The urine protein to creatinine ratio (P/C) as a predictor of 24-hour urine protein excretion in renal transplant patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strategy of evaluating every donation opportunity warrants an investigation into the financial feasibility of this practice. The purpose of this investigation is to measure resource utilization required for procurement of transplantable organs in an organ procurement organization (OPO). METHODS:Donors w...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： DuBay DA,Redden DT,Bryant MK,Dorn DP,Fouad MN,Gray SH,White JA,Locke JE,Meeks CB,Taylor GC,Kilgore ML,Eckhoff DE

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent proposal supports the elimination of allocation points for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatches (MM) in cadaveric kidney transplantation. The intent is to increase access for some racial groups that might be disadvantaged by the representation of race-specific HLA in a largely white donor pool. ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rebellato LM,Arnold AN,Bozik KM,Haisch CE

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a limiting factor in liver transplantation. We have recently shown that pyruvate (PY) inhibits intestinal and renal I/R injury. This study aims to evaluate the protective effect of PY on hepatic I/R injury. METHODS:ACI rats were treated with PY, whereas control animals r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sileri P,Schena S,Morini S,Rastellini C,Pham S,Benedetti E,Cicalese L

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin grafts can be significantly prolonged in ALS-treated mice by the injection of 25 x 10(6) donor bone marrow cells or 50 x 10(6) spleen cells. Lymph node cells and thymocytes are only minimally effective in prolonging grafts. The effect of a hematopoietic growth factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating fac...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Monaco AP,Wood ML,Gottschalk R,Seiler FR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The chemokine receptor CCR7 plays a pivotal role in the homing of naïve T cells and regulatory T cells to secondary lymphoid organs and the migration of dendritic cells into afferent lymphatic vessels. Antigen presentation, T cell recruitment, and expansion of regulatory cells are crucial events in establish...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ensminger SM,Helm SN,Ohl L,Spriewald BM,Abele S,Wollin M,Wood KJ,Weyand M,Förster R

更新日期：2008-08-27 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：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolic acid, the active metabolite of mycophenolate mofetil, inhibits the glycosylation of cell membrane glycoproteins. We hypothesized that impaired glycosylation of cell adhesion molecules on endothelial cells in vivo results in decreased susceptibility to inflammation or immunogenicity after allogen...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Valentin JF,Bruijn JA,Paul LC

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated zoom endoscopic findings according to four components in comparison with the histologic findings of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in a living-related small bowel transplantation (SBTx) patient. METHODS:A 16-year-old boy with microvillus inclusion disease underwent SBTx with a 150-cm-lo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sasaki T,Hasegawa T,Nakai H,Kimura T,Okada A,Musiake S,Doi R

更新日期：2002-02-27 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：:We report the largest single-center experience with extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and recurrent acute rejection (AR) after lung transplantation. Lung transplant recipients undergoing ECP for BOS and recurrent AR were included (1997-2007). The rate of forced expiratory v...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Benden C,Speich R,Hofbauer GF,Irani S,Eich-Wanger C,Russi EW,Weder W,Boehler A

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolator-maintained CBH/Ola (Rtlc) rats were lethally irradiated and reconstituted with spleen and bone marrow cells from fully allogeneic WAG or Wistar (Rtlu) donors. Hematopoietically reconstituted rats were treated with cyclosporine (CsA)4 as prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) for periods ranging from...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Denham S,Attridge SR,Barfoot RK

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APAS) remain at high risk for the development of renal thrombosis without the benefit of anticoagulation therapy. This study examines the efficacy of anticoagulation therapy in this high-risk patient population. METHOD:Of nine ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vaidya S,Gugliuzza K,Daller JA

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As donation after cardiac death practices expand, the number of institutional policies is increasing. We contacted organ procurement organizations throughout the United States and requested protocols in hospitals in their donor service areas. Sixty-four protocols were obtained with representation from 16 different sta...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fugate JE,Stadtler M,Rabinstein AA,Wijdicks EF

更新日期：2011-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have investigated the effectiveness of virus detection from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples for the identification of symptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in lung transplant recipients. METHODS:Thus, 275 BAL samples taken from 105 lung transplant recipients during follow-up were anal...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zedtwitz-Liebenstein K,Jaksch P,Bauer C,Popow T,Klepetko W,Hofmann H,Puchhammer-Stöckl E

更新日期：2004-06-27 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：:Neither the presence nor the specific role of secretory cytokines in in vivo allograft rejection has been extensively studied. We quantitated the levels of colony-stimulating factors, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin 1 within the rejecting allograft. BALB/c (H-2d) mice were implanted with polyurethane sponges co...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ford HR,Hoffman RA,Wing EJ,Magee DM,McIntyre LA,Simmons RL

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the tritiated thymidine (3H-TdR) suicide technique on the ability of donor cells to induce fatal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was studied. C57BL/6 (H-2b) spleen cells were stimulated in vitro with irradiated BALB/c (H-2d) Moloney lymphoma cells in mixed culture and 3H-TdR of high-specific activity ad...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cheever MA,Einstein AB Jr,Kempf RA,Fefer A

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The importance of HLA matching for renal transplantation outcomes has been appreciated for several decades. It has been hypothesized that as pharmacologic immunosuppression becomes stronger and more specific, the impact of HLA matching may be vanishing. Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) has been demonstrated to ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Meier-Kriesche HU,Ojo AO,Leichtman AB,Magee JC,Rudich SM,Hanson JA,Cibrik DM,Kaplan B

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregraft transfusion combined with immunosuppression at the time of grafting improves the survival of clinical and experimental allografts. The mechanisms responsible for this effect were investigated in the murine model of cardiac transplantation, combining transfusions 7 to 30 days prior to transplantation with cycl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mottram PL,Mirisklavos A,Dumble LJ,Clunie GJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OKT3, an anti-CD3 MAB, depletes T cells in vivo and is among the most potent inhibitors of acute allograft rejection. The mechanism of this inhibition is unknown. The present studies investigate whether anti-CD3 antibodies have the ability to crosslink CD3 on two different cells and induce TCR-dependent antibody-bridg...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wong JT,Eylath AA,Ghobrial I,Colvin RB

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this open-label, prospective study was to compare steady state concentrations and clearances of intravenously administered cyclosporine or tacrolimus with and without concomitant high-dose (400 mg/day) fluconazole in allogeneic BMT patients. Twenty-one patients were evaluable. The mean steady state cycl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Osowski CL,Dix SP,Lin LS,Mullins RE,Geller RB,Wingard JR

更新日期：1996-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of acute rejection in heart transplantation remains an important feature of transplant management, especially in the early phase. Frequent surveillance with endomyocardial biopsy is necessary, even though it is an invasive procedure and carries a certain risk. Hence, noninvasive biomarkers able...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Crescioli C,Buonamano A,Scolletta S,Sottili M,Francalanci M,Giomarelli P,Biagioli B,Lisi G,Pradella F,Serio M,Romagnani P,Maccherini M

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Using liposomes, multilamellar lipid vesicles (MLV), we have found that liposome-incorporated cyclosporine is not only less toxic but also more effective in prolonging survival of cardiac allografts in mice. Following intravenous injection of liposome-incorporated drug, cyclosporine levels in blood were shown to decre...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Górecki DC,Jakóbisiak M,Kruszewski A,Lasek W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incompatibility for DBA/2 (D2) minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHA) alone leads to a severe lethal graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) in irradiated (D2 X B10.D2)F1 mice receiving a bone-marrow-plus-spleen-cell graft from B10.D2 donors. This mortality is abrogated when the donors are preimmunized simultaneously agai...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pritchard LL,Halle-Pannenko O

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The science of composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) is rooted in progressive thinking by surgeons, fueled by innovative solutions, and aided by understanding the immunology of tolerance and rejection. These three factors have allowed CTA to progress from science fiction to science fact. Research using preclinica...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Swearingen B,Ravindra K,Xu H,Wu S,Breidenbach WC,Ildstad ST

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the long-term outcome of renal transplant patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) type I and the impact of recurrence. METHODS:The outcomes of 68 renal transplants performed between 1976 and 2009 in 63 patients with MPGN were compared with those of 136 controls matched for ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Moroni G,Casati C,Quaglini S,Gallelli B,Banfi G,Montagnino G,Messa P

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal transplant recipients have an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, but less data exist about cerebrovascular atherosclerosis. In this study, we assessed the prevalence of carotid lesions as evaluated by B-mode ultrasonography in a group of renal transplant recipients, and we evaluated univari...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Barbagallo CM,Pinto A,Gallo S,Parrinello G,Caputo F,Sparacino V,Cefalù AB,Novo S,Licata G,Notarbartolo A,Averna MR

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a frequent complication in renal-transplant recipients (RTRs). We conducted a prospective study to assess the potential role of PTDM in the development of atherosclerotic events (AE) in RTRs. METHODS:Three hundred fifty-seven consecutive RTRs were enrolled in this ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ducloux D,Kazory A,Chalopin JM

更新日期：2005-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated that long-term tolerance of class I mismatched renal allografts in miniature swine is induced by a short course of cyclosporine (CyA), and that a total thymectomy 21 days before transplantation abrogates the induction of stable tolerance. We have now examined the effects of...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yamada K,Ierino FL,Gianello PR,Shimizu A,Colvin RB,Sachs DH

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors studied the relationship between the dynamics of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) load, CD8 T-cell activation and differentiation, and EBV-associated symptoms in 25 children after kidney transplantation (Tx). METHODS:Twenty-two patients were enrolled at the time of Tx and three at diagnosis of EBV-induc...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Baudouin V,Dehée A,Pédron-Grossetete B,Ansart-Pirenne H,Haddad E,Maisin A,Loirat C,Sterkers G

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00