COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOLUBLE OF CD40 LIGAND LEVELS IN HEART RECIPIENTS TREATED WITH CYCLOSPORINE A AND TACROLIMUS

• Published in: Vestnik transplantologii i iskusstvennykh organov Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 20 - 24
• Main Authors: O. P. Shevchenko, T. A. Khalilulin, O. V. Orlova, E. N. Kazakov, A. J. Kormer, V. V. Сhestukhin, B. L. Mironkov
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after V.I.Shumakov 01.05.2012
• Subjects: heart transplantation, scd40l, immunosuppression, cardiovascular events
• ISSN: 1995-1191
• DOI: 10.15825/1995-1191-2012-2-20-24

Soluble form of CD40L is platelet activating factor, which is a marker of inflammation and thrombosis. Elevated levels of sCD40L before the heart transplantation are associated with the risk of early development of cardiova- scular complications. The study included 54 patients who had received heart transplants. All recipients received a triple heart immu- nosuppressive therapy, including methylprednisolone, mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine A (20 recipients) or methylprednisolone, mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus (34 recipients). Patients were not differed by age, gender, etiology of heart failure before heart transplantation (p > 0,05). In the first group of transplant recipients, the relative risk of cardiovascular events with high sCD40L levels before transplantation was 3 2 (95% CI 1,4; 12,0). In the second group of recipients, respectively, 2.69 (95% CI 1,1; 8,5). SCD40L level after heart transplan- tation was significantly higher for patients receiving cyclosporine (P < 0.05). Increasing concentrations of sCD40L are associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular complications.