Acceptance of cardiac allografts by lethally irradiated rats repopulated with syngeneic bone marrow. Role of class I and class II alloantigens.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the putative candidate biomarkers of graft rejection in peripheral blood of intestinal transplant patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Peripheral blood gene expression analysis was performed in intestinal transplant patients. The results were matched with concurrent graft biopsies using bioinfo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Andreev VP,Tryphonopoulos P,Blomberg BB,Tsinoremas N,Weppler D,Neuman DR,Volsky A,Nishida S,Tekin A,Selvaggi G,Levi DM,Tzakis AG,Ruiz P

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ABO-incompatible (ABOi) and positive crossmatch (XM) renal transplants pose special immunologic challenges. It is important to compare outcomes, study resource utilization, and attempt to risk stratify patients in these higher risk transplant settings. METHODS:We compared apheresis utilization and transplan...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Padmanabhan A,Ratner LE,Jhang JS,Duong JK,Markowitz GS,Vasilescu ER,Crew RJ,Schwartz J

更新日期：2009-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent introduction of a variety of techniques for removing T cells from bone marrow grafts has reduced the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-associated morbidity and mortality. Whether this advance will be translated into improved patient survival is unclear at present, mainly because these procedures...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bunjes D,Heit W,Arnold R,Schmeiser T,Wiesneth M,Carbonell F,Porzsolt F,Raghavachar A,Heimpel H

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If transplantation of endocrine tissue is to become a therapy for a significant number of insulin-dependent diabetic individuals, tissue sources other than adult human islets will be required. Because human fetal pancreatic cells may offer that alternative, we have tried to find the optimal combination of tissue cultu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Beattie GM,Otonkoski T,Lopez AD,Hayek A

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated varicella-zoster (VZV) infection is a rare complication after renal allotransplantation in adults. We report four patients, among them one with combined VZV and cytomegalovirus infection. The main complications were hepatitis, pneumonitis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A review of the litera...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fehr T,Bossart W,Wahl C,Binswanger U

更新日期：2002-02-27 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:African American kidney transplant recipients generally exhibit poor long-term graft survival compared with other ethnic groups. The combination of sirolimus, tacrolimus, and corticosteroids has proven to be effective in reducing rejection episodes in high-risk organ and islet cell transplant recipients but ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hricik DE,Anton HA,Knauss TC,Rodriguez V,Seaman D,Siegel C,Valente J,Schulak JA

更新日期：2002-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluates whether surgical strategies such as the portosystemic shunt and ischemic preconditioning can protect against hepatic and pulmonary injury associated with liver transplantation. METHODS:The effect of the portosystemic shunt, ischemic preconditioning, and both surgical procedures together...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fernández L,Heredia N,Peralta C,Xaus C,Roselló-Catafau J,Rimola A,Marco A,Serafín A,Deulofeu R,Gelpí E,Grande L

更新日期：2003-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold ischemia-reperfusion injury is unavoidable during organ transplantation, and prolonged preservation is associated with poorer function recovery. Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is an IL-6 family cytokine with cytoprotective properties. This preclinical study in rats tested whether CT-1 mitigates cold renal ische...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： García-Cenador B,Blanco-Gozalo V,López-Montañés D,Sanz Giménez-Rico JR,López-Novoa JM,López-Hernández FJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A successful kidney transplant from a living-related donor (LRD) remains the most effective renal replacement therapy for children with end-stage renal failure. The use of LRD kidneys results in decreased time on dialysis, increased graft survival, and better function compared with kidneys transplanted from ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ishitani M,Isaacs R,Norwood V,Nock S,Lobo P

更新日期：2000-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) at prophylaxis cessation predicts D+/R+ kidney transplants at risk of late-onset CMV infection after receiving distinct induction therapies is still not well characterized. METHODS:We prospectively assessed CMV-specific CMI predicting late-...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jarque M,Melilli E,Crespo E,Manonelles A,Montero N,Torras J,Cruzado JM,Luque S,Gil-Vernet S,Grinyó JM,Bestard O

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione and glyoxalase II levels were evaluated in cytosolic and mitochondrial compartments of rat liver after 7 and 24 hr of cold storage in University of Wisconsin (UW) and Euro-Collins solutions. 1-4 A similar time-dependent depletion of cytosolic glutathione up to about 60% of control values was observed in bo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jassem W,Ciarimboli C,Cerioni PN,Saba V,Norton SJ,Principato G

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary thrombus formation in the region of atrial anastomosis following lung transplantation has been reported by several authors. Such patients typically present immediately after surgery with significant hemodynamic compromise causing pulmonary edema and hypoxemia. We describe a patient who presented with bilater...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stang MR,Hinderliter AL,Gott KK,Paradowski LJ,Aris RM

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that subclinical chronic rejection (CR) induces structural and functional alterations in enteric smooth muscle and nerves in a rat model of small intestinal transplantation. This study was designed to investigate the effect of prolonged FK506 rescue therapy on these sequelae of CR. Immu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Heeckt PF,Lee KK,Halfter WM,Schraut WH,Bauer AJ

更新日期：1995-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inflammation response is modulated by the elaborated chemokine-chemokine receptor system, which also plays an important role in the development of acute rejection (AR). In this study, we hypothesized that functional genetic variants of some of these modulatory proteins might influence the outcome of AR. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Simeoni E,Vassalli G,Seydoux C,Ramsay D,Noll G,von Segesser LK,Fleury S

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcineurin-inhibitor therapy is a contributing factor to the origin of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA). METHODS:We conducted a prospective randomized trial of conversion of tacrolimus to sirolimus at 1-month posttransplant in kidney transplant recipients on rapid steroid withdrawal. We com...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Heilman RL,Cortese C,Geiger XJ,Younan K,Wadei HM,Mai ML,Reddy KS,Gonwa TA

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine, but not its nonimmunosuppressive analog cyclosporine H (CsH), caused in a variety of hematopoietic cell types a growth arrest in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. This arrest was associated with a significant reduction in the c-myc mRNA levels, which could be observed already 1 hr following CsA treatmen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yonish-Rouach E,Kimchi A,Rubinstein M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epitopes are the sites to which antibodies bind. Both alpha and beta peptide chains of the human leukocyte antigen-DQ heterodimers (DQA1 and DQB1, respectively) contain polymorphic regions. We can identify DQA1 and DQB1 epitopes by DQ single antigen beads assay of the antibodies, correlating the beads' react...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Deng CT,El-Awar N,Ozawa M,Cai J,Lachmann N,Terasaki PI

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent insights suggest that endothelial cell (EC) activation plays a major role in renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Interactions between ECs and pericytes via signaling molecules, including angiopoietins, are involved in maintenance of the vascular integrity. Experimental data have shown that enhanc...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： de Vries DK,Khairoun M,Lindeman JH,Bajema IM,de Heer E,Roest M,van Zonneveld AJ,van Kooten C,Rabelink TJ,Schaapherder AF,Reinders ME

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BK polyomavirus infection has been reported in 10% to 60% of renal transplant recipients with progression to BK nephropathy (BKN) occurring in 1% to 5% of patients. Graft loss occurs in up to 60% of renal transplant recipients with BKN. Because BK polyomavirus infection is believed, in part, to be a manifest...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Guasch A,Roy-Chaudhury P,Woodle ES,Fitzsimmons W,Holman J,First MR,FK778 BK Nephropathy Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study we examined the effect of the timing of marrow infusion on engraftment in nonmyeloablatively conditioned mice. METHODS:B10 mice were conditioned with decreasing doses of total body irradiation (TBI) and reconstituted with bone marrow cells (BMCs) from major histocompatibility complex-di...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Xu H,Exner BG,Chilton PM,Tanner MK,Mueller YM,Rezzoug F,Ildstad ST

更新日期：2004-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alemtuzumab is a humanized CD52-specific monoclonal antibody that is increasingly used off-label as an induction agent in solid organ transplantation, particularly in the setting of maintenance immunosuppression minimization protocols. In this review, we briefly discuss this agent's mechanisms of action and summarize ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Weaver TA,Kirk AD

更新日期：2007-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and applied a quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction method to study the expression of various cytokine genes in Con A-stimulated murine splenocytes. This method relies on the use of competitive templates that differ from the target cytokine cDNA templates only by the introduction of a unique ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zheng XX,Strom TB,Steele AW

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-versus-host disease often results in a combined deficiency of humoral and cell-mediated immunity. Clinical and experimental studies have suggested that the decrease in B cell responsiveness is due to a failure of B cell production in the bone marrow, intrinsic B cell defects, excessive suppressor T cell ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Schreiber KL,Forman J

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolic acid, the active metabolite of mycophenolate mofetil, inhibits the glycosylation of cell membrane glycoproteins. We hypothesized that impaired glycosylation of cell adhesion molecules on endothelial cells in vivo results in decreased susceptibility to inflammation or immunogenicity after allogen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Valentin JF,Bruijn JA,Paul LC

更新日期：2000-02-15 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：:Cell surface markers of isolated graft-infiltrating cells (GIC) were studied, and functional in vitro assays performed in 8 cases of acute irreversible rejection of human renal allografts. The GIC were mostly activated T cells (OKT11+, OKT3+, Ia+), with predominance of the cytotoxic/suppressor T cell phenotype (OKT8+)...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Charpentier BM,Bach MA,Lang P,Martin B,Fries D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, islet allotransplantation for type 1 diabetic patients has been largely unsuccessful. Previous pharmacologic studies of single drugs have suggested that one factor contributing to this poor success is toxicity of immunosuppressive drugs on transplanted islets. However, no comprehensive study of agents ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Paty BW,Harmon JS,Marsh CL,Robertson RP

更新日期：2002-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressive effects of leflunomide and cyclosporine were evaluated in a rat neurovascularized myocutaneous allograft model. Inbred Brown-Norway and Lewis rats were served as donors and recipients, respectively. All recipients were observed for 60 days or until allograft rejection occurred. All isograft contr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yeh LS,Gregory CR,Griffey SM,Lecouteur RA,Morris RE

更新日期：1996-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the relationship between transplant vascular sclerosis (TVS) and tissue fibrosis, features of chronic rejection that can develop rapidly in accepted heterotopic murine cardiac allografts. METHODS:The rate of development of interstitial fibrosis or TVS development was determined by comput...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Armstrong AT,Strauch AR,Starling RC,Sedmak DD,Orosz CG

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00