Immune privilege in the testis. I. Basic parameters of allograft survival.

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：:The renal handling of cyclosporine was studied in ischemically damaged kidneys in New Zealand White rabbits and nonischemic control animals. CsA, 25 mg/kg/day, was administered intravenously for 10 days starting with the day of operation. Blood CsA (B CsA) was higher in the ischemic group compared with the controls (m...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Karim MS,Wood RF,Dawnay AB,Fulton PA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term outcomes using steroid-free immunosuppression after renal transplantation have been promising. No studies have examined the incidence of and reasons for steroid-avoidance protocol failures. METHODS:We present a single-center analysis of steroid-free immunosuppression failures among 129 pediatric ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sutherland S,Li L,Concepcion W,Salvatierra O,Sarwal MM

更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New-onset diabetes is common after kidney transplantation, but the benefit of lifestyle intervention to improve glucose metabolism posttransplantation is unproven. METHODS:We conducted a single-center, randomized controlled trial involving 130 nondiabetic kidney transplant recipients with stable function be...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kuningas K,Driscoll J,Mair R,Smith H,Dutton M,Day E,Sharif AA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rates for CVDs in transplant recipients are greater than those in the general population (13). CVDs are a major cause of both patient and graft loss in renal transplant recipients, and improving cardiovascular health may help to extend both patient and graft survival. A complication of chronic renal fail...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wheeler DC,Steiger J

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD) is a complex phenomenon caused by underlying kidney disease and superimposed environmental and genetic factors. We investigated the association of polymorphisms in the genes for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensinogen (AGT), angiotensin II receptor type 1 (ATR...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Akcay A,Sezer S,Ozdemir FN,Arat Z,Atac FB,Verdi H,Colak T,Haberal M

更新日期：2004-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report long-term outcomes and side effects after transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using de novo, sirolimus-based immunosuppression (IS). METHODS:A total of 70 patients with HCC (mean age: 54.4+/-7 years, female/male: 12/58) were transplanted and included in the study. Immunosuppression ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Toso C,Meeberg GA,Bigam DL,Oberholzer J,Shapiro AM,Gutfreund K,Ma MM,Mason AL,Wong WW,Bain VG,Kneteman NM

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine (CsA) administration and nitric oxide (NO) blockade promote similar chronic renal hemodynamic alterations in rats. We evaluated various clinical CsA doses under conditions of NO blockade using L-NAME (N-nitro L-arginine methyl ester). Groups of Sprague-Dawley rats kept on a normal salt (+NaCl) or low-salt...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gardner MP,Houghton DC,Andoh TF,Lindsley J,Bennett WM

更新日期：1996-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suppressive dendritic cells (DCs) are a promising tool for tolerance induction in transplantation. A human DCs subpopulation, which constitutively expresses indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a molecule shown to prevent the rejection of fetus during pregnancy, has recently been described. This subset, charac...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Löb S,Ebner S,Wagner S,Weinreich J,Schäfer R,Königsrainer A

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Research in hepatocellular gene therapy requires a consistently reproducible cell marker to detect transplanted hepatocytes. We have used a Y-specific genomic DNA probe to accomplish this goal. This technique enables the identification of transplanted male cells in recipient female tissues. Donor hepatocytes from male...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Eckert JW,Buerkle CJ,Major AM,Finegold MJ,Brandt ML

更新日期：1995-01-15 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：:Prominent components of vascularized xenograft rejection such as platelet activation and microvascular thrombosis may be dependent upon thrombin generation in vivo. To study potential therapeutic benefits of a synthetic low-molecular-weight thrombin inhibitor, SDZ MTH 958, in hyperacute porcine heart rejection by huma...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Robson SC,Young VK,Cook NS,Metternich R,Kasper-Konig W,Lesnikoski BA,Pierson RN 3rd,Hancock WW,Candinas D,White DJ,Bach FH

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Based upon encouraging experimental results, we began employing a synthetic perfusate for cadaver kidney preservation. The new perfusate contains hydroxyethyl starch (HES) as the sole colloid for oncotic support; 107 cadaver kidneys were preserved and transplanted (93 primary, 14 nonprimary) using the HES solution and...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hoffmann RM,Stratta RJ,D'Alessandro AM,Sollinger HW,Kalayoglu M,Pirsch JD,Southard JH,Belzer FO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upon the availability of a cadaveric donor kidney, a delicate allocation process precedes every transplantation. A remodeled Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System (ETKAS)-derived from simulation studies-was installed in March 1996. The purpose was to adjust long waiting times and international exchange bal...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： De Meester J,Persijn GG,Wujciak T,Opelz G,Vanrenterghem Y

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Islet transplantation studies with diabetic rodents frequently use treatment with diabetogens such as alloxan or streptozotocin to render hosts hyperglycemic. These chemicals produce unwanted toxic side effects, which complicate interpretations of damage produced by hyperglycemia versus direct toxin-induced ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mathews CE,Langley SH,Leiter EH

更新日期：2002-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an attempt to reduce chronic calcineurin inhibitor induced allograft nephropathy in first cadaver and human leukocyte antigen non-identical living-donor renal transplantation, sirolimus (Siro) or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was tested as adjunctive therapy, with planned dose reductions of tacrolimus (Tacr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ciancio G,Burke GW,Gaynor JJ,Mattiazzi A,Roth D,Kupin W,Nicolas M,Ruiz P,Rosen A,Miller J

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct pulmonary vascular disorders, hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) may occur as a consequence of hepatic parenchymal or vascular abnormalities. HPS and POPH have major clinical implications for liver transplantation. A European Respiratory Society Task Force on Pulmonary-H...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Krowka MJ,Fallon MB,Kawut SM,Fuhrmann V,Heimbach JK,Ramsay MA,Sitbon O,Sokol RJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalent use of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) as an induction agent in kidney transplantation, the appropriate dose for preventing acute rejection in high-risk patients is not known. Few studies have examined total exposure of rATG less than 6 mg/kg, with fewer studies examining lower dos...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Klem P,Cooper JE,Weiss AS,Gralla J,Owen P,Chan L,Wiseman AC

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity is characterized by renal dysfunction and interstitial fibrosis. Early and progressive renal macrophage influx, correlating with latter interstitial fibrotic areas, has been associated with CsA treatment. This study investigated the role of macrophages, the...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Carlos CP,Mendes GE,Miquelin AR,Luz MA,da Silva CG,van Rooijen N,Coimbra TM,Burdmann EA

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humanized Fc receptor (FcR)-nonbinding antibodies against CD3 are promising immunosuppressive agents that may overcome both the neutralizing response to and the cytokine release syndrome seen with conventional monoclonal antibodies against CD3. In addition, evidence from several murine models suggests that t...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chau LA,Tso JY,Melrose J,Madrenas J

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blockade of the inducible costimulator (ICOS) pathway has been shown to prolong allograft survival; however, its utility in xenotransplantation is unknown. We hypothesize that local expression of ICOS-Ig by the xenograft will suppress the T-cell response resulting in significant prolonged graft survival. ME...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hodgson R,Christiansen D,Ziolkowski A,Mouhtouris E,Simeonovic CJ,Ierino FL,Sandrin MS

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation at a cancer center. Bone marrow transplant recipients with M haemophilum infection were identified upon culture of the organism by implem...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： White MH,Papadopoulos EB,Small TN,Kiehn TE,Armstrong D

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulation of leukocytes via blood, tissue and lymph is integral to adaptive immunity. Afferent lymphatics form CCL21 gradients to guide dendritic cells and T cells to lymphatics and then to draining lymph nodes (dLN). Vascular endothelial growth factor C and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (V...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Iwami D,Brinkman CC,Bromberg JS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A striped pattern of fibrosis has been described in the kidneys of patients undergoing long-term cyclosporine or tacrolimus therapy. This lesion is frequently misconstrued as being specific for drug toxicity. METHODS:We performed clinicopathologic correlation on 18 patients with striped fibrosis identified ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dell'Antonio G,Randhawa PS

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four skin graft models are created which vary in the rates of lymphatic and vascular reconstitution. Rat allografts (Brown Norway or (L times BN)F1 hybrid) transplanted to Lewis recipients by conventional (immediate lymphatic, delayed vascular), surgical anastomosis (immediate lymphatic, immediate vascular) or isolate...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wustrack KO,Gruber RP,Lucas ZJ

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostic models, which estimate survival probabilities, enable the survival benefit from a procedure to be assessed and allow the comparison of outcomes between centers. We therefore compared three models that estimate survival in the absence of transplantation for patients with alcoholic liver disease (AL...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Young TA,Neuberger J,Longworth L,Ratcliffe J,Buxton MJ,Cost-Effectiveness in Liver Transplantation Study Team.

更新日期：2003-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after lung transplantation causes alveolar damage, lung edema, and acute rejection. Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is a single-stranded DNA repair enzyme that induces apoptosis and necrosis after DNA damage caused by reactive oxygen species. We evaluate...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hatachi G,Tsuchiya T,Miyazaki T,Matsumoto K,Yamasaki N,Okita N,Nanashima A,Higami Y,Nagayasu T

更新日期：2014-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xenogeneic corneal fragments (guinea pig) are highly resistant to immune rejection in the anterior chamber of mouse eyes. Because guinea pigs and mice are discordant (i.e., mouse serum normally contains guinea pig reactive xenoantibodies), we wished to determine the extent to which xenogeneic corneal fragmen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tanaka K,Streilein JW

更新日期：2000-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent massive ascites (PMAS) longer than 14 days after living donor liver transplantation is not uncommon and associated with worse outcome. A predictive risk scoring system was constructed after analysis of recipient, graft, and surgery-related factors. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed adult living...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wu YJ,Wang SH,Elsarawy AM,Chan YC,Chen CL,Cheng BC,Li LC,Chiu CH,Lee YW,Lin YC,Wee SY,Pan CC,Kao YY,Chen YH,Lin HW,Lin LM,Lin CC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable current interest in the possibility that long-term graft acceptance in clinical solid-organ transplantation might be dependent upon the development of a microchimeric state between the donor and recipient. This possibility has been prompted by the observation that in some transplant patients cell...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bushell A,Pearson TC,Morris PJ,Wood KJ

更新日期：1995-05-27 00:00:00