The effect of UVB irradiation on proliferative activity and cell growth potential of cord blood.

abstract：:We investigated whether right lobe (RL) liver donation is associated with a higher incidence or severity of donor complications than left lobe (LL) liver and left lateral segment (LLS) liver donations. We studied 80 living donors: 35 RL liver donors and 45 LL/LLS liver donors. A modification of the Clavien classificat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Salvalaggio PR,Baker TB,Koffron AJ,Fryer JP,Clark L,Superina RA,Blei AT,Abecassis MM

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (measurement of the biological effect) monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs provides a method for the optimization of drug dosing. We chose to investigate this using mycophenolic acid (MPA), an immunosuppressive drug that mediates its effect by the inhibition of ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Langman LJ,Shapiro AM,Lakey JR,LeGatt DF,Kneteman NM,Yatscoff RW

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two dog kidneys were stored under hypothermia as described by Collins and Sacks between 24 and 72 hr and then transplanted. The immediate function of the kidneys was measured by p-aminohippuric acid and inulin clearances. Twenty-four hr proved to be the maximum safe preservation time with both methods. The imm...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Grundmann R,Strümper R,Eichmann J,Pichlmaier H

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Donation after cardiac death (DCD) increases the number of donor kidneys but is associated with more primary nonfunction (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF). It has been suggested that biomarkers in the preservation solution of machine perfused kidneys may predict PNF, although evidence is lacking. METHO...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hoogland ER,de Vries EE,Christiaans MH,Winkens B,Snoeijs MG,van Heurn LW

更新日期：2013-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recurs after kidney transplantation in more than 30% of cases and can lead to allograft loss. Serum soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is implicated in the pathogenesis of native and recurrent FSGS. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective stu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Alachkar N,Wei C,Arend LJ,Jackson AM,Racusen LC,Fornoni A,Burke G,Rabb H,Kakkad K,Reiser J,Estrella MM

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitochondrial respiratory chain is implicated as a major target of kidney damage after ischemia-reperfusion. This study measures changes in integrated mitochondrial function and in the activity of enzymes of the respiratory chain after cold storage and transplantation-reperfusion in vivo. METHODS:Mitoch...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sammut IA,Burton K,Balogun E,Sarathchandra P,Brooks KJ,Bates TE,Green CJ

更新日期：2000-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature is a key parameter in organ preservation that has been consistently linked to primary nonfunction (PNF). In this communication, and for the first time anywhere, continued and direct measurements of human liver intraparenchymal temperatures are reported in six clinical cases of orthotopic liver transplantat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Villa R,Fondevila C,Erill I,Guimerà A,Bombuy E,Gómez-Suárez C,Sacristán JC,García-Valdecasas JC

更新日期：2006-02-15 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：:In this study, we have investigated whether lymphocyte growth from 196 liver transplant biopsies is correlated with the histologic diagnosis of graft rejection. One fragment of each biopsy was cultured in IL-2 to expand activated T cells, and the remainder of the biopsy was analyzed histologically. A significantly hig...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Saidman SL,Demetris AJ,Zeevi A,Duquesnoy RJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have identified more morbidity in simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients compared with kidney alone (KA) recipients. With the development of novel immunosuppressive drugs, studies are needed to determine optimal treatment regimens in specific patient populations. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lee CM,Scandling JD,Krieger NR,Dafoe DC,Alfrey EJ

更新日期：1997-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As T-cell receptor-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I/self peptide interaction regulates T-cell development in the thymus, we reasoned that presentation of peptides by self dendritic cells (DC) to developing T cells in the thymus might induce acquired thymic tolerance. This hypothesis is based on...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ali A,Garrovillo M,Jin MX,Hardy MA,Oluwole SF

更新日期：2000-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded antigens (RT1) on endothelium of rat kidneys was investigated using hyperimmune allogeneic rat sera (HIS) in an indirect immunofluorescence technique with kidney sections. Endothelial antigens detected with anti-MHC sera segregated in an F2 generation with...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Paul LC,Paradysz JM,Milford EL,Kunz HW,Carpenter CB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus has been shown to have a less adverse effect on the lipid profiles of transplant patients when the drug is started as induction therapy. In order to determine the effect tacrolimus has on lipid profiles in stable cyclosporine-treated renal transplant patients with established hyperlipidemia, a ran...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： McCune TR,Thacker LR II,Peters TG,Mulloy L,Rohr MS,Adams PA,Yium J,Light JA,Pruett T,Gaber AO,Selman SH,Jonsson J,Hayes JM,Wright FH Jr,Armata T,Blanton J,Burdick JF

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of cytomegalovirus (CMV) donor (D)/recipient (R) serostatus on kidney transplant outcomes in recipients who received CMV prophylaxis and to investigate the association of individual antiviral agents (acyclovir, ganciclovir, and valganciclovir) with o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kuo HT,Ye X,Sampaio MS,Reddy P,Bunnapradist S

更新日期：2010-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the influence of dialysis requiring acute tubular necrosis on patient survival, and kidney survival and function in all 182 patients who needed dialysis immediately after transplantation at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. When compared to matched control patients not requiring dialysis, there was n...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Brophy D,Najarian JS,Kjellstrand CM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Organ transplantation has been successfully practiced for decades, but the outcome of cell transplantation remains disappointing. This is the case in animal models; liver allografts in mice are spontaneously accepted without requirement of immunosuppression, whereas hepatocyte transplants in the same combina...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jiang G,Yang HR,Wang L,Wildey GM,Fung J,Qian S,Lu L

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactions of a number of LEW anti-ACI allospecific rat monoclonal antibodies were examined in a series of breeding studies. Analysis of (LEW X ACI) F2 progeny demonstrated concordance of the monoclonal class I and class II specificities with results of conventional alloantisera typing. In addition, a "gene dosage"...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fuks A,Guttmann RD

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the impact of different flush and reperfusion techniques on postreperfusion syndrome (PRS) and postoperative graft function, 100 transplants were randomly assigned into four groups as follows: group 1 (n=31), portal vein flush, no vena caval venting; group 2 (n=21), hepatic arterial flush, no vena caval v...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Millis JM,Melinek J,Csete M,Imagawa DK,Olthoff KM,Neelankanta G,Braunfeld MY,Sopher MJ,Chan SM,Pregler JL,Yersiz H,Busuttil AA,Shackleton CR,Shaked A,Busuttil RW

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of pulsatile perfusion to optimize outcomes in deceased donor kidney transplantation remains controversial. This study is a retrospective analysis of all cadaveric renal allografts procured locally by our center over a 3-year period. Kidney pairs were identified in which one kidney underwent pulsatile perfusion an...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Shah AP,Milgrom DP,Mangus RS,Powelson JA,Goggins WC,Milgrom ML

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the reactivity of cardiac graft-infiltrating cells, cultured from endomyocardial biopsy specimens, toward heart endothelial cells (Hec). In two cases, Hec derived from the specific donor heart or Hec compatible with the donor were lysed, but not the syngeneic B cell line. A vessel-derived endothelial cell l...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jutte NH,Knoop CJ,Heijse P,Balk AH,Mochtar B,Claas FH,Weimar W

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful islet transplantation can result in insulin independence in many patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, but it often requires more than one islet infusion. The ability to achieve insulin independence with a single donor is an important goal in clinical islet transplantation due to the limited org...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Koh A,Senior P,Salam A,Kin T,Imes S,Dinyari P,Malcolm A,Toso C,Nilsson B,Korsgren O,Shapiro AM

更新日期：2010-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal transplant recipients have an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, but less data exist about cerebrovascular atherosclerosis. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of carotid lesions as evaluated by B-mode ultrasonography in a group of renal transplant recipients, and we evaluated univari...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Barbagallo CM,Pinto A,Gallo S,Parrinello G,Caputo F,Sparacino V,Cefalù AB,Novo S,Licata G,Notarbartolo A,Averna MR

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexposure to cyclosporine is a risk factor for chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) and dose reduction has been advocated. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of adding the non-nephrotoxic immunosuppressant, rapamycin, after cyclosporine dose reduction in renal-allograft recipients with C...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Saunders RN,Bicknell GR,Nicholson ML

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative renal dysfunction in liver transplant recipients complicates maintenance immunosuppressive therapy, particularly in patients with hepatitis C. Calcineurin inhibitors exacerbate renal dysfunction and mammalian target-of-rapamycin inhibitors are generally avoided because of perceived perioperativ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： LaMattina JC,Jason MP,Hanish SI,Ottmann SE,Klassen DK,Potosky D,Hutson WR,Barth RN

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most transplant centers in the United States, including our own, use creatinine clearance (Ccr) to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in potential living kidney donors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with estimation of donor GFR by Ccr and to explore other potential strategie...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bertolatus JA,Goddard L

更新日期：2001-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pancreas transplant alone (PTA) in a nonuremic patient with brittle diabetes mellitus remains a rare procedure because the tradeoff for insulin independence is lifelong immunosuppression. METHODS:Herein we report our results at the University of Minnesota of 513 PTAs from December 17, 1966, through Decemb...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gruessner RW,Sutherland DE,Kandaswamy R,Gruessner AC

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival times of allogeneic fetal pancreases were determined across various immunogenetic barriers using several inbred rat strains. Pancreases from 17-day-old embryos transplanted beneath the kidney capsule of normal, nonimmunosuppressed recipients were richly vascularized within a short period regardless of histoin...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mullen Y,Shintaku IP

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Donor T cells are primarily responsible for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Three effector pathways have been described for T-cell cytotoxicity: granzyme B/perforin, Fas/Fas ligand (FasL), and secreted molecules such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Therefore, this study evaluates the gene expression ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jaksch M,Remberger M,Mattsson J

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin-autofluorescence (skin-AF) noninvasively measures the tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGEs are nephrotoxic and potential effectors of cardiovascular mortality. We investigated whether skin-AF predicted graft loss after kidney transplantation. METHODS:A total of 302 renal ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hartog JW,Gross S,Oterdoom LH,van Ree RM,de Vries AP,Smit AJ,Schouten JP,Nawroth PP,Gans RO,van Son WJ,Bierhaus A,Bakker SJ

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FGS) who develop end-stage renal disease are at risk for recurrence of the disease following renal transplantation. Recurrence of the nephrotic syndrome in renal allografts of two children with primary FGS was successfully contr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Laufer J,Ettenger RB,Ho WG,Cohen AH,Marik JL,Fine RN

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00