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. 2019 Feb 5;9:3178. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.03178

Table 3.

Characteristics of DSA+ patients.

DSA+ patients
n = 9
CHARACTERISTICS AT TIME OF TRANSPLANTATION
Recipient
Age at transplantation (years) 50.9 ± 19.5
Origin of renal disease, n (%)
  Glomerulonephritis 2 (22%)
  Diabetes mellitus 3 (33%)
  Vascular 1 (11%)
  Other 3 (33%)
Duration of dialysis (months) 18.7 ± 15.2
DONOR
  Donor age (years) 48.4 ± 25.2
  Donor sex, men, n (%) 5 (56%)
  Deceased donor, n (%) 9 (100%)
  Extended criteria donor, n (%) 4 (44%)
TRANSPLANTATION
  Number of HLA-A, B, C, DR, DQ mismatches 7.3 ± 2.0
  Combined kidney-pancreas transplantation, n (%) 2 (22%)
  Cold ischemia time (min) 956 ± 320
  Delayed graft function, n (%) 0
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
Induction therapy:
  Thymoglobuline, n (%) 8 (89%)
Maintenance regimen:
  Tacrolimus, n (%) 4 (44%)
  Ciclosporin, n (%) 5 (56%)
  mTOR-Inhibitors, n (%) 1 (11%)
  Mycophenolate, n (%) 8 (89%)
  Azathioprin, n (%) 1 (11%)
  Prednisone, n (%) 9 (100%)
CHARACTERISTICS AT TIME OF DSA DETECTION
Time elapsed since transplantation (months) 37.6 ± 57.9
eGFR (ml/min/m2) 54.1 ± 24.6
Proteinuria >0.5 g/24 h, n (%) 1 (11%)
Nb of DSA specificities 1.3 ± 0.5
Anti-HLA I/II/I+II 1 (11)/8 (89)/0
MFI of immunodominant DSA 4386 ± 6342
Time elapsed between DSA detection and cTfh profiling (months) 1.9 ± 2.0

mTOR, mamalian target of rapamycin; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.