Temporal trends in lung transplant center volume and outcomes in the United States.

abstract：:The use of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to compare gene expression in different tissues and conditions requires normalization to an internal control that must be expressed at a constant level. Although a previous validation step is required to confirm that an internal control is appropriat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rodriguez-Mulero S,Montanya E

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To retrospectively compare the accuracy of pretransplant panel of reactivity antibodies (PRA) and serum level of soluble CD30 (sCD30) in predicting early (< 6 months) acute rejection (AR) in living-donor and deceased-donor kidney-transplant (KT) patients. METHODS:Pretransplant sera of 24 KT recipients were ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cinti P,Pretagostini R,Arpino A,Tamburro ML,Mengasini S,Lattanzi R,De Simone P,Berloco P,Molajoni ER

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) therapy compared with azathioprine has not led to improved long-term renal allograft outcomes perhaps as MMF dose is limited by tolerability and dose reduction is associated with inferior graft outcome. The consequences, however, of dose reduction of mycophenolate mofetil relative...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Shah S,Collett D,Johnson R,Raftery M,Rudge C,Yaqoob MM

更新日期：2008-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DBA/2J kidney allografts, but not heart allografts, are spontaneously accepted indefinitely in C57BL/6 (B6) mice, through regulatory tolerance mechanism dependent on Foxp3 cells. In contrast, B6 kidneys are rejected within a week in DBA/2J recipients. We hypothesized that the tolerogenic difference of the ki...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Oh NA,O'Shea T,Ndishabandi DK,Yuan Q,Hong S,Gans J,Ge J,Gibney S,Chase C,Yang C,Rosales I,Shinoda K,Drew B,Kojima L,Russell PS,Madsen JC,Colvin RB,Alessandrini A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal transplant is an established treatment of irreversible intestinal failure, unless complicated by advanced intestinal failure-associated liver disease, when liver-bowel transplant may be necessary. Finding at least moderate hepatic fibrosis or gastroesophageal varices (GOV) at oesophago-gastroduodenoscopy (O...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： McKiernan PJ,Sharif K,Gupte GL

更新日期：2008-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined graft and patient survival rates of 47,146 patients in the United Network for Organ Sharing registry following transplants between donors and recipients who were cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody negative and positive. CMV positivity increased with age to about 80% in patients over 60. Seropositivity was seen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hirata M,Terasaki PI,Cho YW

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human ehrlichiosis, a newly described zoonotic infection, can be classified as human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) or human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Although the clinical manifestations of HME and HGE are similar, the type of leukocyte infected, the etiologic agent, and the tick vector are distinct. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Adachi JA,Grimm EM,Johnson P,Uthman M,Kaplan B,Rakita RM

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vitro amino acid (AA) and alpha-keto acid (KA) metabolism of bioreactors initially seeded with 2.5 x 10(9) pig hepatocytes was investigated with a perfusion technique. Considerable changes in the culture medium concentrations of AA and KA were measured during the first days in culture. This is indicative of dyn...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gerlach JC,Fuchs M,Smith MD,Bornemann R,Encke J,Neuhaus P,Riedel E

更新日期：1996-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current insulin therapies for control of glucose metabolism in patients with type I diabetes mellitus prevent major metabolic consequences of insulin deficiency, but none prevents or arrests long-term complications. In experimental models of canine diabetes, retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy have been...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hawthorne WJ,Wilson TG,Williamson P,Stewart GJ,Allen RD,Little JM,Deane SA,Ekberg H

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgG antibodies to HLA class I antigens can cause hyperacute rejection of renal allografts. Screening of sera from such transplant candidates is laborious, time-consuming, and expensive when performed by sensitive antihuman globulin-augmented lymphocytotoxicity (AHG-CDC). METHODS:Because 60-70% of our transp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Moore SB,Ploeger NA,DeGoey SR

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Translational research in a relevant preclinical model is recommended before Treg-inducing protocols can be implemented in humans. We have characterized rhesus monkey CD25 cells phenotypically and functionally. METHODS:The phenotype of CD4(+)CD25(high) cells was determined by FACS, focusing on established m...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Haanstra KG,van der Maas MJ,'t Hart BA,Jonker M

更新日期：2008-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ shortage in liver transplantation has led the transplant community to expand the donor organ pool and reduce waiting list mortality by using so-called marginal donor or extended criteria donor (ECD) livers. The exact impact of these criteria on graft function and recipient survival are still under investigation....

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mittler J,Pascher A,Neuhaus P,Pratschke J

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:De novo donor HLA-specific (dnDSA) and non-HLA antibodies including antiangiotensin type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1R-abs) have been associated with antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and decreased graft survival as well as cellular-mediated rejection (CMR) and early onset of microvasculopathy in heart transpl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Reinsmoen NL,Lai CH,Mirocha J,Cao K,Ong G,Naim M,Wang Q,Haas M,Rafiei M,Czer L,Patel J,Kobashigawa J

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this article is to report our experience regarding the survival and the evolution of polyneuropathy of the extremities and autonomic dysfunction in 18 liver transplant patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type I after a mean follow-up of more than 2.5 years for 13 patients. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Parrilla P,Ramirez P,Andreu LF,Bueno SF,Robles R,Miras M,Acosta F,Viader-Farre D,de Mingo P,Bermejo J,Garrido SF,Munar-Ques M

更新日期：1997-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:India with a population of 1.2 billion has a renal transplantation rate of 3.25 per million population. The major cause of chronic kidney disease is hypertension and diabetes. The crude and age-adjusted incidence rates of end-stage renal disease are estimated to be 151 and 232 per million population, respectively, in ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Abraham G,Reddy YN,Amalorpavanathan J,Daniel D,Roy-Chaudhury P,Shroff S,Reddy Y

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family regulate both immune activation and insulin production. Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) target NFAT activation. Hence, CNIs not only prevent organ transplant rejection but also contribute to the development of new-onset diabetes after transpl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chen Y,Sampaio MS,Yang JW,Min D,Hutchinson IV

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged persistence of donor-derived T cells after organ transplantation has been proposed to improve long-term allograft survival. However, surviving transplant-derived T cells are also able to mediate devastating graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Currently, GvHD after organ transplantation is usually ref...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kuball J,Theobald M,Ferreira EA,Hess G,Burg J,Maccagno G,Barreiros AP,Lüth S,Schimanski CC,Schuchmann M,Schwarting A,Neurath M,Otto G,Galle PR,Lohse AW

更新日期：2004-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the significant improvements that have occurred since the introduction of CsA, long-term renal allograft survival continues to be an area of concern. Management strategies that involve the use of sirolimus offer some promise. A number of observations suggest that sirolimus may have the ability to reduce the ra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kahan BD

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 is now recognized as a frequent pathogen after transplantation, the real impact of this infection in patients undergoing transplantation remains unclear. METHODS:During 27 months, 30 consecutive heart-lung- and lung-transplant recipients were included on the day of transpl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jacobs F,Knoop C,Brancart F,Gilot P,Mélot C,Byl B,Delforge ML,Estenne M,Liesnard C,Brussels Heart and Lung Transplantation Group.

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We initiated a policy of using RSLT in critically ill patients in June of 1988. Since that time we have performed 30 RSLTs in 29 patients, including 28 children and 1 adult. The mean age of the children was 27 months (range 1 month to 10 years) with 14 (52%) being 1 year of age or less. The mean weight was 11.3 kg (ra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Langnas AN,Marujo WC,Inagaki M,Stratta RJ,Wood RP,Shaw BW Jr

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical studies suggest that the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil is associated with anemia. However, the mechanism for this is not known. Here, we studied the effect of mycophenolic acid (MPA), the active metabolite of mycophenolate mofetil, on erythropoiesis in vitro. METHODS:Both UT-7 cells and p...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pile T,Kieswich J,Harwood S,Yaqoob MM

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation at a cancer center. Bone marrow transplant recipients with M haemophilum infection were identified upon culture of the organism by implem...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： White MH,Papadopoulos EB,Small TN,Kiehn TE,Armstrong D

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alemtuzumab is a humanized CD52-specific monoclonal antibody that is increasingly used off-label as an induction agent in solid organ transplantation, particularly in the setting of maintenance immunosuppression minimization protocols. In this review, we briefly discuss this agent's mechanisms of action and summarize ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Weaver TA,Kirk AD

更新日期：2007-12-27 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

abstract：:World Kidney Day on March 8, 2012, provides a chance to reflect on the success of kidney transplantation as a therapy for end-stage kidney disease that surpasses dialysis treatments both for the quality and quantity of life that it provides and for its cost-effectiveness. Anything that is both cheaper and better, but ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Garcia GG,Harden P,Chapman J,World Kidney Day Steering Committee 2012.

更新日期：2012-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cascade of immunological effects brought about by donor bone marrow cell (DBMC) infusions in human organ transplantation, especially in the context of continuous pharmacologic immunosuppression, is not fully understood. Yet, in inbred rodents and even primates, administration of specific bone marrow cell...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mathew JM,Carreno M,Zucker K,Fuller L,Kenyon N,Esquenazi V,Ricordi C,Tzakis AG,Miller J

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extensive third degree burn wounds can be permanently covered by the transplantation of autologous cultured keratinocytes. Many modifications to Green and colleagues' original technique have been suggested, including the use of a fibrin matrix. However, the properties of the cultured cells must be assessed u...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ronfard V,Rives JM,Neveux Y,Carsin H,Barrandon Y

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early and late complications related to the pancreas after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT) frequently result in graft loss. The authors describe a surgical rescue technique that allows salvage of the pancreatic graft when surgical complications appear after the transplant. METHODS:Of 158...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Orsenigo E,Cristallo M,Socci C,Castoldi R,Fiorina P,Invernizzi L,Caldara R,Secchi A,Di Carlo V

更新日期：2003-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated transient elevation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in the absence of bone or liver disease has been reported in children including liver transplant patients. Specific isoenzyme patterns have been associated with this phenomenon in healthy children but have not been reported after liver transplantatio...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： O'Riordan S,Baker AJ,Sherwood RA

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of detecting anti-HLA antibodies in eluates from needle core biopsies of renal transplants with chronic allograft nephropathy. Two methods of screening, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and flow cytometry (FlowPRA) were compared. Twenty renal transplants...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Martin L,Guignier F,Bocrie O,D'Athis P,Rageot D,Rifle G,Justrabo E,Mousson C

更新日期：2005-05-27 00:00:00