Research Article
Anti-HLA and Anti-MICA Antibodies in Liver Transplant Recipients: Effect on Long-Term Graft Survival
Table 1
Patients characteristics.
| | Anti-HLA positive | Anti-HLA negative | Anti-MICA positive | Anti-MICA negative |
| Number | 33 | 90 | 37 | 86 | Mean age (years) | 47 | 47 | 44 | 47 | Sex F/M | 16/17 | 42/48 | 18/18 | 41/46 | Primary liver disease* | | | | | (i) AIH | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | (ii) PBC | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | (iii) PSC | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | (iv) HCV | 7 | 22 | 8 | 21 | (v) HBV | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | (vi) Toxic | 6 | 13 | 4 | 15 | (vii) Other | 7 | 25 | 12 | 20 | Mean time since LT to blood collection (months) | 24 | 26 | 34 | 25 |
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*AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HBV: hepatitis B virus, LT: liver transplant.
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