Table 5.
Novel findings on HLA-G and transplantation.
Type of transplant | Observation | Correlation with clinical outcome | Author |
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Kidney | Higher HLA-G5/G6 levels in ESRD and lower levels of HLA-G5 in acute rejection | Negative correlation of HLA-G5 with rejection | Misra et al. [77] |
Lung | Higher levels of sHLA-G in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with acute rejection | Positive correlation with high risk of rejection | White et al. [78] |
Lung | Expression of HLA-G in lung protected from CLAD and associated with graft acceptance | Positive correlation with graft acceptance | Brugière et al. [79] |
Lung | Two haplotypes of HLA-G gene are associated with lower levels of sHLA-G | Positive correlation with worse long term survival | Di Cristofaro et al. [80] |
Murine model | CD4+HLA-G+ regulatory T cells produce IL-10, sHLA-G, and IL-35 and ameliorated GvHD | — | Pankratz et al. [81] |