Analysis of histoincompatibility in a natural population of the bisexual whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus tigris.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate and rapid diagnosis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) disease in solid organ transplant patients remains a challenge. We evaluated the clinical utility of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) method to diagnose transplant patients with HCMV disease. METHODS:A total of 429 plasma samples fr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ferreira-Gonzalez A,Fisher RA,Weymouth LA,Langley MR,Wolfe L,Wilkinson DS,Garrett CT

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify pretransplantation and posttransplantation indicators for the development of diabetes mellitus in the first 2 months after renal transplantation and to examine the influence of a cyclosporine A (CsA)-based versus a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen on these r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sato T,Inagaki A,Uchida K,Ueki T,Goto N,Matsuoka S,Katayama A,Haba T,Tominaga Y,Okajima Y,Ohta K,Suga H,Taguchi S,Kakiya S,Itatsu T,Kobayashi T,Nakao A

更新日期：2003-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mandatory continuous monitoring of early transplant outcome with centralized oversight was introduced in 2004 for all 23 UK adult kidney transplant units. Risk-adjusted cumulative sum charts are used to assess 30-day graft and patient survival against past performance for each center, and change in transplant center p...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Collett D,Sibanda N,Pioli S,Bradley JA,Rudge C

更新日期：2009-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:T-cell receptor transgenic (TCR-tg) mouse models with direct CD4 alloreactivity will help elucidate mechanisms of transplant rejection and tolerance in vivo. Although such models exist, they are limited by unusual strain combinations or are based on model antigens. METHODS:A TCR-tg mouse with direct CD4 spe...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Brennan TV,Hoang V,Garrod KR,Liu FC,Hayden T,Kim J,Kang SM

更新日期：2008-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in preventing the direct effects of CMV infection and disease are well established; however, the impact of exposure to antiviral agents on preventing the indirect effects of CMV infection are poorly defined. This article reviews the results of current studies demonstra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pescovitz MD

更新日期：2006-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus pharmacokinetic characteristics vary greatly among individuals. Tacrolimus is a substrate of cytochrome p450 (CYP), of subfamily CYP3A. CYP3A activity is the sum of the activities of the family of CYP3A genes, including CYP3A5. Subjects with the CYP3A5*1/*1 genotype express large amounts of CYP3A5...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Thervet E,Anglicheau D,King B,Schlageter MH,Cassinat B,Beaune P,Legendre C,Daly AK

更新日期：2003-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses upon two discrete components of posttransplant hepatic reticuloendothelial system (RES) function-phagocytosis and killing of bacteria-under various conditions of ischemic preservation. We had previously reported that, following intravenous injection of rats with 51Cr and 125I double-labeled Escheric...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Klein AS,Zhadkevich M,Wang D,Margolick JB,Winkelstein JA,Bulkley GB

更新日期：1996-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The induction of tolerance to pig antigens in primates may facilitate the development of successful clinical xenotransplantation protocols. The infusion of mobilized porcine peripheral blood leukocytes (PBPCs, comprised of approximately 2% peripheral blood progenitor cells) into splenectomized preconditioned...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Appel JZ 3rd,Alwayn IP,Correa LE,Cooper DK,Robson SC

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A quantitative model of immunosuppression was previously developed based on the rejection of the allogeneic A/J murine tumor sarcoma 1 (Sa1) in immunocompetent mice. Here, the model is used to evaluate the immunologic mechanisms of graft rejection and to determine the potential of this model to detect synerg...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hammond-McKibben D,Saulnier M,Zhang J,Risher N,Lake P,Weetall M

更新日期：2005-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to recent studies, a better understanding of the risks of renal complications among African American and biologically related living kidney donors is needed. METHODS:We examined a database linking U.S. registry identifiers for living kidney donors (1987-2007) to billing claims from a private hea...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lentine KL,Schnitzler MA,Garg AX,Xiao H,Axelrod D,Tuttle-Newhall JE,Brennan DC,Segev DL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At present, it is not clear whether xenogeneic MHC molecules are recognized by T cells directly or indirectly through self-MHC-restricted presentation in a transplantation setting. METHODS:We have transplanted skin from HLA-A2 transgenic (B6.A2) to nontransgenic C57BL/6 (B6) mice and investigated the subseq...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jurcevic S,Chandler P,Sacks SH,Simpson E

更新日期：2001-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The degree of fatty infiltration in hepatic grafts is known to be an important risk factor for primary graft nonfunction in cadaveric liver transplantation. However, the effect of hepatic steatosis in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has not yet been well defined. In this study, we evaluated the imp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Soejima Y,Shimada M,Suehiro T,Kishikawa K,Yoshizumi T,Hashimoto K,Minagawa R,Hiroshige S,Terashi T,Ninomiya M,Shiotani S,Harada N,Sugimachi K

更新日期：2003-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this article is to report our experience regarding the survival and the evolution of polyneuropathy of the extremities and autonomic dysfunction in 18 liver transplant patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I after a mean follow-up of more than 2.5 years for 13 patients. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Parrilla P,Ramirez P,Andreu LF,Bueno SF,Robles R,Miras M,Acosta F,Viader-Farre D,de Mingo P,Bermejo J,Garrido SF,Munar-Ques M

更新日期：1997-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand in more detail the role of endogenous interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) during bone marrow transplantation, IL-1ra serum levels of 28 patients undergoing allogeneic (n=25) or autologous (n=3) bone marrow transplantation were measured with a commercially available ELISA. In addition, the...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Schwaighofer H,Oberhuber G,Hebart H,Einsele H,Herold M,Nachbaur D,Eibl B,Tilg H,Kropshofer G,Ferrara JL,Niederwieser D

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Celsior (CEL) was formulated specifically for heart preservation. Recently some preliminary reports have suggested that CEL is also effective for liver preservation. In this study liver preservation with CEL was compared to colloid-free University of Wisconsin solution (MUW). METHODS:Arterialized rat live...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Howden BO,Jablonski P

更新日期：2000-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to identify risk factors affecting the fate of liver allografts transplanted across the ABO barrier. Over a 5-year period, 30 patients received 31 emergency OLTs with ABO-incompatible allografts. One-year graft and patient survival rates were 37.1% and 48.4%, respectively. This grou...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lo CM,Shaked A,Busuttil RW

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that the dose-normalized tacrolimus blood concentration after renal transplantation was associated with a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the CYP3AP1 gene, probably through linkage with an SNP in the CYP3A5 gene. Individuals with at least one CYP3A5*1 allele synthesize CYP3A5 and CY...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Macphee IA,Fredericks S,Mohamed M,Moreton M,Carter ND,Johnston A,Goldberg L,Holt DW

更新日期：2005-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effect of deoxyspergualin (DSG, NKT-01) on lethal graft-versus-host disease in mice has been studied in a major histoincompatible donor-recipient combination. Suppression of the effector mechanisms responsible for the lethal outcome in this GVHD model is also noted. This study reveals: (1) DSG has a mar...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nemoto K,Hayashi M,Ito J,Sugawara Y,Mae T,Fujii H,Abe F,Fujii A,Takeuchi T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cyclosporine and metabolite 17 (M17) as well as other CsA-related compounds (CsG, dihydro-CsC, dihydro-CsD, CsH, B5.49, and H7.94) was tested on T lymphocyte clone proliferation. In these experiments, antigen and interleukin 2 (IL-2) dependent long-term T lymphocyte clones derived from a rejected human k...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chabannes D,Moreau JF,Soulillou JP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy rat islets were encapsulated in alginate-polylysine-alginate capsules measuring 0.25-0.35 mm in diameter using a modified encapsulation technique. The encapsulated islets were transplanted intraperitoneally in nonimmunosuppressed streptozotocin-induced diabetic BALB/c mice. The diabetic condition of the experi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lum ZP,Krestow M,Tai IT,Vacek I,Sun AM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously demonstrated that in a concordant hamster-to-nude rat cardiac transplant model, T-independent specific B-lymphocyte and natural killer (NK)-cell tolerance could be induced, leading to long-term xenograft (Xg) survival. Here, we investigated whether the same could be achieved in a clinicall...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ji P,Xia G,Sefrioui H,Rutgeerts O,Segers C,Waer M

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction immunosuppression is intense, prophylactic therapy used at the time of transplantation based on the empiric observation that more powerful immunosuppression is required to prevent acute rejection early. In the past decade, there has been a growing trend towards the use of specialized agents such as antibody ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kirk AD

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) for cirrhotic patients with renal failure (RF) is controversial. Since the model for end-stage liver disease era, there has been a rise in the number of CLKT. Using the Organ Procurement Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing database, thi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fong TL,Khemichian S,Shah T,Hutchinson IV,Cho YW

更新日期：2012-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strategy of evaluating every donation opportunity warrants an investigation into the financial feasibility of this practice. The purpose of this investigation is to measure resource utilization required for procurement of transplantable organs in an organ procurement organization (OPO). METHODS:Donors w...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： DuBay DA,Redden DT,Bryant MK,Dorn DP,Fouad MN,Gray SH,White JA,Locke JE,Meeks CB,Taylor GC,Kilgore ML,Eckhoff DE

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) is frequently observed in recipients of solid organs and bone marrow transplants and is associated with increased risk of acute and chronic allograft rejection, opportunistic infection, graft failure, and patient mortality. The molecular mechanisms by which reactivation ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zhang Z,Li Z,Yan S,Wang X,Abecassis M

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neither the presence nor the specific role of secretory cytokines in in vivo allograft rejection has been extensively studied. We quantitated the levels of colony-stimulating factors, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin 1 within the rejecting allograft. BALB/c (H-2d) mice were implanted with polyurethane sponges co...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ford HR,Hoffman RA,Wing EJ,Magee DM,McIntyre LA,Simmons RL

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed graft function and acute rejections adversely affect the long-term survival of kidney transplantation. To decrease the incidences of these phenomena, we changed the initial immunosuppressive protocol in pediatric kidney transplantation in The Netherlands. METHODS:We compared a cohort (n=123) treated...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cransberg K,Bouts AH,Cornelissen EA,Lilien MR,Van Hoeck KJ,Hop WC,Nauta J

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal interstitial fibrosis (IF) is the main histopathological feature of chronic allograft injury. IF is currently assessed by semiquantitative analysis, but automatic color image analysis may be more reliable and reproducible. We performed a retrospective analysis to calculate IF on routine renal biopsies ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Servais A,Meas-Yedid V,Buchler M,Morelon E,Olivo-Marin JC,Lebranchu Y,Legendre C,Thervet E

更新日期：2007-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant disparity exists in the United Kingdom between the need for organ transplant and supply of deceased donor organs. In the recent years, efforts to increase donation has improved the rate of mainly deceased donors after circulatory death and from older donors. The rate of donation from pediatric po...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dave RV,Hakeem AR,Dawrant MJ,Ecuyer CL,Lewington AJ,Attia MS,Hostert L,Finlay E,Ahmad N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney donation after cardiac death leads to vascular damage as a result of warm ischemia, affecting renovascular circulating volume. Novel ultrasound dilution techniques may be used to measure renovascular circulating volumes during hypothermic machine perfusion of donor kidneys. METHODS:Renovascular circu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： de Vries EE,van Smaalen TC,Boer J,Hoogland ER,Krivitski NM,Snoeijs MG,van Heurn LW

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00