Abstract:
:Evaluation of research products released during activities that have received public funds should be a mandatory practice. In this study, we evaluated the research products released during the research program "Innovative Strategies to Expand Cadaveric Donor Pool for Liver Transplantation" (SITF Project), funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. The SITF Project prefigured the participation of Italian transplantation centers with more advanced experience in the field of liver transplantation. The research products released during the SITF Project were evaluated according to Guidelines for Research Evaluation of the Committee for Evaluation of Research (CIVR) from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. Thus, we considered as the research products released during the SITF Project the number of articles published in English language in peer-reviewed scientific journals by each operative unit (OU), as returned by PubMed. The articles were included on the basis of relationship with the research lines of the SITF Project and availability of the impact factor (IF) calculated by Thomson Scientific for each journal. Following these criteria, 62 research products were released during the executive phase of the SITF Project (January 1, 2004-December 31, 2005). All research products were original articles, with no reviews or letters. The articles were published in 10 different scientific journals (mean IF, 2.64+/-1.74). Spearman's rank test found a weak negative correlation between journal IF and number of published articles (r= -.2919; P= .413). Although the OU involved in the coordination of the SITF Project released a relatively high number of articles (n=8; IF, 0.923+/-0.352), several other OUs obtained better results for number of articles (9-11) and/or IF (3.071+/-2.248 or 2.959+/-1.779). In projects that benefit from public funds, the potential negative impact of coordination activities to scientific production should be adequately considered.
journal_name
Transplant Procjournal_title
Transplantation proceedingsauthors
Santori G,Valente R,Ghirelli R,Valente Udoi
10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.017subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-07-01 00:00:00pages
1820-2issue
6eissn
0041-1345issn
1873-2623pii
S0041-1345(08)00600-3journal_volume
40pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Transplantation of vital human organs is a lifesaving therapy for patients with end-stage organ failure who are medically fit to undergo the surgical procedure. However, deceased donor management remains one of the most neglected areas in transplantation medicine. Brainstem death leads to hemodynamic, metabolic, and i...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.029
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present study demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring nitric oxide (NO) and pO2 levels under ischemic conditions associated with small bowel ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury through the use of selective electrodes for NO and oxygen molecules. NO levels gradually increased during ischemia. When reperfusion was ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.090
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The Kidney Transplant Program started at the Clinica Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) in September of 1969. The 1000th kidney transplant was performed in September 2015. Data from kidney transplants have been included in the Collaborative Transplant Study since 1983. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data on ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.08.036
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score has been validated to predict the mortality rate of patients with various chronic liver diseases on the waiting list for liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to assess the value of the postoperative MELD scoring system as an early postoperat...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.09.034
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The aim of the study was to assess the impact of bacterial infection during hospital stay on long-term follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retrospective single-center study of 97 recipients of lung transplantations performed between December 2004 and June 2016 at a single center. Information about...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.080
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Perineuriomas are rare, benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors, most commonly found in the extremities and trunks. A handful of cases have been reported to arise from the retroperitoneum and in kidneys. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a myxoid perineurioma arising from a transplanted kidney. The pa...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.09.030
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The FcgammaRIIa receptors, which provide a crucial link between cellular and humoral components of the immune response, display allelic polymorphism. Individuals are homozygous for either arginine 131 (RR131) or histidine 131 (HH131) or are heterozygous for these two alleles (RH131). The HH131 genotype binds human IgG...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.076
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In renal transplantation, the degree of HLA matching has been reported to be negatively correlated with graft loss, with the number of rejections with complications. This association is less clear in heart transplantation, where there are contradictory studies, although most are consistent with those in rena...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.145
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The objective of this research was to survey the therapeutic action of simvastatin (Sim) on intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury (II/RI) by modulating Omi/HtrA2 signaling pathways. METHODS:Sprague Dawley rats were pretreated with 40 mg/kg Sim and then subjected to 1 hour of ischemia and 3 hours of reperfusio...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.04.076
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The aim of this experimental study was to examine the effects of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on liver regeneration in a partial hepatectomy model. METHODS:Rats were divided into 3 groups immediately following partial liver resection: saline, controls intraperitoneally (MMF; Group 1); MMF (15 mg/kg/d; Group II), an...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.05.068
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In principle, cell-mediated allograft rejection can be brought about by cytotoxic T cells or by a DTH-like reaction. The first part of this article reviews the relative importance of these two mechanisms in graft rejection and concludes that the bulk of evidence points to cytotoxic T cells as being of major importance...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The data assessing the prognostic value of peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2) in heart failure (HF) patients is largely derived from cross-sectional studies in which medical therapy was not maximized in all eligible patients and no clear explanation was given as to why such was the case. To assess the relative pro...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.099
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic allograft dysfunction is the primary cause of graft loss after the first posttransplantation year. Bacteriocins are biologically active proteins exhibiting antimicrobial properties against other bacterial species, which are usually closely related to the producer organism. The objective of our study was to det...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.099
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Induction therapy reduces rejection episodes among patients at high immunologic risk. Antithymocyte globulins appear to be superior to basiliximab in this population, despite the greater potential risk of infection and neoplasia. The aim of this study was to evaluate graft function and acute rejection epis...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.03.010
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In human heart and kidney transplantations, granzyme B (GrB) and perforin have both been shown to be predictive markers for acute cellular rejection (ACR). We investigated the tissue expression and possible relationship of GrB and perforin to the clinical outcome, histopathology, and function of intestinal transplants...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.073
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Expansion of donor criteria has become necessary with the increasing number of liver transplantation candidates, as aged donors who have been considered to yield marginal organs. METHODS:Our database of 477 liver transplants (OLT) included 55 cases performed from donors at least 70 years old vs 422 with y...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.10.040
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is little data available on the specific effects of warm ischemia time (WIT) as opposed to cold ischemia or storage time. With current research endeavors focusing on warm continuous perfusion, storage of donor hearts, and utilization of hearts from non-heart-beating donors, the impact of WIT on outcome...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.075
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We sought to explore the adjunctive effects of Cordyceps sinensis (CS) in clinical renal transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients (n = 202) were divided randomly by lottery into a treatment (n = 93) and a control group (n = 109). Patients in the treatment group were treated with CS 1.0 g 3 times a day...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.085
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Traditional open donor nephrectomy (ODN) is associated with good outcomes and excellent allograft function; nevertheless, it causes too much injury to the donor. Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HLDN) may accomplish these goals with less damage. We compared the outcomes of the hand-assisted with...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.081
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pigs have been the most likely animal as the source of cells, tissues, and organs for xenotransplantation. But the use of pigs in xenotransplantation is associated with the risk of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) transmission. Previous studies have identified that the proviruses are integrated into the genome of ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.07.055
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::University of Wisconsin (UW) solution has been the standard for preservation of liver transplantation grafts since 1989. However, some studies demonstrated that histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution is also effective. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of both solutions in liver transpla...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.071
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Impaired surgical site healing occurs in 20% to 50% of sirolimus (SRL)-treated renal transplant (RT) recipients, with most patients having received concomitant corticosteroids. We determined the incidence of surgical site complications among RT recipients receiving SRL with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), with most patie...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.065
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In an open, prospective, multicenter study, stable renal graft recipients were converted to tacrolimus because of cyclosporine-related side effects. Seventy-five patients were switched primarily because of hyperlipidemia. After the switch to tacrolimus, mean total cholesterol was reduced by 15% at month 6. One hundred...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.03.135
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after renal transplantation is performed with the use of methods that are standardized for a population of nontransplantation patients with chronic kidney disease. The aim of the study was to compare the performance of GFR estimation formulas in renal transplan...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.009
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing urgent heart transplantation (HT) have a poorer prognosis and more long-term complications. The objective of this study was to compare the preoperative course in patients undergoing urgent HT according to the need for preoperative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP). MATERIALS A...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.114
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) is considered to be one of the few curative treatments available for early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most-used biomarker for HCC despite low sensitivity and specificity. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) has been considere...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.061
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The Nigerian population, an emerging group in Europe, has not been studied in terms of its knowledge of the concept of brain death (BD) and its relationship with organ donation and transplantation (ODT). OBJECTIVE:To analyze knowledge of the BD concept among Nigerians living in Spain. METHOD:A sample of ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.10.010
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Graft rejection is a key obstacle to successful heart transplantation. We sought to investigate the expression and role of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in rejection of cardiac allografts, as well as the role of the nuclear factor of kappa B (NF-κB) pathway. METHODS:Heterotopic cervical heart trans...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.05.014
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Our previous reports suggested that African Americans (AA) are more likely to develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) following kidney donation when compared with white counterparts. We sought information on age, gender, and race of kidney donors to determine which groups were over-represented on the kidney...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.104
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Nowadays, hepatic ischemia reperfusion (HI/R) injury is regarded as a serious concern in clinical practices. Huperzine A (HupA) is an alkaloid isolated from the Chinese folk medicine huperzia serrate, which has possessed diverse pharmacological actions. METHODS:A mouse model of HI/R was caused by clamping t...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.01.018
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00