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ArticleScience translational medicine2025

CD154 blockade effectively controls antibody-mediated rejection in highly sensitized nonhuman primate kidney transplant recipients.

Imran J Anwar, Isabel DeLaura, Joseph M Ladowski, Davide Schilirò, Qimeng Gao, Miriam Manook, Janghoon Yoon, Rafaela Belloni, Angela Park, Daniel J Schuster and 7 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A novel immunoglobulin G- and immunoglobulin cleaving enzyme MG (IceMG), for antibody-mediated rejection.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Imran J AnwarDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5075-4148
Isabel DeLauraDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2340-0918
Joseph M LadowskiDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6787-3725
Davide SchiliròDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9214-617X
Qimeng GaoDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2456-7672
Miriam ManookDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6474-6122
Janghoon YoonDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8543-194X
Rafaela BelloniDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-0263-6738
Angela ParkDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-7839-393X
Daniel J SchusterDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1248-7269
Mingqing SongDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2462-9351
Lin LinDepartment of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7464-1172
Alton B FarrisDepartment of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5534-7763
Diogo MagnaniNonhuman Primate Reagent Resource, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1773-2406
Kyha WilliamsDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Jean KwunDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8563-5472
Stuart J KnechtleDuke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1625-385X

Funding

The Risks and Opportunities of Homeostatic RepopulationU19AI131471 · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$3.2M
Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAIDR38AI140297 · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$315k
Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for SurgeonsT32AI141342 · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$282k
NIAID NIH HHS R38 AI140297NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI141342NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current desensitization and maintenance immunosuppression regimens for kidney transplantation in sensitized individuals show limited ability to control the posttransplant humoral response, resulting in high rates of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and graft failure. Here, we showed that anti-CD154 monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based immunosuppression more effectively controlled allograft rejection and humoral rebound in a highly sensitized nonhuman primate kidney transplantation model compared with tacrolimus-based standard-of-care (SOC) immunosuppression. Desensitization with an anti-CD154 mAb (5C8) and a proteasome inhibitor led to decreased donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) and disruption of lymph node germinal centers with reduction of proliferating, memory, and class-switched B cells as well as T follicular helper cells. After transplant, the nonhuman primates maintained on 5C8-based immunosuppression had significantly better survival compared with those maintained on SOC immunosuppression (135.2 days versus 32.8 days,

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalCD40 LigandGraft RejectionKidney TransplantationAnimalsB-LymphocytesGerminal CenterGraft SurvivalImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleTacrolimusT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplant RecipientsAntibodies, MonoclonalCD40 LigandImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimus

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PMID39742504
PMCPMC11797747

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