Abstract:
:Infections are the major complication among patients on left ventricular device (LVAD) support. One mechanism that may explain the elevated incidence of infection is a deficiency in cellular immunity after LVAD placement. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated the in vitro T-cell-proliferative and cytokine response following challenge with staphylococcal enterotoxin B in 14 LVAD and 6 non-LVAD stable outpatients awaiting heart transplantation. Clinical outcome was followed for 12 months. Clinical outcome was poorer (P < .05) for LVAD vs non-LVAD patients. T-cell-proliferative response was lower (P = .002) for LVAD vs non-LVAD patients. Th1 cytokine expression was lower (P < .05) and Th2 cytokine expression was higher (P < .05) for LVAD vs non-LVAD patients. We conclude that LVAD recipients are hyporesponsive to superantigen challenge, indicating a depressed cellular immunity that may contribute to their increased susceptibility to infections.
journal_name
Transplant Procjournal_title
Transplantation proceedingsauthors
Kimball P,Flattery M,Kasirajan Vdoi
10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.153subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-12-01 00:00:00pages
3695-6issue
10eissn
0041-1345issn
1873-2623pii
S0041-1345(06)01398-4journal_volume
38pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Heart transplantation (HTx) has been a successful therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure. Since 1987, we have performed 288 HTx. Thirty-six subjects needed mechanical support prior to HTx. We use anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) as induction therapy and low-dose immunosuppressive agents for maintenance treatme...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.112
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) strains have recently become a new threat in kidney transplant recipients due to the strains' resistance to almost all antibiotics, including carbapenems. METHODS:We present a case series of 3 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) caus...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.01.060
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dyslipidemia is an important complication in renal transplant patients. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the exchange of cholesteryl ester between high density lipoproteins and low density lipoproteins. The aim of this study was to investigate CETP Taq1B gene polymorphism and lipid abnormal...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.03.039
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Transplant coronary arterial vasculopathy (TCAV) is a major cause of death after heart transplantation (HTx). Palliative coronary revascularization has been attempted in patients with severe TCAV; however, the outcome has not been fully elucidated. METHODS:Ninety-six patients who were treated after HTx at o...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.11.006
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have studied both specific and non-specific suppression in allogeneic combinations. On the one hand, achievement of specific suppression may circumvent both HVGR and GVHR, while on the other, Cy-resistant suppressor cells may exacerbate the GVHR in bone marrow graft recipients. A greater understanding of both of th...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1978-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recently observations of rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with tacrolimus have been reported. The authors present a kidney transplant patient who had an epileptic seizures, severe rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure. The patient was initially immunosuppressed with tacrolimus and chimeric CD25 monoclonal antibody...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.019
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In conventionally described simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation with portoenteric drainage, renal revascularization is derived from the left iliac vessels and pancreatic revascularization, from the right iliac artery. A newer technique utilizing the right iliac artery as a single inflow to both organs is desc...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.04.013
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains a great challenge for the transplant clinician. The introduction of sirolimus (RAPA) with cyclosporine (CsA) reduction maybe shed new light to improve graft survival. The aim of this study was to investigate the overall effects of sirolimus conversion on biopsy-pro...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.072
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::While solid organs represent the dramatic and lifesaving aspect of donation after death, the transplantation of tissues from donors after death is a much larger-scale activity that benefits enormous numbers of patients, usually in a life-enhancing rather than a lifesaving manner. Some types of tissue transplantation, ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.11.069
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study assessed the performance of three methods for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in kidney transplant patients: the Cockcroft-Gault formula, the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) method, and the four-variable modification of diet in renal disease (four-variable MDRD), both as an overall ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.028
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Transplant surgeons rely on morphologic aspects of the organ as well as clinical and histologic data to decide whether to use a graft. Metabonomics measures the "downstream" products of proteins and genes; these metabolic profiles are particularly good reporters of tissue physiologic features. Sample prepara...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.07.049
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neonatal pig pancreata could represent an ideal tissue resource for donor islets for transplantation trials. Because functional islet beta-cells could derive from precursors situated in the ductal system, and neonatal animals are better suitable than adults for recovering such elements, we have examined whether isolat...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.074
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::PAP of harvested livers is routinely used to minimize parenchymal anoxia during storage. PP is compared with PAP to evaluate the relative reliability of PAP. Sixty female Landrace pigs were used for 30 OLTs. Group 1 livers underwent PP, whereas group 2 livers were treated with PAP. The cold ischemic time was less than...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Renal transplantation (RT) is the gold standard therapy for chronic renal failure. Immunosuppressive drug choice, malnutrition, adynamic bone disease and hyperparathyroidism are important factors impacting the development of posttransplant osteoporosis. Body composition analysis with bioimpedance devices (...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.12.027
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:An important side effect of sirolimus, a drug often used in organ transplantation, is pulmonary toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We present five kidney transplant patients who developed this toxicity associated with sirolimus. All underwent chest radiography computed tomography, fiberoptic bronchoscopy wit...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.037
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:That hypertension (HTN) as a leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is linked to sleep disorders in the general population can be the basis of a hypothesis that HTN may be a contributing factor to the poor quality of sleep in some kidney transplant recipients. This study was designed to investigate ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.011
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The most common causes of death after heart transplantation (HTx) include acute rejection and multi-organ failure in the early period and malignancy and cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in the late period. Polyclonal antibody preparations such as rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) may reduce early acute rejectio...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.11.034
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Most psychosocial attitude studies for donors are not evaluated and are not valid. Validated questionnaires are necessary to compare results and guarantee that they measure what they are intended to measure. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the psychometric characteristics of the attitude questionnaire toward the don...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.063
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To evaluate the postoperative complications within the first month among 20 pediatric liver transplant recipients between April 1990 and March 2003 we retrospectively studied their medical charts to gather demographic data; primary diagnosis; operative duration; perioperative transfusions; time to extubation; length o...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.11.029
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is still controversy as to whether the case volume affects clinical outcomes after liver transplantation. This nationwide retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the relationship between institutional case volume and post-transplant outcomes after deceased donor liver transplantation. MATERIAL...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.07.016
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of spiral computed tomography (CT) and 3-D imaging models in measuring total and segmental liver volume in potential living donors. METHODS:A prospective study was undertaken to assess the correlation between the volumes of potential donor livers determ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.106
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Prostatic xanthoma is a lesion of unknown cause that is often an incidental finding in patients undergoing needle biopsy or transurethral resection. To the best of our knowledge, we report on a unique case of a pure xanthoma without benign prostatic hyperplasia of the prostate in a patient with lower urinary...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.180
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although long-term outcomes have improved, graft loss caused by chronic allograft nephropathy remains an important obstacle. This situation, together with the progressive increase in the number of renal transplant patients, means that the population of transplant patients readmitted to a dialysis program will be progr...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.135
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A number of studies have indicated that kidney recipients can be safely converted from the twice-daily formulation (Tac-T) to the same dose of a once-daily tacrolimus (TAC) regimen (Tac-O) based upon monitoring of renal function. Conversion from Tac-T to Tac-O is commonly followed by a reduction in Tac trough levels, ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.02.047
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Rejection and infection are 2 major complications affecting the health and survival of patients receiving an allograft organ transplantation. We describe a diagnostic assay that simultaneously monitors for rejection and infection in recipients of kidney transplant by sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in pl...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.04.051
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores at the time of listing on the transplant waiting list have been shown to accurately predict 3-month mortality in adults. There is no data assessing the accuracy of the MELD scores in predicting mortality of patients awaiting liver retransplantation. We sought...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.03.004
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A better understanding of tumor factors influencing patient and graft survival and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis may be useful to maximize the benefits of liver transplantation (OLT). Sixty-three adults underwent OLT for end-stage liver disease secondary...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.022
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:With the shortage of organ donors, there is a critical need to use all available pancreas grafts for transplantation. METHODS:From June 1994 to December 2006 we performed 340 pancreas transplantations (317 simultaneous pancreas-kidney 5 pancreas only, 18 pancreas after kidney) including 69 (20%) transplanta...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.078
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The impact of immunosuppressive drugs in patients following liver transplantation (LT) is very individual. Despite the multiple beneficial effects of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor everolimus (EVR) in LT recipients, some patients do not benefit from EVR administration. We investigated whe...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.03.027
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Proteinuria is an early finding that appears in the first 3 months after transplantation in half of patients. Frequently, it is very low grade (VLP; <0.5 g/24 h). The aim of this study was to analyze the risk factors and prognostic significance of VLP at 3 months posttransplantation, which was maintained for the first...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.137
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00