Gastric aspiration for diagnosis of pulmonary tubercolosis in adult renal allograft recipients.

abstract：:We present the youngest successful patient with combined heart-lung-liver transplantation. The patient was a 2.5-year-old child with Alagille syndrome suffering from tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and multiple aortopulmonary collaterals and familial cholestasis. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gandhi SK,Reyes J,Webber SA,Siewers RD,Pigula FA

更新日期：2002-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allograft rejection continues to be the most common cause of graft failure in technically successful pancreas transplants. Early diagnosis and treatment of rejection is essential for long-term graft survival. Pancreas graft biopsies are now used routinely for the diagnosis of acute allograft rejection. The c...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Papadimitriou JC,Drachenberg CB,Wiland A,Klassen DK,Fink J,Weir MR,Cangro C,Schweitzer EJ,Bartlett ST

更新日期：1998-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-existing alloantibodies against the mismatched HLA-A and HLA-B antigens of the donor, when present in current sera, are believed to be detrimental to kidney graft survival. When these antibodies are present only in historical sera, their immunoglobulin class has reported to be important with respect to the expecte...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Roelen DL,van Bree J,Witvliet MD,Habraken I,van Beelen E,van't Sant PH,de Waal LP,van Rood JJ,Claas FH

更新日期：1994-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histologic evaluation of small bowel allograft biopsies is important for the diagnosis of acute rejection. However, a standard histologic schema to grade the severity of intestinal acute rejection is not currently available. The primary goal of this study was to develop a histologic grading system for the di...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wu T,Abu-Elmagd K,Bond G,Nalesnik MA,Randhawa P,Demetris AJ

更新日期：2003-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was undertaken to determine whether anti-complement 5 (C5) monoclonal antibodies (mAb) prevent hyperacute rejection (HAR) in a rat-to-presensitized mouse heart transplantation model and whether these mAb, combined with cyclosporine (CsA) and cyclophosphamide (CyP), can achieve long-term gra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wang H,Rollins SA,Gao Z,Garcia B,Zhang Z,Xing J,Li L,Kellersmann R,Matis LA,Zhong R

更新日期：1999-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the elderly represents a rapidly growing population among transplant recipients, age-specific aspects have not been considered sufficiently in clinical trials. Moreover, age-specific effects of immunosuppressive therapies remain poorly understood. METHODS:Here, we assessed the impact of rapamycin o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Quante M,Heinbokel T,Edtinger K,Minami K,Uehara H,Nian Y,Azuma H,Abdi R,Elkhal A,Tullius SG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection of the liver allograft after transplantation is universal, with some individuals suffering severe disease recurrence. Predictive markers of recurrent disease severity are urgently needed. In this study, we used a cluster of differentiation (CD) microarray to predict the se...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rahman W,Tu T,Budzinska M,Huang P,Belov L,Chrisp JS,Christopherson RI,Warner FJ,Bowden DS,Thompson AJ,Bowen DG,Strasser SI,Koorey D,Sharland AF,Yang JY,McCaughan GW,Shackel NA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight gain following renal transplantation occurs frequently but has not been investigated quantitatively. A retrospective chart review of 115 adult renal transplant recipients was used to describe patterns of weight gain during the first 5 years after transplantation. Only 23 subjects (21%) were overweight before th...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Johnson CP,Gallagher-Lepak S,Zhu YR,Porth C,Kelber S,Roza AM,Adams MB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite proven efficacy of prolonged cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis using valganciclovir 900 mg/day, some centers use 450 mg/day due to reported success and cost savings. This multicenter, retrospective study compared the efficacy and safety of 6 months of low-dose versus high-dose valganciclovir prophyla...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gabardi S,Asipenko N,Fleming J,Lor K,McDevitt-Potter L,Mohammed A,Rogers C,Tichy EM,Weng R,Lee RA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) lymphocytes are powerful effector cells of the peripheral immune system. NK cell functions are controlled by the expression of a variety of cell surface receptors with either inhibitory or activating roles. The genetic and functional diversity of this repertoire of receptors and the role of human l...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Young NT

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of methotrexate (MTX) combined with cyclosporine (CSP) on the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in dogs. Ten recipients were prepared for grafting with 9 Gy of total-body irradiation and given marrow and buffy coat cells from littermate donors differing for one DLA haplotype (AA lea...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Deeg HJ,Storb R,Appelbaum FR,Kennedy MS,Graham TC,Thomas ED

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current grading systems in acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are not able to identify patients with poor prognosis at time of onset, because they take into account maximal grade. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential predictors for overall survival at disease onset. METHODS:The study sample w...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Robin M,Porcher R,de Castro R,Fisher G,de Latour RP,Ribaud P,Petropoulou AD,Rocha V,Devergie A,Mary JY,Socié G

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although FK506 has been widely investigated as a potent suppressor of organ allograft rejection in animals, little is known about the effect of FK506 on T cell responses to allografts in vivo. In the present study, we have studied the effect of FK506 on the induction of allocytolytic T lymphocyte using mice primed wit...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Maruyama M,Suzuki H,Yamashita N,Yano S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospectively we analyzed the histocompatibility data and clinical results of bone marrow transplantation in 51 patients who received marrow from unrelated donors (UD) from 1977 to 1987 at one of four UK BMT centers. We compared the results with those obtained in 51 transplants carried out at the same centers using ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Howard MR,Hows JM,Gore SM,Barrett J,Brenner MK,Goldman JM,Gordon-Smith EC,Poynton C,Prentice HG,Whittaker JA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gene targeting in large animals has the potential to be useful in medicine as well as in agriculture. Previously, we reported the first successful targeting of the bovine alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase (alpha1,3GT) gene and establishment of a heterozygous knockout cell line. In this report, we generated both...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sendai Y,Sawada T,Urakawa M,Shinkai Y,Kubota K,Hoshi H,Aoyagi Y

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal allografts were performed in miniature swine that were identical at their major histocompatibility locus and were presensitized by skin grafts from their prospective renal donors. All of these renal grafts were rejected in a hyperacute or markedly accelerated manner compared to the survival of comparable grafts ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kirkman RL,Colvin RB,Flye MW,Williams GM,Sachs DH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ABO-incompatible organ transplantation typically induces hyperacute rejection. A2-to-O liver transplantations have been successful. This study compared overall and graft survival in O recipients of A2 and O grafts based on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data. METHODS:Scientific Registry of Tr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kluger MD,Guarrera JV,Olsen SK,Brown RS Jr,Emond JC,Cherqui D

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of prostaglandin to the single-flush technique of lung preservation is considered to enhance subsequent graft function. We have evaluated the use of the prostacyclin analog, Iloprost, in an animal model of unilateral lung transplantation. Group 1 (n = 5) received Iloprost as a pretreatment intravenously (...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hooper TL,Fetherston GJ,Flecknell PA,Dark JH,McGregor CG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunosuppressive drugs that target T cells are useful for prolonging allograft survival. The anti-CD3 immunotoxin FN18-CRM9 has been shown to effectively prolong renal allograft survival in a rhesus monkey model of transplantation. However, immunotoxin-treated monkeys showed increased levels of inflammatory...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hamawy MM,Tsuchida M,Manthei ER,Dong Y,Fechner JE,Knechtle JS

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We are participating in a multicenter trial testing the efficacy of a murine monoclonal antihuman peripheral T lymphocyte antibody (OKT3.PAN) as immunosuppressive therapy for the treatment of acute cadaveric renal allograft rejection. Although clinical data indicate that administration of this antibody clears the circ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bowen A,Edwards LC,Gailiunas P,Helderman JH

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preemptive kidney transplantation (prior to the institution of dialysis) avoids the morbidity and mortality of dialysis; however, detailed studies of high-risk patients are lacking. The aim of the current study was to compare recent outcomes of preemptive (P) versus nonpreemptive (NP) living donor kidney tra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Innocenti GR,Wadei HM,Prieto M,Dean PG,Ramos EJ,Textor S,Khamash H,Larson TS,Cosio F,Kosberg K,Fix L,Bauer C,Stegall MD

更新日期：2007-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet transplantation is currently being explored as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. At present, the number of patients becoming insulin-independent is rapidly increasing world-wide applying the transplantation protocol originally described by the group in Edmonton. A hallmark in this procedure is repea...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Korsgren O,Nilsson B,Berne C,Felldin M,Foss A,Kallen R,Lundgren T,Salmela K,Tibell A,Tufveson G

更新日期：2005-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockade has been shown to prevent warm renal ischemic damage. The ability of verapamil to decrease the severity of acute tubular necrosis (ATN) after 24-hr cold storage and autotransplantation was studied in a randomized paired study of 12 dogs. Experimental animals pretreated with intraarterial verap...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Agatstein EH,Farrer JH,Kaplan LM,Randazzo RF,Glassock RJ,Kaufman JJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combined liver and kidney transplantation (CLKT) is a surgical challenge in small children because of technical aspects, lack of pediatric donors, and restrictions related to the size of the abdominal cavity. We report outcomes after CLKT in this challenging group of smaller children. METHOD:A review of pro...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Perera MT,Silva MA,Sharif K,McKiernan PJ,Kelly DA,Lloyd C,Milford DV,Mayer DA,Mirza DF

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient transfused with 200 ml of donor fresh whole blood three times at 2-week intervals. Three weeks after the last transfusion, transplantation and splenectomy were done at the same time. Splenic cells from this DST pretreated patient were fused with murine myeloma cells (X63-Ag8, 653). With DST pretr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kawamura T,Sakagami K,Haisa M,Morisaki F,Takasu S,Inagaki M,Oiwa T,Orita K

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the prognostic impact of pretransplant donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies (DSA) detected by single-antigen beads and compared the three generations of crossmatch (XM) tests in kidney transplantation. METHODS:Thirty-seven T-cell complement-dependent cytotoxicity cross...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Riethmüller S,Ferrari-Lacraz S,Müller MK,Raptis DA,Hadaya K,Rüsi B,Laube G,Schneiter G,Fehr T,Villard J

更新日期：2010-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro pretreatment of islets of Langerhans with deoxyguanosine (dGuo) has been shown to be effective for the prolongation of islet allograft survival in rats. [This study evaluates the effect of pretreatment of islets with dGuo transplanted into CsA-treated recipients.] Transplantation of dGuo-treated islets from W...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： al-Abdullah IH,Kumar AM,al-Adnani MS,Abouna GM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a limiting factor in liver transplantation. We have recently shown that pyruvate (PY) inhibits intestinal and renal I/R injury. This study aims to evaluate the protective effect of PY on hepatic I/R injury. METHODS:ACI rats were treated with PY, whereas control animals r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sileri P,Schena S,Morini S,Rastellini C,Pham S,Benedetti E,Cicalese L

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of in vivo administration of monoclonal antibodies directed against the two major mature T cell subsets of miniature swine have been examined. Antibody 76-2-11, specific for the porcine CD8 cell-surface antigen, caused elimination of CD8+ T cells from the peripheral lymphocyte pool by 4-6 days following a ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Suzuki T,Sundt TM 3rd,Mixon A,Sachs DH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The liver is an immunologic privileged organ; liver allografts are accepted across major histocompatibility complex barriers in many species. However, hepatocyte transplants are acutely rejected, suggesting a role for liver nonparenchymal cells in regulating the immunoresponse. We have shown potent immunoreg...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Charles R,Chou HS,Wang L,Fung JJ,Lu L,Qian S

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00