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US 11,029,317 B2Granted
Compositions and methods for detecting anti-endothelial cell antibodies in allograft rejection
AssigneesThe Johns Hopkins University, Immucor Gti Diagnostics, Inc.
InventorsMinnie M. Sarwal, Tara Sigdel, Annette M. Jackson
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for diagnosing allograft rejection of organ transplants by identifying the presence of anti-endothelial cell antibodies. Such methods and compositions are independent of external confounders such as recipient age, transplant center, assay, cause of end-stage disease, co-morbidities, immunosuppression usage, and the like.
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A method of treating an individual who has received an organ transplant, comprising:
- (1) increasing the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more immunosuppressive therapeutics if the individual's antibody expression profile indicates that the individual has an increased risk of developing allograft rejection (AR);
- (2) maintaining the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more immunosuppressive therapeutics if the individual's antibody expression profile indicates that the individual does not have an increased or decreased risk of developing AR;
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- (3) decreasing the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of one or more immunosuppressive therapeutics if the individual's antibody expression profile indicates that the individual has a decreased risk of developing AR;
- wherein the antibody expression profile comprises the level of at least four antibodies from a biological sample from the individual that form an affinity interaction with at least a portion or peptide fragment of at least four proteins selected from Table 2;
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- wherein a similarity of the level of the at least four antibodies to the positive reference standard indicates increased risk of developing AR and a similarity of the measured level of the at least four antibodies to the negative reference standard indicates decreased risk of developing AR.
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