Late-onset hemorrhagic cystitis associated with urinary excretion of polyomaviruses after bone marrow transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The once-daily (QD), prolonged-release formulation of tacrolimus has been shown to improve adherence versus twice-daily (BD) tacrolimus. Treatment nonadherence in transplant recipients has been associated with poor graft outcomes. METHODS:This open-label, parallel-group study randomized adults with end-stag...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Albano L,Banas B,Klempnauer JL,Glyda M,Viklicky O,Kamar N,Optimising immunoSuppression After Kidney transplantation with ADVAGRAF Study Group.

更新日期：2013-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 56 recipients of liver or heart transplants were investigated for monoclonal immunoglobulins (mIg) by immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) at different times during 4 years after transplantation. Transient, changing, or stable mIgs were found in 18 patients. A significantly increased mIg incidence was observ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Peest D,Schaper B,Nashan B,Wonigeit K,Raude E,Pichlmayr R,Haverich A,Deicher H

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In kidney transplant recipients with alemtuzumab induction maintained on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) immunosuppression, sirolimus (SRL) promotes significant expansion of circulating CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells (Treg). This might translate into more effective protection against chronic graft injury compar...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ruggenenti P,Perico N,Gotti E,Cravedi P,D'Agati V,Gagliardini E,Abbate M,Gaspari F,Cattaneo D,Noris M,Casiraghi F,Todeschini M,Cugini D,Conti S,Remuzzi G

更新日期：2007-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous anti-immunoglobulin is a potent immunosuppressive agent that prolongs H-2- and H-3-incompatible skin graft survival. In conjunction with antithymocyte serum, anti-immunoglobulin promotes greater graft life than either antiserum used alone, without evidence of toxicity to recipient animals. Combination tre...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Constantian MB,Couser WG,Mannick JA

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The consequences of a prior human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infection in kidney-transplant recipients are still partially unknown. The aim of this monocentric study was to determine the prevalence of HHV-8-seropositive patients at the time of transplantation and to identify the main clinical events of these HHV-...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Francès C,Mouquet C,Marcelin AG,Barete S,Agher R,Charron D,Benalia H,Dupin N,Piette JC,Bitker MO,Calvez V

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA "matched" unrelated donor bone marrow transplants are associated with an increased incidence and severity of graft-versus-host disease in comparison with HLA-identical sibling transplants. This is presumably due to HLA and non-HLA histocompatibility differences between donor and recipient. Using a limiting dilutio...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kaminski E,Hows J,Man S,Brookes P,Mackinnon S,Hughes T,Avakian O,Goldman JM,Batchelor JR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim was to evaluate the effect of FTY720 in discordant islet xenotransplantation. METHODS:Fetal porcine islet-like cell clusters (ICCs) were transplanted into normoglycemic rats that were either left untreated or treated with FTY720 only, with FTY720 plus cyclosporine A (CsA) or with CsA only. Twelve or...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Maeda A,Goto M,Zhang J,Bennet W,Groth CG,Korsgren O,Wennberg L

更新日期：2003-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeting 2-hr postdose cyclosporine (C2) levels to 1,000 to 1,700 mg/dL during the first 6 months after renal transplantation is recommended for triple immunosuppressive regimens. This trial determines whether lower C2 levels could be targeted safely in de novo kidney transplant recipients under a quadruple...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hardinger KL,Schnitzler MA,Koch MJ,Enkvetchakul D,Desai N,Jendrisak M,Lowell JA,Miller B,Shenoy S,Brennan DC

更新日期：2004-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal tolerance to alloantigens and autoantigens in mice is mediated by T helper (Th)2 immunity. If a strong and pure Th2 response could be engaged to alloantigens in adult mice, it might result in allograft tolerance. In an attempt to induce Th2 immunity in adults, we studied the T-cell response to peptide I-A bet...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lehmann PV,Matesic D,Benichou G,Heeger PS

更新日期：1997-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Translational research in a relevant preclinical model is recommended before Treg-inducing protocols can be implemented in humans. We have characterized rhesus monkey CD25 cells phenotypically and functionally. METHODS:The phenotype of CD4(+)CD25(high) cells was determined by FACS, focusing on established m...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Haanstra KG,van der Maas MJ,'t Hart BA,Jonker M

更新日期：2008-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate purine nucleotide metabolism in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of cardiac transplant recipients switched from azathioprine to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). METHODS:Concentrations of guanosine 5'triphosphate (GTP) and adenosine 5'triphosphate (ATP), th...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Devyatko E,Zuckermann A,Bohdjalian A,Roedler S,Dunkler D,Grimm M,Weigel G

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunosuppressive therapy is a risk factor for the increased incidence and metastatic progression of malignancies in organ graft recipients. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1) has been associated with tumor invasion and metastasis, and we have implicated cyclosporine-associated TGF-beta(1) hyperexpress...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Maluccio M,Sharma V,Lagman M,Vyas S,Yang H,Li B,Suthanthiran M

更新日期：2003-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a DBA/2 (H-2d) pancreatic islet-to-B6AF1 (H-2b/k.d) recipient combination, the graft survival of hand-picked islets was compared with that of "crude digested" islets that were prepared simply by collagenase digestion and Ficoll gradient separation and were contaminated with lymph nodes and vascular and ductal tissu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gotoh M,Maki T,Satomi S,Porter J,Monaco AP

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of the 99 surviving heart and lung transplant (HLT) recipients at one center showed that 31% had significant anemia (hemoglobin less than 100g/L) six months after transplantation. Chronic anemia persisted in 18% of HLT recipients two years posttransplantation. A similar study of 100 heart transpl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hunt BJ,Amin S,Halil O,Yacoub M

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of kidney dysfunction is one of the most important after liver transplantation (LT). Genetic variants of pathogenetically relevant cytokines may influence the development and course of the disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) polymor...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Eurich D,Neumann UP,Boas-Knoop S,Neuhaus R,Bahra M,Neuhaus P,Schmitz V

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We reviewed the incidence of and risk factors for venous thromboembolic complications in our population of kidney (KTx) and simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant (SPK) recipients. METHODS:Information was collected retrospectively from a database on 1833 KTx and 276 SPK recipients who underwent transplant ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Humar A,Johnson EM,Gillingham KJ,Sutherland DE,Payne WD,Dunn DL,Wrenshall LE,Najarian JS,Gruessner RW,Matas AJ

更新日期：1998-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:U.S. allocation policies currently place less emphasis on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching in pediatric kidney transplant candidates to minimize dialysis time. The impact this may have on pediatric recipients after graft failure has not been extensively examined. METHODS:Using the Scientific Registry ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gralla J,Tong S,Wiseman AC

更新日期：2013-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular complications remain an important cause of postoperative morbidity in liver transplant patients. Herein, we present an unusual case of nonanastomotic inferior vena cava (IVC) stenosis in a patient with a "piggyback" caval anastomosis. METHODS:A 59-year-old woman underwent liver transplantation usin...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Orons PD,Hari AK,Zajko AB,Marsh JW

更新日期：1997-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-10 is a regulatory cytokine of both T cells and monocytes. We have investigated the ability of IL-10 to regulate responses to alloantigens in vitro and in vivo. Addition of IL-10 to mixed lymphocyte cultures profoundly decreased the proliferation and IL-2 production by donor B10.BR cells stimulated with CBA cells e...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Krenger W,Snyder K,Smith S,Ferrara JL

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II region of major histocompatibility complex of the rat. Rattus norvegicus (RT1) consists of RT1.B, RT1.D, and RT1.H subregions. The gene order around the H subregion was determined as RT1.A--H beta-H alpha--B by RFLP analysis of naturally occurring intra-RT1 recombinant rats with HLA DP probes. A unique re...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fujii H,Kakinuma M,Yoshiki T,Natori T

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although antibody mechanisms play a pathogenetic role in liver allograft rejection, no data exist on B lymphocytes, plasma cells, complement, and chemokines in rejected liver tissue. METHODS:Liver biopsy specimens from 25 patients with acute allograft rejection (AR) (rejection activity index, RAI score: 1-9...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Krukemeyer MG,Moeller J,Morawietz L,Rudolph B,Neumann U,Theruvath T,Neuhaus P,Krenn V

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is designed to examine a possible association of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) support and outcome of lung transplantation in a well-balanced group of emphysema patients. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of 62 consecutive primary bilateral lung transplantations for emphysema. Risk fac...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： de Boer WJ,Hepkema BG,Loef BG,van der Bij W,Verschuuren EA,de Vries HJ,Lems SP,Ebels T

更新日期：2002-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rising numbers of patients reaching end-stage kidney disease intensify the demand for expansion of the living-kidney-donor pool. On the basis of low risk in white donors with essential hypertension, our transplant center undertook a structured program of accepting hypertensive donors if kidney function and u...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Textor SC,Taler SJ,Driscoll N,Larson TS,Gloor J,Griffin M,Cosio F,Schwab T,Prieto M,Nyberg S,Ishitani M,Stegall M

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To better understand how different histologic patterns of allograft inflammation found on biopsies of human cardiac allografts progress to high-grade rejection, we undertook a statistical analysis of our institutional database to detect statistical patterns among different types of myocardial allograft infla...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Smith RN,Chang Y,Houser S,Dec GW,Grazette L

更新日期：2002-06-27 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 hepatitis C is a common cause of viral liver disease in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. To assess the efficacy and safety of therapy with interferon alpha we conducted a prospective study where 14 cadaveric KT recipients with chronic hepatitis C received recombinant interferon alpha-2b (IFNa) 3 million unit...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rostaing L,Izopet J,Baron E,Duffaut M,Puel J,Durand D

更新日期：1995-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an increasing problem in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has decreased the morbidity associated with HIV and has prompted renewed interest in renal transplantation. METHODS:We performed f...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tan HP,Kaczorowski DJ,Basu A,Khan A,McCauley J,Marcos A,Fung JJ,Starzl TE,Shapiro R

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate immune reactions after reduced-intensity cord-blood transplantation (RI-CBT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed medical records of 57 adult RI-CBT recipients. Preparative regimen comprised fludarabine, total-body irradiation, and either melphalan (n=51) or busulfan (n=6). Graft-versus-host di...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kishi Y,Kami M,Miyakoshi S,Kanda Y,Murashige N,Teshima T,Kusumi E,Hara S,Matsumura T,Yuji K,Masuoka K,Wake A,Morinaga S,Kanemaru M,Hayashi T,Tanaka Y,Taniguchi S,Tokyo Stem Cell Transplant Consortium.

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Factors contributing to kidney transplant fibrosis remain incompletely understood, particularly in the absence of acute complications. METHODS:Baseline and 1-year surveillance biopsies from 15 uncomplicated living donor kidney transplants were subjected to microarray and quantitative reverse transcription...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Park W,Griffin M,Grande JP,Cosio F,Stegall MD

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Th (T helper) 1/Th2 balance in response to signals given during donor antigen presentation, induction of allograft prolongation is more often related to Th2-type than with Th1-type immunity. Here, we examined the effect of interleukin (IL)-33, a novel member of the IL-1 family, on cardiac allograft surviv...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yin H,Li XY,Jin XB,Zhang BB,Gong Q,Yang H,Zheng F,Gong FL,Zhu JY

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00