Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation

Abstract Novel methods for detecting transplant rejection are craved, since conventional methods can detect ongoing rejection that may sometimes have already caused irreversible damage in transplanted organs. Here, we applied a transcriptomics database of recipients’ peripheral blood mononuclear cel...

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Main Authors: Yu Gong, Yuan Wang, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Saori Hirota, Yui Maehara, Ko Okumura, Koichiro Uchida
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09780-8
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Yuan Wang
Kazuyoshi Takeda
Saori Hirota
Yui Maehara
Ko Okumura
Koichiro Uchida
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Kazuyoshi Takeda
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description Abstract Novel methods for detecting transplant rejection are craved, since conventional methods can detect ongoing rejection that may sometimes have already caused irreversible damage in transplanted organs. Here, we applied a transcriptomics database of recipients’ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) before liver or kidney transplantation on the weighted gene co-expression network and machine learning models to evaluate the risk of rejection. Gene clusters positively correlated with rejection were enriched for genes related to antiviral response and regulation/production of interleukin-1(IL-1) in liver transplantation, and genes related to innate immune responses (IL-8 and toll-like receptor signaling pathways) and T cell responses were positively correlated with rejection in kidney transplantation. Our study presents a novel approach for feature engineering based on RNA-seq data of PBMCs collected before transplantation. The features derived from this method demonstrated potential in predicting the risk of rejection and may serve as candidate predictors in future clinically applicable models.
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spelling doaj-art-dff714a0a21147a9ac694d228c64fa072025-08-20T03:04:31ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-08-0115111210.1038/s41598-025-09780-8Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantationYu Gong0Yuan Wang1Kazuyoshi Takeda2Saori Hirota3Yui Maehara4Ko Okumura5Koichiro Uchida6Center for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityDepartment of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of TokyoCenter for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityCenter for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityCenter for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityCenter for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityCenter for Immune Therapeutics and Diagnosis, Advanced Research Institute for Health Science, Juntendo UniversityAbstract Novel methods for detecting transplant rejection are craved, since conventional methods can detect ongoing rejection that may sometimes have already caused irreversible damage in transplanted organs. Here, we applied a transcriptomics database of recipients’ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) before liver or kidney transplantation on the weighted gene co-expression network and machine learning models to evaluate the risk of rejection. Gene clusters positively correlated with rejection were enriched for genes related to antiviral response and regulation/production of interleukin-1(IL-1) in liver transplantation, and genes related to innate immune responses (IL-8 and toll-like receptor signaling pathways) and T cell responses were positively correlated with rejection in kidney transplantation. Our study presents a novel approach for feature engineering based on RNA-seq data of PBMCs collected before transplantation. The features derived from this method demonstrated potential in predicting the risk of rejection and may serve as candidate predictors in future clinically applicable models.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09780-8Liver transplantationKidney transplantationRejectionPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsRNA sequencing
spellingShingle Yu Gong
Yuan Wang
Kazuyoshi Takeda
Saori Hirota
Yui Maehara
Ko Okumura
Koichiro Uchida
Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
Scientific Reports
Liver transplantation
Kidney transplantation
Rejection
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
RNA sequencing
title Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
title_full Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
title_fullStr Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
title_full_unstemmed Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
title_short Prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on RNA sequencing data of PBMCs before transplantation
title_sort prediction of the risk of transplant rejection based on rna sequencing data of pbmcs before transplantation
topic Liver transplantation
Kidney transplantation
Rejection
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
RNA sequencing
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09780-8
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