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Torque teno viral load reflects immunosuppression in paediatric kidney-transplanted patients-a pilot study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic deterioration of kidney graft function is related to inadequate immunosuppression (IS). A novel tool to assess the individual net state of IS in transplanted patients might be the monitoring of Torque teno virus (TTV) viral load. TTV is a non-pathogen virus detectable in almost all individuals. TTV level in the peripheral blood has been linked to the immune-competence of its host and should thus reflect IS after solid organ transplantation.

Methods

TTV plasma load was quantified monthly by RT-PCR for a period of 1 year in 45 kidney-transplanted children. Post-transplant time was at least 3 months. The relation of the virus DNA levels to IS and transplant-specific clinical and laboratory parameters was analysed longitudinally.

Results

TTV DNA was detectable in 94.5% of the plasma samples. There was a significant association with the post-transplant follow-up time as well as with the type of IS regimen, with lower virus loads in patients after longer post-transplant time and mTOR inhibitor-based IS. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation with the dose of prednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil was found.

Conclusions

TTV levels show an association/correlation with the strength of IS. Further studies are needed in order to evaluate TTV measurement as a tool for IS monitoring for hard clinical outcomes such as presence of donor-specific antibodies, rejections or infections-common consequences of insufficient or too intense IS.

SUBMITTER: Uhl P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7701084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Torque teno viral load reflects immunosuppression in paediatric kidney-transplanted patients-a pilot study.

Uhl Phoebe P   Heilos Andreas A   Bond Gregor G   Meyer Elias E   Böhm Michael M   Puchhammer-Stöckl Elisabeth E   Arbeiter Klaus K   Müller-Sacherer Thomas T   Csaicsich Dagmar D   Aufricht Christoph C   Rusai Krisztina K  

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20200610 1


<h4>Background</h4>Chronic deterioration of kidney graft function is related to inadequate immunosuppression (IS). A novel tool to assess the individual net state of IS in transplanted patients might be the monitoring of Torque teno virus (TTV) viral load. TTV is a non-pathogen virus detectable in almost all individuals. TTV level in the peripheral blood has been linked to the immune-competence of its host and should thus reflect IS after solid organ transplantation.<h4>Methods</h4>TTV plasma lo  ...[more]

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