Precursor frequency and lytic specificity of interleukin 2 and interleukin 4-responsive murine lymphocytes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prediabetic glucose homeostasis alterations are important cardiovascular risk factors but their role in renal transplant recipients (RTR) has not been established. METHODS:In 172 RTRs without pretransplant or de novo diabetes, we measured carotid intima media thickness (c-IMT) and performed an oral glucose ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Alvarez A,Fernandez J,Porrini E,Delgado P,Pitti S,Vega MJ,González-Posada JM,Rodríguez A,Pérez L,Marrero D,Luis D,Velázquez S,Hernández D,Salido E,Torres A

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the quinoline-3-carboxamide LS-2616 (Linomide), given alone or together with cyclosporine, was studied in the first set cardiac allograft transplantation model in the rat. PVG rat hearts were transplanted heterotopically to Wistar/Kyoto rat recipients on day 0. The recipients were given LS-2616 orally on...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wanders A,Larsson E,Gerdin B,Tufveson G

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In live donor liver transplantation portal flush only of the graft is done on the bench. There are no data on antegrade arterial flush along with portal flush of the graft. METHODS:Consecutive patients undergoing elective right lobe live donor liver transplantation were block-randomized to receive either po...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pamecha V,Sandhyav R,Sinha PK,Bharathy KGS,Sasturkar S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing demand for transplantation has resulted in a trend toward using virologically compromised donors. We reviewed our experience with liver grafts from hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBsAg)(-), antibody to core antigen (anti-HBc)(+) donors. METHODS:Sixty-two liver transplants using HBsAg(-), anti-H...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nery JR,Nery-Avila C,Reddy KR,Cirocco R,Weppler D,Levi DM,Nishida S,Madariaga J,Kato T,Ruiz P,Schiff E,Tzakis AG

更新日期：2003-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation for patients requiring life-support results in the lowest survival and highest costs. A ten year (1983-1993) regional experience with liver transplantation for critically ill patients was undertaken to ascertain the fate of several subgroups of patients. Of the 828 liver transplants performed at ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Washburn WK,Bradley J,Cosimi AB,Freeman RB,Hull D,Jenkins RL,Lewis WD,Lorber MI,Schweizer RT,Vacanti JP,Rohrer RJ

更新日期：1996-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate two promising immunosuppressive agents, didemnin B (DB) and FK506 (FK), during pregnancy to assess potential adverse maternal or fetal effects. Pregnant C3H mice were randomized into control and high- and low-dose treatment groups for each drug. Animals received daily injec...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Farley DE,Shelby J,Alexander D,Scott JR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice, "helper/inducer" T cells can be depleted by treatment with a rat monoclonal antibody to the cell surface antigen, L3T4, which is homologous to the human antigen T4 (CD4). In order to examine the contribution of "helper/inducer" T cells to cellular immunity, C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice were treated weekly with 1 mg i....

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Woodcock J,Wofsy D,Eriksson E,Scott JH,Seaman WE

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has been associated with major blood loss and the need for blood product transfusions. During the last decade, improved surgical and anesthetic management has reduced intraoperative blood loss and blood product transfusions. A first report from our group published in 20...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Massicotte L,Denault AY,Beaulieu D,Thibeault L,Hevesi Z,Nozza A,Lapointe R,Roy A

更新日期：2012-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors is an increasingly common approach for expansion of the donor organ supply. However, transplantation with DCD livers results in inferior graft survival. In this study, we examined donor and recipient characteristics that are associated with...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lee KW,Simpkins CE,Montgomery RA,Locke JE,Segev DL,Maley WR

更新日期：2006-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of prostaglandin E1 on rabbit heart preservation. The hearts were arrested with cardioplegia (CP) solution, followed by intracoronary infusion of Euro-Collins (E-C) solution. They were immersed in E-C solution at 4 degrees C for 9 hr, flushed with terminal warm C...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ueno T,Horita K,Okazaki Y,Itoh T,Natsuaki M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The influence of recipient body mass index (BMI) on pediatric-donor kidney transplant outcomes is unclear. We aimed to determine graft survival and functional outcomes of pediatric-donor kidneys compared with adult kidneys stratified by recipient BMI group. METHODS:Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipien...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kayler LK,Zendejas I,Gregg A,Wen X

更新日期：2012-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the predictive model for risk of sensitization by donor-specific transfusions developed at the University of California, San Francisco for its applicability to the DST experience at UW/Madison. Patient sample sizes between the two groups were similar (n = 249 for UW/Madison, n = 261 for UCSF) and the tw...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Burlingham WJ,Stratta R,Mason B,Lorentzen D,Feyzi J,Sollinger HW,Belzer FO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient entry is now complete in a prospective trial of anti-Tac, a murine IgG2a monoclonal antibody directed against the p55 chain of the human IL-2 receptor, for the prevention of renal allograft rejection. Recipients of primary cadaver allografts were randomized to receive either anti-Tac (20 mg q.d. x 10 days begi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kirkman RL,Shapiro ME,Carpenter CB,McKay DB,Milford EL,Ramos EL,Tilney NL,Waldmann TA,Zimmerman CE,Strom TB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immune privilege provides a natural paradigm for potentially down-regulating allogeneic and xenogeneic inflammatory immune responses. Fas ligand has been suggested as a general underlying mechanism of immune privilege; the human Fas ligand has been shown to ligate murine Fas in vitro. METHODS:In this stud...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kimmel SG,Ohbatake M,Kushida M,Merguerian P,Clarke ID,Kim PC

更新日期：2000-03-27 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：:Hepatic tolerance to hypotension was assessed by changes in arterial ketone body ratio (KBR) and hepatic energy charge levels in experimental brain death induced by epidural ballooning in dogs, and compared with the hemorrhagic shock model. Systolic arterial blood pressure was significantly decreased from 182 mmHg to ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lin H,Okamoto R,Yamamoto Y,Maki A,Ueda J,Tokunaga Y,Yamamoto S,Mori K,Tanaka K,Yamaoka Y

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：:Glucocorticoids (GC) inhibit IL-2 gene transcription by interfering with the binding of the nuclear factor activator protein-1 on the IL-2 promoter. Calcineurin, a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is an essential component of the T cell antigen receptor signal transduction pathway leading to IL-2 gene tr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Paliogianni F,Boumpas DT

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite previous attempts there is currently no suitable animal model available for xenogeneic graft versus host disease (XGVHD) mediated via human immunocompetent cells. Recently, we have developed an efficient protocol to engraft SCID mice with human peripheral blood lymphocytes (Hu-PBLs). The engraftment efficiency...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sandhu JS,Gorczynski R,Shpitz B,Gallinger S,Nguyen HP,Hozumi N

更新日期：1995-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors play several roles in the maintenance of organ transplants. We investigated the role of pitavastatin, a potent and newly developed HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, in cardiac allograft rejection and mechanism of graft arterial disease (GAD) suppression. METHODS:Balb/c mice hearts ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Suzuki J,Koga N,Kosuge H,Ogawa M,Haraguchi G,Maejima Y,Saiki H,Isobe M

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracellular concentration of reactive oxygen species is held within tight physiological limits by enzymes with scavenging and repair functions. Under extreme conditions such as prolonged cold ischemia, these enzymes may be unable to adequately protect the organ, resulting in reperfusion injury that renders...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： St Peter SD,Imber CJ,Jones DC,Fuggle SV,Watson CJ,Friend PJ,Marshall SE

更新日期：2002-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of islet exhaustion maintains that exposure of pancreatic islets to hyperglycemia and other stresses leads to islet dysfunction and irreparable damage. The process of pancreatic transplantation places many stresses on islets (e.g., counter-regulatory hormones, steroids, cyclosporine toxicity). As practiced...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dafoe DC,Campbell DA Jr,Rosenberg L,Merion RM,Ucros I,Vinik AI,Klandorf H,Turcotte JG

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine A (CsA)-associated oxidative stress has been proposed as an important mechanism of renal injury. This study was designed to examine whether N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a well-known antioxidant, affects Klotho, antiaging gene, expression and its signaling pathway in an experimental model of chronic C...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Piao SG,Kang SH,Lim SW,Chung BH,Doh KC,Heo SB,Jin L,Li C,Yang CW

更新日期：2013-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of ethicists, organ procurement organization executives, physicians, and surgeons was convened by the sponsorship of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons to determine whether an ethically acceptable pilot trial could be proposed to provide a financial incentive for a family to consent to the donation of...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Arnold R,Bartlett S,Bernat J,Colonna J,Dafoe D,Dubler N,Gruber S,Kahn J,Luskin R,Nathan H,Orloff S,Prottas J,Shapiro R,Ricordi C,Youngner S,Delmonico FL

更新日期：2002-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsets of T cells have been identified by the expression of different isoforms of CD45. Some T cells expressing CD45RA (gp220) have been characterized as "naive" in their response to antigens including alloantigens, whereas T cells expressing CD45RO (gp180) have been characterized as "memory" T cells. To examine the ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ibrahim S,Dawson DV,Sanfilippo F

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a substrain of BB rats, BB/Pfd, characterized by a loss of autoimmune potential soon after onset of diabetes. When fresh syngeneic (BB/Pfd) islets (6 islets/g body weight) were transplanted under the kidney capsule of diabetic BB/Pfd rats 1-2 weeks after diabetes onset (n = 14), no recurrence of diabetes o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mathieu C,Kuttler B,Waer M,Bouillon R,Hahn HJ

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a randomized, controlled study we investigated the clinical efficacy of the microemulsion formulation of cyclosporine (Neoral) in comparison with Sandimmune (SIM) in the treatment of patients who underwent primary orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). METHODS:In total, 33 patients were randomized in a ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Graziadei IW,Wiesner RH,Marotta PJ,Porayko MK,Dahlke LJ,Wilson SM,Steers JL,Krom RA

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the random urine protein to creatinine ratio (P/C) in evaluation and longitudinal management of proteinuria in adult renal transplant recipients with or without overt nephropathy in an outpatient clinic. METHODS:A total of 289 adult renal transplant re...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Torng S,Rigatto C,Rush DN,Nickerson P,Jeffery JR

更新日期：2001-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:BK polyoma virus causes allograft dysfunction as a result of tubulo-interstitial nephritis in 2% to 5% of renal transplant recipients. The incidence of BK virus infection among renal transplant recipients in India is unknown. We used routine histologic examination, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy to retr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sachdeva MS,Nada R,Jha V,Sakhuja V,Joshi K

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2007, the islet community was notified that the collagenase product most commonly used for human islet isolations contained bovine neural tissue contaminants. To minimize this potential hazard, we adapted our human islet processing procedure to use a GMP-manufactured, bovine neural tissue-free collagenase blend. He...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Szot GL,Lee MR,Tavakol MM,Lang J,Dekovic F,Kerlan RK,Stock PG,Posselt AM

更新日期：2009-09-27 00:00:00