Table 2.
HLA antibody and biopsy data for patients with high and low anti-PKCζ levels
| Characteristic | Patients with high anti-PKCζ titers |
Patients with low anti-PKCζ titers |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 3 | 12 | |
| Allograft survival | 33.3% | 100% | 0.002 |
| Biopsy Banff score | 0.63 | ||
| 1a | 1 | 3 | |
| 1b | 2 | 6 | |
| 2a | 0 | 3 | |
| Antibody-mediated rejection | 0% | 33% | 0.24 |
| Dense CD20-positive clusters | 33.3% | 58.3% | 0.44 |
| Presence of donor-specific antibody at AR |
66.7% | 50% | 0.60 |
| Presence of non-donor-specific antibody HLA antibodies at AR |
66.7% | 41.7% | 0.44 |
| Presence of any HLA antibody at AR | 100% | 75% | 0.33 |
AR, acute rejection; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; PKCζ, protein kinase C-ζ Association of HLA antibody and biopsy factors with anti-PKCζ levels. P-values <0.05 represent a significant association between high anti-PKCζ and the respective variable.