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

 *AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HBV: hepatitis B virus, LT: liver transplant.