Reversal of hyperglycemia in streptozotocin diabetic mice by xenotransplantation of microencapsulated rat islets.

abstract：UNLABELLED:In spite of progress in biotechnology, isolation of porcine pancreatic islets remains a difficult task with unpredictable results. One reason could be the lack of knowledge as to the expression of extracellular matrix proteins in porcine exocrine and endocrine tissues, particularly in "islet capsules". Such ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Meyer T,Czub S,Chodnewska I,Beutner U,Hamelmann W,Klöck G,Zimmermann U,Thiede A,Ulrichs K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to evaluate contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) based cholangiography compared to conventional radiography as a reference method in patients after liver transplantation. MATERIAL/METHODS:Contrast agents were administered through T-tubes, which were placed during the operation. Twelve patie...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Chopra SS,Eisele R,Stelter L,Seehofer D,Grieser C,Warnick P,Denecke T

更新日期：2012-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) of expanded-criteria donors is a cost-intensive procedure that aims to increase the pool of available deceased organ donors and has demonstrated equivalent outcomes to expanded-criteria single kidney transplantation (eSKT). The objective of this study was to develop an allo...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Johnson AP,Price TP,Lieby B,Doria C

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The number of pregnancies after liver transplantation (LT) is increasing; however, the safety and incidence of complications associated with these pregnancies are still unclear. In this report, we retrospectively assessed the influences and problems associated with post-transplant pregnancy on allografts, r...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Naya I,Sanada Y,Katano T,Miyahara G,Hirata Y,Yamada N,Okada N,Onishi Y,Sakuma Y,Sata N

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Even in the case of live related kidney donation, coercion within families is applied on the most vulnerable amongst them. This vulnerability could be financial, social or psychological In this paper we discuss how to assess the willingness or unwillingness of a kidney donor and discover if any coercion has been appli...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Al-Khader A,Jondeby M,Ghamdi G,Flaiw A,Hejaili F,Querishi J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation medicine, like no other medical specialty, is connected with a wide range of very difficult ethical issues. Among those are: availability of the treatment, consent for cadaveric donation, allocation of available organs, new categories of living unrelated donors and economic aspects of this method of tr...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Rowiński W,Wałaszewski J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hormonal alterations caused by chronic liver disease are well described. In contrast, the reversibility of peripheral hormonal changes after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has only partially been analyzed since the establishment of OLT as treatment of chronic hepatic failure. In addition it is not fin...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Seehofer D,Steinmueller T,Graef KJ,Rayes N,Wiegand W,Tullius SG,Settmacher U,Neuhaus P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report, for the first time, the data on the outcome of kidney transplantation activities in the Afghan population from Iran. MATERIAL/METHOD:We extracted the demographic, clinical and the outcome related data of all Afghan kidney transplanted patients, from 1998 to April 2006, from the United Nations Hig...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Moghani-Lankarani M,Assari S,Kardavani B,Einollah B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xenotransplantation from pig to humans may be associated with the risk of transmission of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) that are present in the genome of all pigs and that infect human cells in vitro. However, it remains unclear whether PERVs infect transplant recipients in vivo and, if so, whether...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Denner J,Specke V,Karlas A,Chodnevskaja I,Meyer T,Moskalenko V,Kurth R,Ulrichs K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to analyze the use of fixed-wing air ambulance (FWAA) services in Poland during the period 2012-2013, with particular emphasis on air transport of organ recipients to transplantation centers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This was a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of data derived fr...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Gałązkowski R,Pawlak A,Rabczenko D,Michalak G,Farkowski MM,Danielewicz R,Sterliński M

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extensive stricture of ureter still poses a difficult challenge for urologic surgons, especially when its middle part is affected. We present a reconstructive method of long ureteral strictures with use of xenogenic collagen membranes as a scaffolding to promote new tissue growth in the area of extensive uret...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Koziak A,Kania P,Marcheluk A,Dmowski T,Szcześniewski R,Dorobek A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudoaneurysm is a very rare and unusual form of myocardial rupture, with complications such as chest trauma, inflammation, acute myocardial infarction, and infection. Although this rare complication has already been reported, it has never been found in a transplanted patient. CASE REPORT:We present the ca...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Urbanowicz T,Katarzyński S,Puślecki M,Budniak W,Araszkiewicz A,Łanocha M,Pyda M,Straburzyńska-Migaj E,Jemielity M

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The draft of the working group of experts for a Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Xenotransplantation was finalized in September 2001, ending a working period of two and a half years. This paper will briefly reflect upon the development of the recommendation up to this point in time. A s...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Härtel I,Council of Europe.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:102 children have been treated at the Institute of Traumatology, Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery a result of scoliosis. In all of these multi-step treatment has been applied. Initially a telescopic rod was implanted into the spine. Allografts were introduced around the rod hook, after 6 or 8 months, when angle of scoliosi...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Marczyński W,Komender J,Stepién K,Barański M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal models to investigate pathophysiology and xenotransplantation require complex techniques and significant animal utilization. The aim of the study was to develop a reliable ex-vivo technique to test xenotransplant interventions. MATERIAL/METHODS:Miniature Swine being utilized for a nonsurvival study a...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Guarrera JV,Stone J,Tulipan J,Jhang J,Arrington B,Boykin J,Markowitz G,Ratner LE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the effect of liver transplantation (LTX) and STACE on overall survival in palliative patients with HCC exceeding Milan criteria. MATERIAL AND METHODS:At a single center 63 HCC patients exceeding Milan criteria were retrospectively analyzed. Forty patients underwent STACE as palliative ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Heinzow HS,Brockmann JG,Köhler M,Wolters HH,Senninger N,Schmidt H,Meister T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of treated preoperative bacterial infections on the outcome of living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is not well defined. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of pre-transplant bacterial infections within one month before LDLT and their impact on the post-transplant morbidity a...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Hara T,Soyama A,Takatsuki M,Hidaka M,Carpenter I,Kinoshita A,Adachi T,Kitasato A,Kuroki T,Eguchi S

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the current organ shortage, an accurate assessment of the patient's outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTX) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is crucial in order to determine the suitability for transplantation. The purpose of this study was to assess whether APACHE II and III scores wo...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Fikatas P,Ulrich F,Lee JE,Sauer IM,Chopra S,Schmidt SC,Pascher A,Pratschke J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Living liver donation is associated with size-dependent complications. The resectable size and its safety margin should be defined for the safety of donors. The purpose of the present study was to determine if the current partial hepatectomies are done under the safety margin of the resectable size, by measu...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Kobayashi K,Hattori N,Manabe O,Hirata K,Magota K,Shimamura T,Tamaki N

更新日期：2015-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early phase of MPA exposure has rarely been investigated after solid organ transplantation, especially in heart transplantation patients. We evaluated the association between exposure to mycophenolic acid (MPA), a main metabolite of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and clinical events within 3 months after h...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Roan JN,Chou CH,Hsu CH,Wu SY,Huang YC,Yang YJ,Luo CY

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell research seems now to reach important progress in biomedicine, giving promising perspective for clinical implementation. The review of stem cell research is presented including origin, content in various organs, harvesting, preservation and storage. Some examples of results achieved in stem cell research inc...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Komender J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irrespectively of universal shortage of donor organs there is a tendency of increasing the number of transplantations from living and deceased donors. Each of these two methods has positive and negative features. The main obstacles using living donors are health hazard, necessity to solve certain donor's social and ps...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Rozental R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective single-center study was undertaken to assess the occurrence of de novo neoplasms in renal transplant recipients according to the immunosuppressive regimen and time after transplantation. MATERIAL/METHODS:Observation encompassed 1028 patients transplanted between the years 1983-2006 and fo...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Watorek E,Boratynska M,Smolska D,Patrzalek D,Klinger M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induction of the hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450-3A4 system and intestinal P-glycoprotein is an unavoidable consequence of rifampin administration which requires substantial increase in tacrolimus dose when given concurrently. Chronic diarrhea is known to precipitate tacrolimus toxicity irrespective o...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Abdel Halim M,Al-Otaibi T,Gheith O,El-Kholy O,Abdel Tawab K,Said T,Nair P,Nampoory MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Numerically, nurses represent the largest healthcare profession, thus setting norms for the quality and safety of direct patient care. Evidence of a global shortage of nurses in all clinical practice settings across different healthcare systems and countries has been documented. The aims of the present stud...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Kugler C,Akca S,Einhorn I,Rebafka A,Russell CL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of mismatched (foreign) alloantigens on the graft by the recipients T cells initiates allograft rejection. This process is mediated by two mayor mechanisms--direct and indirect allorecognition. Both process are being discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Slavcev A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic reperfusion injury is a complex pathophysiological event associated with significant impairment of multiple vascular and cellular responses. Oxidative damage due to the presence of radical oxygen species is the essential step that initiates a wide range of intracellular stress signaling processes that culmina...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Toledo-Pereyra LH,Lopez-Neblina F,Toledo AH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypomagnesaemia is a frequent complication after liver transplantation (LTx) however; magnesium is not routinely replaced in the perioperative period. MATERIAL/METHODS:The incidence of hypomagnesaemia before and after pediatric LTx was studied in 673 pediatric patients who underwent living-donor liver trans...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Elgend HM,El Moghazy WM,Uemoto S,Fukuda K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of xenografts could relieve the chronically inadequate supply of human organs for transplantation, but doubts have been expressed about the general acceptability of transplanting animal organs into human. Some researchers and clinicians have chosen to ignore negative attitudes towards clinical xenotransplantat...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Mohacsi PJ,Thompson JF,Quine S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Organ transplantation increases the risk of cancer including lymphomas through various and insidious mechanisms. In this study, we aimed to gather and analyze data of 5 international studies on late onset lymphoproliferative disorders after renal and liver transplantation. MATERIAL/METHODS:We conducted a co...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Khedmat H,Taheri S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00