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TRANSPLANTATION
卷 87, 期 4, 页码 606-614出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318195a7cb
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Protocol biopsy; Tolerance; Liver transplantation
Background. Operational tolerance is defined as long-term acceptance of a transplanted organ after complete cessation of immunosuppression (IS), but may not always protect against antigen-dependent changes in graft morphology. Method. IS free patients after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) underwent protocol biopsy (tolerance group [Gr-Tol]) and were evaluated for rejection and fibrosis. The degree of fibrosis was compared with those in the patients on maintenance IS group (Gr-IS) and the base line normal liver group (Gr-BS). When bridging fibrosis or progression of fibrosis was observed, IS was reintroduced or increased in Gr-Tol or in the patients in the weaning process. Results. Neither acute nor chronic rejection was observed. The degree of fibrosis, however, was significantly greater in Gr-Tol than those in Gr-IS and Gr-BS. In Gr-Tol, the number of graft infiltrating FOXP3(+) cells was significantly increased, the interval between LDLT and biopsy plus the donor age was significantly longer, and recipient age at LDLT was significantly younger, compared with those in Gr-IS. However, none of these three parameters correlated with the degree of fibrosis. In 7 of 11 patients in whom IS was reintroduced or increased, the improvement of fibrosis was observed by the subsequent biopsy. Conclusion. Grafts of operationally tolerant patients after LDLT did not exhibit acute or chronic rejection, but they exhibited fibrosis. It remains elusive whether fibrosis observed in tolerant grafts is antigen dependent. The finding that the reintroduction or the increase of IS fibrosis was improved supported the possibility that fibrosis in operationally tolerant after patients was antigen dependent.
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