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  • Spectrum of Kidney Disorder...
    Piedrafita, Alexis; Vergez, François; Belliere, Julie; Prades, Nais; Colombat, Magali; Huart, Antoine; Rieu, Jean-Baptiste; Lagarde, Stéphanie; Del Bello, Arnaud; Kamar, Nassim; Chauveau, Dominique; Laurent, Camille; Oberic, Lucie; Ysebaert, Loïc; Ribes, David; Faguer, Stanislas

    Journal of clinical medicine, 01/2022, Letnik: 11, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Large granular T-cell leukemia is a clonal hematological condition often associated with autoimmune disorders. Whether small-sized T-cell clones that are otherwise asymptomatic can promote immune kidney disorders remains elusive. In this monocentric retrospective cohort in a tertiary referral center in France, we reviewed characteristics of 29 patients with T-cell clone proliferation and autoimmune kidney disorders. Next-generation sequencing of the T-cell receptor of circulating T-cells was performed in a subset of patients. The T-cell clones were detected owing to systematic screening (mean count 0.32 × 10 /L, range 0.13-3.7). Strikingly, a common phenotype of acute interstitial nephropathy was observed in 22 patients (median estimated glomerular filtration rate at presentation of 22 mL/min/1.73 m (range 0-56)). Kidney biopsies showed polymorphic inflammatory cell infiltration (predominantly CD3 T-cells, most of them demonstrating positive phospho- staining) and non-necrotic granuloma in six cases. Immune-mediated glomerulopathy only or in combination with acute interstitial nephropathy was identified in eight patients. Next-generation sequencing ( = 13) identified a major T-cell clone representing more than 1% of the T-cell population in all but two patients. None had a mutation of . Twenty patients (69%) had two or more extra-kidney autoimmune diseases. Acute interstitial nephropathies were controlled with corticosteroids, cyclosporin A, or tofacitinib. Thus, we showed that small-sized T-cell clones (i.e., without lymphocytosis) undetectable without specific screening are associated with various immune kidney disorders, including a previously unrecognized phenotype characterized by severe inflammatory kidney fibrosis and lymphocytic JAK/STAT activation.