Use of Elderly Allografts in Liver Transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of a ganciclovir (GCV)-resistant human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain in a heart transplant recipient (HTR) coinfected by multiple HCMV strains was investigated. METHODS:A HTR with primary HCMV infection was treated with three induction courses of intravenous GCV followed by a 2-month maintenan...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Baldanti F,Simoncini L,Sarasini A,Zavattoni M,Grossi P,Revello MG,Gerna G

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart transplantation (HTx) remains the most effective long-term treatment for advanced heart failure. Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) continues to be a potentially life-threatening early complication. In 2014, a consensus statement released by International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Avtaar Singh SS,Banner NR,Rushton S,Simon AR,Berry C,Al-Attar N

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired pretransplant performance status (PS) is associated with chronic liver disease (CLD). We studied its impact on hospital length of stay (LOS), complications and readmissions in the first year after liver transplantation. METHOD:The Standard National Liver Transplant Registry was linked to a hospital...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wallace D,Cowling TE,Walker K,Suddle A,Gimson A,Rowe I,Callaghan C,Heaton N,van der Meulen J,Bernal W

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infectious diseases are a major source of morbidity and mortality for immunosuppressed transplant recipients and the antimicrobial chemotherapy can be often less effective in these individuals, because the contribution of underlying host defenses is absent. METHODS:The influence of co-amoxiclav on the funct...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cuffini AM,Tullio V,Giacchino F,Bonino A,Mandras N,Bianchi N,Roana J,Scalas D,Bonello F,Carlone NA

更新日期：2001-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand-assisted and retroperitoneoscopic techniques reduce the risk of bleeding and intraabdominal complications in living donor nephrectomy (LDN). This study reports on our four-center experience, development, and learning curves from the first 413 LDNs using a hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic (HARS) techni...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wadström J,Biglarnia A,Gjertsen H,Sugitani A,Fronek J

更新日期：2011-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Normothermic perfusion is an alternative but little studied method of organ preservation. Herein, we report the first case of ex vivo normothermic renal transplant perfusion in man. METHODS:The 62-year-old extended criteria donor died of an intracranial hemorrhage and had undergone cardiopulmonary resuscita...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hosgood SA,Nicholson ML

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia after kidney transplantation has been associated with poor transplant outcomes. We hypothesized that intravenous (IV) iron may more rapidly correct anemia than oral (PO) iron. METHODS:One hundred four kidney transplant recipients were prospectively randomized to IV iron polymaltose (500 mg single dos...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mudge DW,Tan KS,Miles R,Johnson DW,Badve SV,Campbell SB,Isbel NM,van Eps CL,Hawley CM

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the effects of FK506 (FK), a new immunosuppressive agent, on a rat limb allograft model. Histoincompatible BN limb allografts were rejected in untreated F344 hosts within 11 +/- 1 days (mean +/- SD) after operation. A single injection of 2 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, or 50 mg/kg of FK on the day of limb transplant...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Arai K,Hotokebuchi T,Miyahara H,Arita C,Mohtai M,Sugioka Y,Kaibara N

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major role of anti-alphaGal antibodies in the hyperacute rejection of pig organs by humans and baboons has been clearly demonstrated. Spacered alpha-galactose disaccharide (Gal(alpha1)-3Gal) hapten was produced by chemical synthesis and covalently attached to a flexible, hydrophilic polymer (PAA), which in turn wa...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Taniguchi S,Neethling FA,Korchagina EY,Bovin N,Ye Y,Kobayashi T,Niekrasz M,Li S,Koren E,Oriol R,Cooper DK

更新日期：1996-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed lymphocyte culture--lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity (MLC-LMC) reactions by recipient spleen cells were strongly and specifically increased shortly after primarily vascularized heart grafts were placed in mice. Subsequently, in strain combinations in which eventual long-term graft survival occurred, the MLC-LMC ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Burdick JF,Clow LW

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term outcomes of solid organ transplantation have improved dramatically over the past several decades; however, long-term survival has remained static over the same period, and chronic rejection remains a major cause of graft failure. The importance of donor, or "passenger," lymphocytes to the induction of toler...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Prosser AC,Kallies A,Lucas M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multiplex, quantitative, real-time, polymerase chain reaction assay for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and used it to measure the CMV viral load in weekly blood specimens from 43 lung transplant recipients. The median viral load in blood samples immediately preceding bronchoscopy was 1150 copies/microg human DNA...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sanchez JL,Kruger RM,Paranjothi S,Trulock EP,Lynch JP,Hicks C,Shannon WD,Storch GA

更新日期：2001-08-27 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:Solitary pancreas transplants, both pancreas transplant alone (PTA) and pancreas after kidney (PAK), have higher rejection rates and lower graft survivals than simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPK). The aim of this study is to compare three different antibody induction regimens in solitary pancreas ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stegall MD,Kim DY,Prieto M,Cohen AJ,Griffin MD,Schwab TR,Nyberg SL,Velosa JA,Gloor JM,Innocenti F,Bohorquez H,Dean PG,Carpenter HA,Leontovich ON,Sterioff S,Larson TS

更新日期：2001-11-27 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:The role of human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma and its pre-malignant state of monoclonal gammopathy is unclear. HHV-8 is transmitted by organ transplantation, representing a unique model with which to investigate primary HHV-8 infection. METHODS:The authors studied the inciden...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Regamey N,Hess V,Passweg J,Hess C,Steiger J,Erb P,Cathomas G,Tamm M

更新日期：2004-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamster hearts transplanted into stable rat recipients of hamster livers (OLT rats) were hyperacutely rejected after transfer with unaltered rat antihamster hyperimmune serum (HS). This was followed by immediate liver xenograft rejection in 4 of 5 rats. In contrast, simple heat inactivation of the rat HS resulted in p...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Valdivia LA,Fung JJ,Demetris AJ,Celli S,Pan F,Tsugita M,Starzl TE

更新日期：1994-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible ability of the mixed-epidermal-cell-lymphocyte reaction (MECLR) to detect alloreactivities in HLA-identical MLR negative siblings has been investigated before grafting in 30 donor-recipients pairs and their families. Results indicate that recipients' epidermal cells (EC) can induce proliferative responses...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bagot M,Cordonnier C,Tilkin AF,Heslan M,Vernant JP,Dubertret L,Levy JP

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preformed recipient HLA-specific antibodies can cause hyperacute rejection of a transplanted kidney if they are directed against mismatched donor HLA antigens. To avoid hyperacute rejection it is essential that recipient antibodies be identified during patient workup for transplantation and HLA antigens to which a pat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Martin S

更新日期：2001-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many recipients of lung transplants from brain-dead donors develop bronchiolitis obliterans, a manifestation of chronic rejection. It has been shown that brain death increases inflammatory mediators and accelerates acute rejection in kidney, liver, and heart transplants. In this study, the authors investigat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zweers N,Petersen AH,van der Hoeven JA,de Haan A,Ploeg RJ,de Leij LF,Prop J

更新日期：2004-11-15 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:Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. Early diagnosis and treatment of subclinical AMR based on the donor-specific antibody (DSA) testing may result in better outcomes. METHODS:We tested this hypothesis in 220 kidney transplant recipien...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Parajuli S,Joachim E,Alagusundaramoorthy S,Blazel J,Aziz F,Garg N,Muth B,Mohamed M,Mandelbrot D,Zhong W,Djamali A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-lung transplant infection is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. The cause and incidence are similar in many series; however, infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis are influenced by the epidemiologic situation. The authors present a prospective and observational study to define...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bravo C,Roldán J,Roman A,Degracia J,Majo J,Guerra J,Monforte V,Vidal R,Morell F

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown that an immunomodulatory enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in dermal fibroblasts generates a tryptophan-deficient environment that selectively inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of bystander CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but not pancreatic islets. Because these immune cell...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hosseini-Tabatabaei A,Jalili RB,Khosravi-Maharlooei M,Hartwell R,Kilani RT,Zhang Y,Ghahary A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcineurin inhibitor-induced renal dysfunction is a major problem in liver transplantation. Interleukin-2 receptor antagonist induction followed by delayed tacrolimus (Tac) administration may minimize the renal insult without compromising immunoprotection. METHODS:This open, randomized, multicenter trial e...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Calmus Y,Kamar N,Gugenheim J,Duvoux C,Ducerf C,Wolf P,Samuel D,Vanlemmens C,Neau-Cransac M,Salamé E,Chazouillères O,Declerck N,Pageaux GP,Dubel L,Rostaing L

更新日期：2010-06-27 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：:Precision medicine is an emerging integrative approach for disease prevention, early detection, and treatment which takes into account individual variability in genetic and other molecular measurements, medical history, environmental exposures, and lifestyle. The development and availability of genomic and other molec...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sirota M,Sarwal MM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible explanations for the immune deficiency usually associated with graft-versus-host disease include defective lymphocyte differentiation and active suppressor cell mechanisms. The present observations in a patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease delineate yet another possible mechanism: a failure of succe...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dosch HM,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 2457 patients in the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study registry who were followed for 5481 patient-years after the index transplantation, we observed 136 deaths, for an average annual rate of 24.8 deaths per 1000 patient-years. Death resulted primarily from infection (n = 55, 40%), cardiov...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tejani A,Sullivan EK,Alexander S,Fine R,Harmon W,Lilienfeld D

更新日期：1994-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of cell surface I-Ak and H-2Kk antigens shed by murine spleen cells in culture was studied by incubation of nonlabeled spleen cells or splenic T or B cells with culture fluids containing shed radiolabeled alloantigens. Approximately 30 to 40% of the shed alloantigens could be absorbed by syngeneic or allogene...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Emerson SG,Cone RE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00