Bone mineral density changes within six months of renal transplantation.

abstract：:We examined the effect of methotrexate (MTX) combined with cyclosporine (CSP) on the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in dogs. Ten recipients were prepared for grafting with 9 Gy of total-body irradiation and given marrow and buffy coat cells from littermate donors differing for one DLA haplotype (AA lea...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Deeg HJ,Storb R,Appelbaum FR,Kennedy MS,Graham TC,Thomas ED

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent suggestions that the rat prostate is an alymphatic, immunologically privileged site stimulated further investigation of its status using a variety of techniques. Fixation of certain organs by vascular perfusion of glutaraldehyde followed by plastic embedding avoids the distortion and stromal reorganization that...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Neaves WB,Billingham RE

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To optimize the methods used for human islet isolation for transplantation, it is important to improve our understanding of the structure of the islet-exocrine interface. In this study, the composition of collagen subtypes in the interface have been characterized and quantified in human pancreas. METHODS:Hu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hughes SJ,Clark A,McShane P,Contractor HH,Gray DW,Johnson PR

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity is characterized by renal dysfunction and interstitial fibrosis. Early and progressive renal macrophage influx, correlating with latter interstitial fibrotic areas, has been associated with CsA treatment. This study investigated the role of macrophages, the...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Carlos CP,Mendes GE,Miquelin AR,Luz MA,da Silva CG,van Rooijen N,Coimbra TM,Burdmann EA

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The delayed allograft rejection in C6-deficient PVG C6- rats compared with normal PVG rats has been attributed to the lack of alloantibody activation of the membrane attack complex of complement. As T cells alone have been shown to effect graft rejection, we examined T-cell responses in PVG C6- rats. METHOD...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Merten S,Chen JC,Ha H,Plain K,Boyd RA,Penny MJ,Leenaerts P,Hall BM

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical as well as experimental studies have shown a great interindividual variability in the immunosuppressive efficacy of CsA. Evaluating previous in vitro findings of a correlation between sensitivity of alloresponsiveness to CsA and the HLA-DR phenotype CsA levels were compared in kidney transplant recipients wit...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zlabinger GJ,Kudlacek S,Pohanka E,Franz M,Hamilton G,Rosenmayr A,Kovarik J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The envelope glycoprotein gB of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) occurs as one of four main genotypes. Some previous studies have proposed a relationship of CMV gB genotype to the frequency of symptomatic infection and to clinical outcomes in both transplant and human immunodeficiency virus-infected populations. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rosen HR,Corless CL,Rabkin J,Chou S

更新日期：1998-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat, hamster, and rabbit islets were transplanted into diabetic C57BL/B6 mice. The effect on islet xenograft survival of low-temperature culture of the donor islets, alpha L3T4 treatment of the recipients for seven days, and transplantation of the grafts either in the renal capsule or in the liver via the portal vein ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lacy PE,Ricordi C,Finke EH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy rat islets were encapsulated in alginate-polylysine-alginate capsules measuring 0.25-0.35 mm in diameter using a modified encapsulation technique. The encapsulated islets were transplanted intraperitoneally in nonimmunosuppressed streptozotocin-induced diabetic BALB/c mice. The diabetic condition of the experi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lum ZP,Krestow M,Tai IT,Vacek I,Sun AM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The spleen is considered to be an important secondary lymphoid organ where acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is initiated by donor T cells that recognize host alloantigens after allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation (BMT). The influence of splenectomy on the development of GVHD prior to BMT has yet to ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Clouthier SG,Ferrara JL,Teshima T

更新日期：2002-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Like FK506, rapamycin, a structural analog of FK506, is a strong immunosuppressant. The immunosuppressive effect of Rapa in in vitro IgG, IgM, and IgA production by human lymphocytes was examined in this study. To inhibit spontaneous or pokeweed mitogen-stimulated production of Ig by human peripheral blood lymphocytes...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Luo H,Chen H,Daloze P,Chang JY,St-Louis G,Wu J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the utility of duplex Doppler sonograms (DS) and the resistive index (RI) in the identification and differential diagnosis of various causes of renal allograft dysfunction. The efficacy of DS and RI was studied either during acute episodes of allograft dysfunction or during periodic posttransplant...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Meyer M,Paushter D,Steinmuller DR

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhea is common in solid organ transplant recipients. Colonoscopy with random biopsies is performed frequently in the diagnostic evaluation of the posttransplant population with diarrhea. The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity of colonoscopy with random biopsy in determining a specific...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rice JP,Spier BJ,Cornett DD,Walker AJ,Richie K,Pfau PR

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated retrospectively sera from 70 renal allograft recipients for the presence of antibodies binding to a preanastomosis biopsy of the donor kidney by an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. All recipients had a negative T cell lymphocytotoxic crossmatch. A positive immunoperoxidase crossmatch for kidne...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Evans PR,Trickett LP,Gosney AR,Hodges E,Shires S,Wilson PJ,MacIver AG,Gardner B,Slapak M,Smith JL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies of cynomolgus monkey lung allograft recipients, we demonstrated significant immunosuppressive efficacy but reduced tolerability after combined treatment with high doses of microemulsion cyclosporine (CsA) and SDZ RAD (40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin). The current study was designed to com...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hausen B,Gummert J,Berry GJ,Christians U,Serkova N,Ikonen T,Hook L,Legay F,Schuler W,Schreier MH,Morris RE

更新日期：2000-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible ability of the mixed-epidermal-cell-lymphocyte reaction (MECLR) to detect alloreactivities in HLA-identical MLR negative siblings has been investigated before grafting in 30 donor-recipients pairs and their families. Results indicate that recipients' epidermal cells (EC) can induce proliferative responses...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bagot M,Cordonnier C,Tilkin AF,Heslan M,Vernant JP,Dubertret L,Levy JP

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancement of skin grafts in mice by passively administered alloantiserum was examined in conjunction with the simultaneous use of other immunosuppressive regimens. It could be clearly shown that when a "weak" antilymphocyte serum (ALS) was used, a significant further prolongation of graft survival occurred over that...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Koene RA,Gerlag PG,McKenzie IF,Hagemann JF,Wijdeveld PG

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that no cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursor frequencies (CTLpf) were found in 60% of patients on azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil+Pred long after kidney transplantation. We questioned whether the absence of donor-specific CTLpf was associated with low levels of stimulatory Th1 (tumor...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： van Besouw NM,de Kuiper R,van der Mast BJ,van de Wetering J,Baan CC,Weimar W

更新日期：2009-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo cell-mediated effector mechanisms of allograft destruction were investigated in a canine single-lung transplantation model. This large animal model permits direct longitudinal studies of immune effector cells from the grafts of individual recipients by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Evidence was obtained that t...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Norin AJ,Kamholz SL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important cause of morbidity after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is one of the main modifiable risk factors. We prospectively investigated the epidemiology, risk factors, and prognosis of SSI in a cohort of 167 OLT. Two different schedu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： García Prado ME,Matia EC,Ciuro FP,Díez-Canedo JS,Sousa Martín JM,Porras López FM,de la Casa AC,Cisneros Herreros JM

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a three-year period between January 1980 and December 1982, 242 consecutive cadaver transplant recipients in one center were tested before transplantation by cytotoxicity against a random panel of T and B lymphocytes at 5 degrees C and 37 degrees C incubation. They were also tested for HLA-A, B, and DR antigens. Ki...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mendez R,Chatterjee SN,Mendez R,Bogaard T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera were obtained from 48 gravida II prenatal and 211 multiparous nonpregnant females and examined for leukocyte antibodies comparing a standard lymphocytotoxicity (CY) test with capillary agglutination (CA). Antibody was detected in 41% of the samples in both groups but only CA tests were positive with approximately...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Thompson JS,Jackson D,Greazel NA,Parmely MJ,Severson CD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney allograft recipients. In this post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial which tested the effect of denosumab on bone mineral density, we assessed the impact of this drug on the incidence and severity of infections in the first year afte...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bonani M,Frey D,de Rougemont O,Mueller NJ,Mueller TF,Graf N,Wüthrich RP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether ischemic preconditioning (IPC) of solid organs induces remote IPC (RIPC) in donors after brain death (DBD). METHODS:Outcomes in kidney recipients from 163 DBD in two randomized trials of liver IPC (5 min=62 and 10 min=101) were obtained retrospectively from the Scientific Registry of T...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Desai KK,Mora-Esteves C,Holland BK,Dikdan G,Fisher A,Wilson DJ,Koneru B

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In December 2018, United Network for Organ Sharing approved an allocation scheme based on recipients' geographic distance from a deceased donor (acuity circles [ACs]). Previous analyses suggested that ACs would reduce waitlist mortality overall, but their impact on pediatric subgroups was not considered. ME...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mogul DB,Perito ER,Wood N,Mazariegos GV,VanDerwerken D,Ibrahim SH,Mohammad S,Valentino PL,Gentry S,Hsu E

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the relationship between transplant vascular sclerosis (TVS) and tissue fibrosis, features of chronic rejection that can develop rapidly in accepted heterotopic murine cardiac allografts. METHODS:The rate of development of interstitial fibrosis or TVS development was determined by comput...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Armstrong AT,Strauch AR,Starling RC,Sedmak DD,Orosz CG

更新日期：1997-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplant recipients suffer many postoperative complications. Few studies evaluated the effects of fluid management on these complications. We conducted an observational cohort study to evaluate the association between intraoperative fluid balance and postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) and other ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Carrier FM,Chassé M,Sylvestre MP,Girard M,Legendre-Courville L,Massicotte L,Bilodeau M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metrics for evaluating low-quality kidneys have failed to predict outcomes or reduce the kidney refusal and discard rates. Kidneys from extended-criteria donors (ECDs) and kidneys with ≥85% kidney donor profile indexes (KDPIs) might have different sensitivities to the proinflammatory milieu generated by brai...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Florim GMS,Caldas HC,Gonçalves NN,Bueno GOBE,Baptista MASF,Fernandes-Charpiot IMM,Abbud-Filho M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leflunomide is a compound recently shown to reduce T and B cell-mediated responses in a number of experimental rat, mouse, and human systems. To explore its potential as an immunosuppressant, we studied leflunomide in 128 Brown-Norway/Lewis cardiac transplants and in 48 unoperated Lewis rats. At doses ranging from 0.6...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Williams JW,Xiao F,Foster P,Clardy C,McChesney L,Sankary H,Chong AS

更新日期：1994-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a relative lack of donor organs for liver transplantation. Ideally, to maximize the utility of those livers that are offered, donor and recipient characteristics should be matched to ensure the best possible posttransplant survival of the recipient. METHODS:With prospectively collected data on 827 ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Haydon GH,Hiltunen Y,Lucey MR,Collett D,Gunson B,Murphy N,Nightingale PG,Neuberger J

更新日期：2005-01-27 00:00:00