards more terminally differentiated memory cells compared to age-matched HC. Proportions of aged T cells and ABCs were associated with CMV serostatus.

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Age associated B cellsAgeingCMVKidney transplantSenescent T cells

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PMID34749733
PMCPMC8574047
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