Screening for de novo anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies in nonsensitized kidney transplant recipients does not predict acute rejection.

abstract：:The calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have been the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy in recent years, though their association with dose-related nephrotoxicity is a major factor in the development of chronic allograft nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients. The novel proliferation signal inhibitor everolimus ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pascual J

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the acute rejection of allografts, the interaction between Fas (CD95) and its ligand (FasL; CD95L) has been shown to be involved in mediating apoptotic cell death. The role, however, of these molecules in the pathogenesis of transplant vascular sclerosis is as yet undetermined. The present study was there...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Subbotin V,Sun H,Aitouche A,Salam A,Valdivia LA,Fung JJ,Starzl TE,Rao AS

更新日期：1999-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplant (LT) for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not well characterized in the literature. The aim of the study was to examine characteristics and outcomes of patients who had LT for NASH-HCC (NASH) versus HCC from other liver diseases (non-NASH). METHO...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sadler EM,Mehta N,Bhat M,Ghanekar A,Greig PD,Grant DR,Yao F,Sapisochin G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating transthyretin (TTR) is derived from the liver, and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is widely performed for variant TTR-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). The effect of OLT on FAP-related cardiac amyloid is of particular interest because wild-type TTR can itself be deposited ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stangou AJ,Hawkins PN,Heaton ND,Rela M,Monaghan M,Nihoyannopoulos P,O'Grady J,Pepys MB,Williams R

更新日期：1998-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of HLA-A and -B antigens expressed by placenta have been assessed relative to parental and other A and B antigen types that were not shared by the foetus. A purified preparation of placenta plasma membrane was used to estimate the antigen activities. The results indicate that maternally and paternally inher...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Goodfellow PN,Barnstable CJ,Bodmer WF,Snary D,Crumpton MJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 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:Recently the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) began a pilot study to evaluate prospectively the merits of an allocation of cadaveric kidneys based on broader classes of HLA antigens, called cross-reactive groups (CREG). The objectives of the pilot study consider patient outcomes, but not the potential...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hollenbeak CS,Woodward RS,Cohen DS,Lowell JA,Singer GG,Tesi RJ,Howard TK,Mohanakumar T,Brennan DC,Schnitzler MA

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accelerated arteriosclerosis limits the survival of transplanted hearts. We hypothesized that insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is crucial in accelerating transplant arteriosclerosis. Recently, we reported that exposure to IGF-I prior to transplantation accelerates transplant arteriosclerosis in the rat a...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Motomura N,Lou H,Orskov H,Ramwell PW,Foegh ML

更新日期：1998-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Living-donor liver transplantation has provided a solution to the severe lack of cadaveric grafts for the replacement of livers afflicted with end-stage cirrhosis, fulminant disease, or inborn errors of metabolism. The pioneering experience in Japan in the early 1990s helped open wide the avenues of a new branch of sc...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chen CL,Fan ST,Lee SG,Makuuchi M,Tanaka K

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The chemokine receptor CCR7 plays a pivotal role in the homing of naïve T cells and regulatory T cells to secondary lymphoid organs and the migration of dendritic cells into afferent lymphatic vessels. Antigen presentation, T cell recruitment, and expansion of regulatory cells are crucial events in establish...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ensminger SM,Helm SN,Ohl L,Spriewald BM,Abele S,Wollin M,Wood KJ,Weyand M,Förster R

更新日期：2008-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor pancreas utilization rates for whole organ transplant have remained low and have decreased over time. To identify the reasons for nonuse of pancreas from donors who meet common baseline acceptance criteria, we examined Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data from 2005 to 2007 and identified a subgroup...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wiseman AC,Wainright JL,Sleeman E,McBride MA,Baker T,Samana C,Stock P

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is imperative for healthcare providers to examine Western Muslim attitudes on organ donation, because they are reluctant donors. We explored such opinion with the aid of a quantitative survey. METHODS:Voluntary completion of an anonymous survey was promoted (online and paper sampling). For a population t...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sharif A,Jawad H,Nightingale P,Hodson J,Lipkin G,Cockwell P,Ball S,Borrows R

更新日期：2011-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccination has been strongly recommended for immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients. However, immunosuppression may lead to impaired antibody responses. We studied the antibody response to an inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in 59 renal transplant recipients with life-sustaining kidney function...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Versluis DJ,Beyer WE,Masurel N,Wenting GJ,Weimar W

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, sirolimus (SRL) was introduced as an immunosuppressant in solid-organ transplantation. This study evaluated combinations of SRL and tacrolimus (Tac). METHODS:This 6-month study investigated the safety and efficacy of Tac and steroids in combination with three different doses of SRL in renal-transp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： van Hooff JP,Squifflet JP,Wlodarczyk Z,Vanrenterghem Y,Paczek L

更新日期：2003-06-27 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：BACKGROUND:We have previously demonstrated that in a concordant hamster-to-nude rat cardiac transplant model, T-independent specific B-lymphocyte and natural killer (NK)-cell tolerance could be induced, leading to long-term xenograft (Xg) survival. Here, we investigated whether the same could be achieved in a clinicall...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ji P,Xia G,Sefrioui H,Rutgeerts O,Segers C,Waer M

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although used for more than 20 years, optimal dosing strategies of most immunosuppressants have never been determined. Tacrolimus, one of the newer agents used in solid-organ transplantation, is gaining increasing popularity because of its ability to reverse refractory rejection in cyclosporine-treated patie...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Baran DA,Galin I,Sandler D,Segura L,Cheng J,Courtney MC,Correa R,Chan M,Fallon JT,Spielvogel D,Lansman SL,Gass AL

更新日期：2002-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the impact of different flush and reperfusion techniques on postreperfusion syndrome (PRS) and postoperative graft function, 100 transplants were randomly assigned into four groups as follows: group 1 (n=31), portal vein flush, no vena caval venting; group 2 (n=21), hepatic arterial flush, no vena caval v...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Millis JM,Melinek J,Csete M,Imagawa DK,Olthoff KM,Neelankanta G,Braunfeld MY,Sopher MJ,Chan SM,Pregler JL,Yersiz H,Busuttil AA,Shackleton CR,Shaked A,Busuttil RW

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hamster-to-rat cardiac xenografts, long-term survival (LTS) is obtained in 60% of recipients if vascular rejection is overcome by cobra venom factor and cyclosporine (CsA). It has been suggested that this accommodation state could be due to the Th2 response. METHODS:We examined the infiltrate by using im...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Brouard S,Blancho G,Moreau A,Heslan JM,Cuturi MC,Soulillou JP

更新日期：1998-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease is a potential problem following small bowel transplantation. We have previously shown that a two-day intraperitoneal course of polyclonal antilymphocyte serum completely prevents GVHD without impairing allograft function in a unidirectional rat small bowel transplant model. In the present st...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Shaffer D,Ubhi CS,Simpson MA,Gottschalk R,Milford EL,Maki T,Monaco AP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis are life-threatening infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Despite medical advancements in the care of these patients and the availability of new mold-active drugs, the outcomes remain suboptimal. Therefore, there has been increased interest in ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Haidar G,Singh N

更新日期：2018-11-01 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:Inhibition of complement in small animal models of xenotransplantation has demonstrated graft infiltration with natural killer (NK) cells and monocytes associated with endothelial cell (EC) activation. We have previously demonstrated that human NK cells activate porcine EC in vitro, which results in adhesion...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： von Albertini M,Ferran C,Brostjan C,Bach FH,Goodman DJ

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple pretransplant sera obtained from alloimmunized renal transplant recipients were tested for the presence of antiidiotypic-like antibodies (AB2) that inhibit donor-specific HLA antibodies in the microlymphocytotoxicity assay. Fourteen patients received repetitive single-donor blood transfusions (SDT). In this p...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Phelan DL,Rodey GE,Anderson CB

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This is a follow-up of a withdrawal study that we previously performed on 104 liver transplant patients in which immunosuppression was gradually withdrawn over a period of 3 years. Eighty-one patients were not able to be withdrawn (rejectors), and 23 patients were successfully weaned off immunosuppression ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tryphonopoulos P,Ruiz P,Weppler D,Nishida S,Levi DM,Moon J,Tekin A,Velez M,Neuman DR,Island E,Selvaggi G,Tzakis AG

更新日期：2010-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of the new microemulsion formulation of cyclosporine (Sandimmun Neoral), a double-blind, prospective study in stable renal transplant recipients was performed. The patients were randomized on a 4:1 basis either to receive Sandimmun Neoral (n = 45) or continue on regular Sandi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wahlberg J,Wilczek HE,Fauchald P,Nordal KP,Heaf JG,Olgaard K,Hansen JM,Lokkegaard H,Mueller EA,Kovarik JM

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The full potential of pancreatic islet transplantation (PIT) has not been realized because of the difficulties associated with islet isolation, particularly when associated with a remote islet isolation center. Herein, we describe the principles of pancreatic procurement for PIT, which have allowed us to ach...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lee TC,Barshes NR,Brunicardi FC,Alejandro R,Ricordi C,Nguyen L,Goss JA

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 151 potential recipients of kidney grafts from one-HLA-haplotype-mismatched MLC-positive (RR greater than 20%) donors treated during 1980-1984 was investigated. The recipients were divided retrospectively into four groups: (A) 42 patients who received pretransplant donor-specific transfusions (DST) and post...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Leivestad T,Albrechtsen D,Flatmark A,Thorsby E

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recipient antidonor cytotoxic T-cell activity has been associated with graft loss and acute rejection in renal allograft recipients. The role of immunologic mechanisms in the development of chronic graft rejection is controversial. We analyzed all living related renal transplants performed at Children's Hosp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Alexander SI,Younes SB,Yunis JJ,Zurakowski D,Mirza N,Dubey D,Drew MP,Harmon WE,Yunis EJ

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ cells from CsA-treated DA rats with long-surviving PVG heart allografts specifically suppress the capacity of naive CD4+ cells to restore allograft rejection in irradiated DA rats, but have normal donor-specific alloreactivity in MLC. CD4+ suppressor cells from CsA-treated DA rats cultured for 3 days against eith...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pearce NW,Spinelli A,Gurley KE,Hall BM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00