Polyclonal rabbit gamma globulins against a human cytotoxic CD4+ T cell clone. I. Clone characteristics and antiblast globulin preparation.

abstract：:In the USA approximately 10% of candidates for renal transplantation have serum antibodies to hepatitis C (HCV). To assess the possible impact of HCV infection on early posttransplant events we assessed allograft complications during the first 6 months following renal transplantation in three groups of adult renal all...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cosio FG,Sedmak DD,Henry ML,Al Haddad C,Falkenhain ME,Elkhammas EA,Davies EA,Bumgardner GL,Ferguson RM

更新日期：1996-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:EBVirus-associated B cell lymphoproliferative disorder (BLPD) is a recognized complication of primary immunodeficiency and organ as well as bone marrow transplantation. Although the nature of the immune defects that predispose to the development of BLPD are unknown, it is postulated that aberrant T cell responses are ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mathur A,Kamat DM,Filipovich AH,Steinbuch M,Shapiro RS

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most powerful influences on cadaveric renal graft survival is the enhancing effect of blood transfusions from unrelated individuals (1, 2). However, the optimum number of transfusions required to achieve this effect remains controversial. Enhanced graft survival following only one or two transfusions has be...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Martin S,Dyer PA,Harris R,Manos J,Mallick NP,Gokal R,Johnson RW

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural antibodies that react with galactose-alpha(1,3)galactose [galalpha(1,3)gal] carbohydrate epitopes exist in humans and Old World primates because of the inactivation of the alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase (alpha1,3GT) gene in these species and the subsequent production of antibodies to environmental mi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nozawa S,Xing PX,Wu GD,Gochi E,Kearns-Jonker M,Swensson J,Starnes VA,Sandrin MS,McKenzie IF,Cramer DV

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and mechanical ventilation (MV) can be used as a bridge to heart-lung transplantation (HLT). The goal of this study was to determine if pretransplantation ECMO or MV affects survival in HLT. METHODS:The United Network for Organ Sharing database was reviewed for all...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jayarajan SN,Taghavi S,Komaroff E,Brann S,Horai T,Cordova F,Patel N,Guy TS,Toyoda Y

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) increases infectious and cardiovascular complications and reduces patient and graft survival. We assessed the incidence and the risk factors for glucose metabolism abnormalities before and after kidney transplantation using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Caillard S,Eprinchard L,Perrin P,Braun L,Heibel F,Moreau F,Kessler L,Moulin B

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The organ shortage has led many transplant centers to accept kidneys from old, suboptimal deceased donors, and make increasing use of old-for-old allocation systems. We report the experience of an Italian transplant center in the utilization of "ultra-old" (>75 years old) donors. METHODS:Sixty grafts from d...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Collini A,Kalmar P,Dhamo A,Ruggieri G,Carmellini M

更新日期：2009-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease are at risk for the development of end-stage renal failure from the treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma. Transplantation with its attendant immunosuppression may predispose patients to tumor recurrence; however, there is little information regarding the o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Goldfarb DA,Neumann HP,Penn I,Novick AC

更新日期：1997-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anti-CD3-immunotoxin (alpha-CD3-IT) promotes allograft tolerance in nonhuman primates owing to efficient depletion of sessile and circulating T cells. Common side effects of vascular leak syndrome, hepatotoxicity, and nephrotoxicity have limited tolerability of other immunotoxins. We report on preclinical ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Contreras JL,Eckhoff DE,Cartner S,Frenette L,Thomas FT,Robbin ML,Neville DM Jr,Thomas JM

更新日期：1999-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Control mechanisms that regulate the induction of T helper cells are a key component of conceptual schemes to understand the network of interactions controlling the immune response. In this work, using a sequential three-step culture system, we demonstrate that the generation of the T helper cells that participate in ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pilarski LM,McKenzie IF

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major pathogen in transplant recipients and AIDS patients, and the virus may also play a role in allograft rejection. Previous work from this laboratory demonstrated increased cell surface expression of the adhesion molecules ICAM-1 (CD54) and LFA-3 (CD58) following CMV infection in vitro. W...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Craigen JL,Grundy JE

更新日期：1996-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survival and functions of encapsulated islet grafts need to be evaluated in the absence of immunosuppression. The present study aimed to assess the viability and functions of macroencapsulated islets grafted in nonhuman primates without immunosuppression for 1 year. METHODS:Islet transplantations ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sasikala M,Rao GV,Vijayalakshmi V,Pradeep R,Pothani S,Kumar PP,Gaddipati R,Sirisha G,Cheemalakonda R,Tandan M,Subramanyam C,Vasudevan S,Reddy DN

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the reactivity of cardiac graft-infiltrating cells, cultured from endomyocardial biopsy specimens, toward heart endothelial cells (Hec). In two cases, Hec derived from the specific donor heart or Hec compatible with the donor were lysed, but not the syngeneic B cell line. A vessel-derived endothelial cell l...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jutte NH,Knoop CJ,Heijse P,Balk AH,Mochtar B,Claas FH,Weimar W

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal complications are common in patients who undergo kidney transplantation and may affect posttransplant outcomes. We examined the incidence and predictors of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and dyspepsia and their associations with graft survival and mortality after transplant. METHODS...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Neri L,Rocca Rey LA,Pinsky BW,Lentine KL,Salvalaggio PR,Machnicki G,Willoughby L,Burroughs TE,Takemoto SK,Schnitzler MA

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunotherapy given post-autologous stem cell transplantation may eliminate residual tumor cells escaping the conditioning protocol. METHODS:Five children suffering from stage IV neuroblastoma were treated by recombinant interleukin-2 (IL-2) post-autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. The pa...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Toren A,Nagler A,Rozenfeld-Granot G,Levanon M,Davidson J,Bielorai B,Kaplinsky C,Meitar D,Mandel M,Ackerstein A,Ballin A,Attias D,Biniaminov M,Rosenthal E,Brok-Simoni F,Rechavi G,Kaufmann Y

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione is important in cellular defense against oxidative stress. We postulated that administration of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a glutathione precursor, might help maintain or replenish hepatic glutathione stores, thereby reducing reperfusion injury in liver grafts after warm ischemia. Eighteen pigs were subjected...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fukuzawa K,Emre S,Senyuz O,Acarli K,Schwartz ME,Miller CM

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The infiltration of epithelium by CD8+ T lymphocytes in human renal or liver allografts is a critical feature of acute rejection. CD103 expression can be acquired in vitro by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes in response to allogeneic renal epithelial cells and promotes their adhesion to epithelium and subsequent...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Leteurtre E,Copin MC,Labalette M,Noel C,Roumilhac D,Pruvot FR,Lecomte-Houcke M,Gosselin B,Dessaint JP

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of in vivo administration of monoclonal antibodies directed against the two major mature T cell subsets of miniature swine have been examined. Antibody 76-2-11, specific for the porcine CD8 cell-surface antigen, caused elimination of CD8+ T cells from the peripheral lymphocyte pool by 4-6 days following a ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Suzuki T,Sundt TM 3rd,Mixon A,Sachs DH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although inactivated vaccines are recommended for immunocompromized patients, efficacy and safety of diphtheria and tetanus immunization in renal transplant recipients have received little attention so far. The aim of the study was to investigate the response to a standard diphtheria and tetanus booster vacc...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Enke BU,Bökenkamp A,Offner G,Bartmann P,Brodehl J

更新日期：1997-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospectively we analyzed the histocompatibility data and clinical results of bone marrow transplantation in 51 patients who received marrow from unrelated donors (UD) from 1977 to 1987 at one of four UK BMT centers. We compared the results with those obtained in 51 transplants carried out at the same centers using ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Howard MR,Hows JM,Gore SM,Barrett J,Brenner MK,Goldman JM,Gordon-Smith EC,Poynton C,Prentice HG,Whittaker JA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the earliest days of transplantation, immunobiologists have sought means to prevent recognition and rejection of foreign tissue. The goal of these strategies is the retention of recipient immune function while selectively avoiding graft injury. Although considerable theoretical and technical problems remain, an ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lynch RJ,Platt JL

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since chemotaxis is an important mechanism by which leukocytes are recruited to allografts during rejection, the effect of immunosuppressant agents on in vitro chemotactic responses of neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes was studied. Cyclosporine caused profound inhibition of lymphocyte chemotaxis to three differe...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Adams DH,Wang LF,Neuberger JM,Elias E

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human islet transplantation is a great potential therapy for type I diabetes. To investigate islet graft survival and function, we recently showed the improved effects after co-culture and co-transplantation with vascular endothelial cells (ECs) in diabetic rats. METHODS:ECs were isolated, and the viability...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pan X,Xue W,Li Y,Feng X,Tian X,Ding C

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Everolimus reduces the progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in de novo heart transplant (HTx) recipients, but the influence on established CAV is unknown. METHODS:In this Nordic Certican Trial in Heart and lung Transplantation substudy, 111 maintenance HTx recipients (time post-HTx 5.8 ± 4.3 ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Arora S,Ueland T,Wennerblom B,Sigurdadottir V,Eiskjær H,Bøtker HE,Ekmehag B,Jansson K,Mortensen SA,Saunamaki K,Simonsen S,Gude E,Bendz B,Solbu D,Aukrust P,Gullestad L

更新日期：2011-07-27 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:Obliterative bronchiolitis poses a primary obstacle for long-term survival of lung transplant recipients and manifests clinically as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Establishing a molecular level screening method to detect BOS-related proteome changes before its diagnosis by forced expiratory volume...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wolf T,Oumeraci T,Gottlieb J,Pich A,Brors B,Eils R,Haverich A,Schlegelberger B,Welte T,Zapatka M,von Neuhoff N

更新日期：2011-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graft coronary arteriosclerosis (GCA) is the major limiting factor for long-term survival after heart transplantation. In this study, we investigated the effect of Multiglycosidorum tripterygii (MT) on GCA and platelet-derived growth factor A (PDGF-A) mRNA expression of transplanted hearts. METHODS:Two grou...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hachida M,Zhang XL,Lu H,Hoshi H,Koyanagi H

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-complement-binding monoclonal antibody, TA-1, recognizing determinants on human T lymphocytes, was linked to the plant seed toxin ricin, either the intact molecule or purified ricin A chain. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were pretreated with conjugate for 2 hr, washed, and then measured in vitro for T cell prolif...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vallera DA,Quinones RR,Azemove SM,Soderling CC

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published data on the guinea pig-to-rat hepatic xenotransplant model describe problems concerning poor graft reperfusion. To further investigate this phenomenon, orthotopic liver xenotransplantation between weight-matched guinea pigs and rats were performed using Kamada's technique. On reperfusion, all cases had porta...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Delriviere LD,Havaux X,Gibbs P,Gianello PR

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitized patients awaiting renal transplantation have a markedly reduced probability of receiving a crossmatch (XM)-negative renal allograft, and, even if transplanted with a negative complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC)-XM, they are at an increased risk of antibody-mediated humoral rejection with early graft los...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Beimler JH,Morath C,Schmidt J,Ovens J,Opelz G,Rahmel A,Zeier M,Süsal C

更新日期：2009-03-15 00:00:00