The effect of agents which modulate levels of the cyclic nucleotides on human lymphotoxin secretion and activity in vitro.

abstract：:We have studied organ allograft survival in rhesus monkeys conditioned with myeloablative total-body irradiation and T cell-depleted autologous bone marrow transplantation then given a heterotopic MHC-mismatched cardiac allograft in the immediate postmyeloablative period. This model has enabled us to investigate the r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Moses RD,Sundeen JT,Orr KS,Roberts RR,Gress RE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combined transplantation of the lungs and liver is indicated for patients who would not be expected to survive transplantation of either organ alone. No single center has accumulated a significant experience, and as a result the expectations for this operation in the current era are unknown. METHODS:Patient...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Barshes NR,DiBardino DJ,McKenzie ED,Lee TC,Stayer SA,Mallory GB,Karpen SJ,Quiros-Tejeira RE,Carter BA,Fraser CD Jr,Goss JA

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The results presented in this report demonstrate that T cells, isolated from AGUS rats bearing long-term (WAG X AGUS)F1 spleen allografts adoptively transferred to irradiated AGUS recipients could not mediate the rejection of WAG hearts but rejected PVG. A hearts in acute fashion. Further, unresponsive T cells were ab...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stepkowski SM,Bitter-Suermann H,Duncan WR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice of the B10 background that are class II I-E nonexpressing demonstrate a relative resistance to neonatal induction of tolerance of class I alloantigens from I-E-expressing B10 strains. The majority of these injected mice delete donor-responsive and "I-E-reactive" (V beta 11+) cells in the immediate postinoculation...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nassiri M,Viciana A,Streilein JW,Ruiz P

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances of the immune response of the lung induced by the action of immunosuppressive agents on the functional abilities of rat pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) were analyzed following in vitro incubation or in vivo administration (for 30 days) of cyclosporinea, (CsA) azathioprine (Az) or prednisolone (Pr). T...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Drath DB,Kahan BD

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allograft rejection is mediated by cytokines. As polymorphism in cytokine genes can result in interindividual differences in cytokine production, we hypothesize that some patients may have an increased risk of rejection. METHODS:We have related polymorphisms that influence cytokine production in the tumor n...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Turner D,Grant SC,Yonan N,Sheldon S,Dyer PA,Sinnott PJ,Hutchinson IV

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pancreas transplant alone (PTA) in a nonuremic patient with brittle diabetes mellitus remains a rare procedure because the tradeoff for insulin independence is lifelong immunosuppression. METHODS:Herein we report our results at the University of Minnesota of 513 PTAs from December 17, 1966, through Decemb...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gruessner RW,Sutherland DE,Kandaswamy R,Gruessner AC

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodynamic monitoring using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with signs of portal hypertension undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) carries potential risk of esophageal and gastric variceal hemorrhage. The aim of our retrospective analysis was to evaluate the safety of intraop...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Burger-Klepp U,Karatosic R,Thum M,Schwarzer R,Fuhrmann V,Hetz H,Bacher A,Berlakovich G,Krenn CG,Faybik P

更新日期：2012-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate purine nucleotide metabolism in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of cardiac transplant recipients switched from azathioprine to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). METHODS:Concentrations of guanosine 5'triphosphate (GTP) and adenosine 5'triphosphate (ATP), th...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Devyatko E,Zuckermann A,Bohdjalian A,Roedler S,Dunkler D,Grimm M,Weigel G

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of major histocompatibility class I chain-related A (MICA) antibodies on renal graft outcomes is unclear. The goal of this work was to assess the impact of posttransplant MICA antibodies, assayed at 1 year, with two commercially available kits, on long-term renal graft outcomes. METHODS:We retros...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lemy A,Andrien M,Lionet A,Labalette M,Noel C,Hiesse C,Delahousse M,Suberbielle-Boissel C,De Meyer M,Latinne D,Mourad M,Delsaut S,Racapé J,Wissing KM,Toungouz M,Abramowicz D

更新日期：2012-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that cultured keratinocyte (CK) allografts are not rejected in mice, unlike in other species. Several reports have suggested that mouse CK allografts are incapable of stimulating a primary alloresponse, including sensitization of recipients to alloantigens. In this study, we investigated the immun...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cairns BA,deSerres S,Matsui M,Frelinger JA,Meyer AA

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus (Tac) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) are newly approved immunosuppressive agents. However, the safety and efficacy of the combination of MMF and Tac in primary liver transplantation has not been determined. METHODS:An Institutional Review Board-approved, open-label prospective randomized protoco...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Jain AB,Hamad I,Rakela J,Dodson F,Kramer D,Demetris J,McMichael J,Starzl TE,Fung JJ

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For men with significant genitourinary injury, penile transplantation is being considered as an option when reconstruction is not feasible or proves unacceptable to the injured patient. METHODS:A review of the literature was conducted to assess the current state of penile reconstruction and transplantation ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Caplan AL,Kimberly LL,Parent B,Sosin M,Rodriguez ED

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) provide valuable treatments for a range of diseases. However, the therapeutic utility of BMT and DLI is reduced by the high incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) mediated by activated donor T lymphocytes directed against...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Georgantas RW 3rd,Bohana-Kashtan O,Civin CI

更新日期：2006-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased numbers of macrophages and myofibroblasts are observed to occur in chronic renal allograft rejection (CR). The aim of this study was to examine the expression of cellular markers for the macrophage and myofibroblast in early renal transplant biopsy specimens and correlate these findings with allogr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pilmore HL,Painter DM,Bishop GA,McCaughan GW,Eris JM

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficiency of islet graft survival after intraportal implantation is compromised by host innate immune responses and the production of proinflammatory cytokines that cause acute cellular injury. This reaction activates intraislet nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), causing production of gene products that have de...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rink JS,McMahon KM,Zhang X,Chen X,Mirkin CA,Thaxton CS,Kaufman DB

更新日期：2013-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite early skepticism, the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has demonstrated feasibility. The ethics of VCA have moved past doubts about the morality of attempting such transplants to how to conduct them ethically. METHODS:Leaders of each program performing and/or evaluating VCA ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Caplan AL,Parent B,Kahn J,Dean W,Kimberly LL,Lee WPA,Rodriguez ED

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy exists about the conditions effecting the development of forkhead/winghead helix transcription factor P3 (FOXP3) expressing T cells and their relevance in transplant recipients. METHODS:We generated carboxy-fluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester-labeled CD4+CD25 high FOXP3+ cells in mixed lymp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Levitsky J,Miller J,Leventhal J,Huang X,Flaa C,Wang E,Tambur A,Burt RK,Gallon L,Mathew JM

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a canine model of acute ischemic lung injury, a hypertonic citrate solution (HTC) widely used for renal preservation in the United Kingdom, was compared with modified Euro-Collins' solution (ECS) currently the most widely clinically used pulmonary perfusate. Ten beagle dogs underwent left thoracotomy and exclusion ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hooper TL,Jones MT,Thomson DS,Cook L,Owen S,Wilkes S,Woodcock A,Webster AH,Hasleton P,McGregor CG

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NOD mouse develops immune-mediated diabetes mellitus characterized by T cell infiltration and destruction of pancreatic islet tissue. We wished to determine whether one contributing factor was an abnormality of the NOD pancreas that caused it to elicit an attack by NOD T cells. Therefore we constructed mice that h...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stein PH,Rees MA,Singer A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite great improvements in renal allograft survival over the last 3 decades, long-term graft loss, particularly through antibody-mediated rejection, remains the bane of kidney transplantation. Interindividual patient variation means that a given immunosuppressive regimen may be inadequate in certain patients and ex...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ashton-Chess J,Giral M,Soulillou JP,Brouard S

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since June 1979, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been the procedure of choice for renal transplant artery stenosis (RTAS) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Of 241 renal allograft recipients, 17 (7%) when studied by arteriogram because of suspected RTAS proved to have significant stenos...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Grossman RA,Dafoe DC,Shoenfeld RB,Ring EJ,McLean GK,Oleaga JA,Freiman DB,Naji A,Perloff LJ,Barker CF

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) is a significant cause of morbidity after liver transplantation. The aims of this study are to identify and compare risk factors that might contribute to HAT. METHODS:A total of 424 liver transplants performed at the University of Virginia were reviewed. HAT was defined as co...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Oh CK,Pelletier SJ,Sawyer RG,Dacus AR,McCullough CS,Pruett TL,Sanfey HA

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the importance of B lymphocytes in immunity to major histocompatibility complex class I alloantigens, B cell-deficient mice were generated by reconstituting severe combined immunodeficiency mice, which lack functional B and T lymphocytes, with T cells or with both T and B cells. The reconstituted mice were cha...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Monach PA,Schreiber H,Rowley DA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the earliest prerequisites for the development of inflammation after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is local chemokine expression. We recently demonstrated that apoptosis, characterized by intracellular caspase-activation, contributes to the development of inflammation after I/R. METHODS:The contribution...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Daemen MA,de Vries B,van't Veer C,Wolfs TG,Buurman WA

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current desensitization (DES) methods are not always effective. Thus, novel, more effective approaches are desirable. Interleukin (IL)-6 is an attractive target as it promotes B-cell differentiation to plasma cells, is important for immunoglobulin production, and induces Th17 cells. Here, we undertook a phas...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vo AA,Choi J,Kim I,Louie S,Cisneros K,Kahwaji J,Toyoda M,Ge S,Haas M,Puliyanda D,Reinsmoen N,Peng A,Villicana R,Jordan SC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective controlled study was carried out in 60 consecutive cadaver renal donors comparing cold storage to pulsatile machine-perfusion preservation. Each donor served as its own control, by allocating one of the kidneys to each of the two preservation methods. There were 51 evaluable pairs of kidneys. Recipient a...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Merion RM,Oh HK,Port FK,Toledo-Pereyra LH,Turcotte JG

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat recipients of renal allografts and unilaterally nephrectomized control rats were studied to evaluate the response in blood pressure to prednisolone in diverse doses, and to determine the dosage required to achieve adequate immunosuppression without undue complication of hypertension. While a continuous infusion of...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： de Keijzer MH,Provoost AP,Van Aken M,Wolff ED,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry (FC) is increasingly being used as a crossmatch procedure in addition to the standard complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) test. In fact, FC offers a number of advantages over CDC and has the potential to become the primary crossmatch technique for cadaveric donor renal transplantation. We evaluated ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Scornik JC,Brunson ME,Schaub B,Howard RJ,Pfaff WW

更新日期：1994-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of cyclosporine A (CsA) on polyomavirus BK virus (BKV) replication remains unclear. The aim of this in vitro study was to investigate the effect of CsA on BKV replication in human uroepithelial cells. METHODS:After infection of a human renal proximal tubular cell line, HK-2 with BKV, BKV viral lo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Li YJ,Weng CH,Lai WC,Wu HH,Chen YC,Hung CC,Yang CW,Tian YC

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00