Requirement for help in the generation of alloantigen-specific helper cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that tissue-engineered contractile cardiomyocyte sheets without a scaffold would show histological and electrical integration with impaired myocardium, leading to the regeneration of infarcted myocardium. METHODS:Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were cultured on Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-grafte...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Miyagawa S,Sawa Y,Sakakida S,Taketani S,Kondoh H,Memon IA,Imanishi Y,Shimizu T,Okano T,Matsuda H

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with acute liver failure (ALF) of unknown cause, viral infections are believed to be involved. This study investigates the involvement of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6). METHODS:Thirty-two patients with ALF who underwent transplantations during a 6-year period were studied for viruses in biopsies f...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Härmä M,Höckerstedt K,Lautenschlager I

更新日期：2003-08-15 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: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 quantitation of donor leukocyte chimerism may aid in establishing the etiology of neutropenia after liver transplantation. METHODS:The incidence and clinical and laboratory characteristics of severe neutropenia were studied in adults who have undergone liver transplantation at our institution over the l...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jonsson JR,Gill D,Hogan PG,Clouston AD,Edwards-Smith C,Griffin AD,Balderson GA,Lynch SV,Strong RW,Powell EE

更新日期：1999-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients at our institution underwent single lung transplantation. The procedure and the patient's postoperative course were uncomplicated in each case. Pathological examination of each pneumonectomy specimen revealed a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma; both were less than 1 cm in size. The remainder of each lun...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Svendsen CA,Bengtson RB,Park SJ,Shumway SJ

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal studies over an eight-month period have been performed to follow the T killer response restoration after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The capacity of the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) to develop cytotoxic effector cells directed either against allogeneic cells or agai...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tilkin AF,Bagot M,Dreyfus F,Kayibanda M,Cordonnier C,Vernant JP,Levy JP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that living kidney donors are at an increased risk of end-stage renal disease. However, predicting which donors will have renal dysfunction remains challenging, particularly among those with no clinical evidence of disease at the time of donation. Although renal biopsies are not rout...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fahmy LM,Massie AB,Muzaale AD,Bagnasco SM,Orandi BJ,Alejo JL,Boyarsky BJ,Anjum SK,Montgomery RA,Dagher NN,Segev DL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed PBL from 7 children exposed to CsA in utero and 4 children exposed to AZA in utero. Expression of CD3, CD4, CD8, and CD20 were normal for both groups of children; however, significant differences were detected in the expression of CD45RA, CD45R0, and CD29. While CsA-exposed children had higher density...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pilarski LM,Yacyshyn BR,Lazarovits AI

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor-specific transfusion effects were studied in the ACI-to-Lewis rat heterotopic heart allograft model using cyclosporine immunosuppression. Low-dose CsA for 1 week plus a single fresh or stored DST given 1 day before allografting significantly prolonged graft survival over CsA therapy alone (median survival time 2...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Brunson ME,Tchervenkov JI,Alexander JW

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cyclosporine has high specificity for the immune system, immunosuppressive therapy with CsA is often complicated by nephrotoxicity. The main morphologic targets of CsA nephrotoxicity include the tubular epithelial and endothelial cells. These cells were investigated in vitro. CsA caused a dose- and time-depen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ryffel B,Foxwell BM,Gee A,Greiner B,Woerly G,Mihatsch MJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal vein thrombosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension in noncirrhotic patients. Variceal bleeding is difficult to treat in these patients, especially those with prehepatic diffuse portal mesenteric thrombosis. In a patient with refractory esophagogastroduodenal variceal bleeding as a result of diffuse...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vianna R,Giovanardi RO,Fridell JA,Tector AJ

更新日期：2005-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New insights into mechanisms of injury in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) often come from experiments in small animal models. Mice are particularly suitable because of the growing availability of gene-altered animals and specific antibodies. A validated model of OLT in mice is not available and, in pa...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tian Y,Rüdiger HA,Jochum W,Clavien PA

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ontogenic development of suppressor cells was studied in mouse embryos. It was found that liver cells of embryos at various stages of gestation were capable of interfering with the mixed leukocyte culture (MLC) reaction. The MLC reaction was also inhibited by embryonic spleen and thymus cells. However, the latter were...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Globerson A,Umiel T

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) is increasingly used and produces similar results to matched unrelated donor transplantation. METHODS:We performed a retrospective single-center analysis of 50 umbilical cord blood transplantations UCBTs performed from 2001 to 2010, including 37 single and 13 doub...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Berglund S,Le Blanc K,Remberger M,Gertow J,Uzunel M,Svenberg P,Winiarski J,Ljungman P,Ringdén O,Uhlin M,Mattsson J

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripancreatic fluid collections (PPFC) are a serious complication after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKTx). METHODS:Retrospective study for all 223 SPKTx performed from December 8, 1996, to October 10, 2011, to evaluate the risk factors (RF) and impact of PPFCs on outcomes was conducted. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Singh RP,Vrakas G,Hayek S,Hayek S,Anam S,Aqueel M,Olsburgh J,Calder F,Mamode N,Callaghan C,Kessaris N,Pattison J,Hilton R,Koffman G,Taylor JD,Drage MW

更新日期：2013-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus (TAC) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive regimen in liver transplantation (LT). Its pharmacokinetics is characterized by a high interpatient and intrapatient variability (IPV) leading to an unpredictable dose-response relationship. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of TAC IPV (I...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rayar M,Tron C,Jézéquel C,Beaurepaire JM,Petitcollin A,Houssel-Debry P,Camus C,Verdier MC,Dehlawi A,Lakéhal M,Desfourneaux V,Meunier B,Sulpice L,Bellissant E,Boudjema K,Lemaitre F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up-regulated expression of adhesion molecules on vascular endothelial cells (ECs) is an initial event in leukocyte adhesion to ECs, which is a crucial step in the process of inflammatory or immune reaction leading to organ transplant rejection. Verapamil and other calcium channel blockers have been reported to improve...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yamaguchi M,Suwa H,Miyasaka M,Kumada K

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of nutritional status on outcome of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) is controversial. This study investigates the influence of pretransplant weight loss and serologic indicators of nutritional homeostasis on relapse and death of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after alloSCT. METHODS:P...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dietrich S,Radujkovic A,Stölzel F,Falk CS,Benner A,Schaich M,Bornhäuser M,Ehninger G,Krämer A,Hegenbart U,Ho AD,Dreger P,Luft T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the high immunosuppressive efficacy of cyclosporine has revolutionized clinical transplantation, renal, hepatic, and neural toxicities limit its therapeutic potential. One approach to this problem is to combine CsA therapy with immunosuppressive agents that act synergistically with it, thereby permitting lower ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vathsala A,Chou TC,Kahan BD

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin grafts can be significantly prolonged in ALS-treated mice by the injection of 25 x 10(6) donor bone marrow cells or 50 x 10(6) spleen cells. Lymph node cells and thymocytes are only minimally effective in prolonging grafts. The effect of a hematopoietic growth factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating fac...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Monaco AP,Wood ML,Gottschalk R,Seiler FR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the extent to which pretransplant immunity resulting from natural infection protects against cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, we analyzed CMV serology on 153 kidney donor and recipient pairs and followed transplant patients to determine incidence and severity of CMV disease. The overall incidence of CMV dis...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Smiley ML,Wlodaver CG,Grossman RA,Barker CF,Perloff LJ,Tustin NB,Starr SE,Plotkin SA,Friedman HM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, the severity of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is graded retrospectively on the basis of the evolution of clinical and biological criteria. The objective of this study was to describe a noninvasive method capable of predicting the severity of this disease at the time of the diagnosis. METHODS:Seven...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lassau N,Auperin A,Leclere J,Bennaceur A,Valteau-Couanet D,Hartmann O

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) has been used successfully for induction therapy as well as for treatment of established allograft rejection. However, this therapy has often been associated with problems of overimmunosuppression and increased costs. In a randomized clinical trial, we compared the immunosuppressive benefi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Abouna GM,al-Abdullah IH,Kelly-Sullivan D,Kumar MS,Loose J,Phillips K,Yost S,Seirka D

更新日期：1995-06-15 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: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：:The graft-versus-host (GVH) reaction induces thymic dysplasia and an arrest in T cell differentiation. Studies were performed to test the effect of irradiation and reconstitution with bone marrow on GVH-induced thymic dysplasia and T cell differentiation. GVH reactions were induced in CBAxAF1 adult mice by the injecti...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Seddik M,Seemayer TA,Lapp WS

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney donors and transplant recipients may be at risk of complications from glomerular hyperfiltration of the single kidney. It has been assumed that tests of the existence of renal functional reserve [delta glomerular filtration rate (deltaGFR), delta effective renal plasma flow (deltaERPF)] can be used to...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Englund M,Berg U

更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extended partial hepatectomy (PH) in patients is leading to portal hyperperfusion but reduced hepatic arterial perfusion (HAP), and is invariably causing focal hepatic venous outflow obstruction (FHVOO). We observed in a rat model that PH in combination with right median hepatic vein ligation (RMHV-L) caused...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Huang H,Deng M,Jin H,Liu A,Dahmen U,Dirsch O

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The histopathological features of chronic rejection and its initiation were assessed using rat heterotopic heart transplantation and retransplantation models. Fully allogeneic or minor, non-MHC antigen-mismatch heart grafts transplanted into recipient rats treated with a short course of FK506 showed long-term survival...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Izutani H,Miyagawa S,Shirakura R,Matsumiya G,Nakata S,Shimazaki Y,Matsuda H

更新日期：1995-11-27 00:00:00