Endotelin ETA and ETB receptor antagonism during cold preservation in renal transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease in adult liver transplant recipients, using routine preemptive therapy guided by the pp65 antigenemia test. METHODS:Antigenemia was monitored weekly after liver transplantation (OLTX) for the first 3 months, and ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kusne S,Grossi P,Irish W,St George K,Rinaldo C,Rakela J,Fung J

更新日期：1999-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, many transplantation centers do not follow former living kidney donors on a long-term basis. Several potential barriers have been identified to provide this follow-up of former living kidney donors, including concerns that donor insurance will not reimburse transplantation centers or primary care ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kher A,Rodrigue J,Ajaimy M,Wasilewski M,Ladin K,Mandelbrot D

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CTLA4 immunoglobulin (Ig)G that binds to B7 effectively inhibits the signaling of CD28/CTLA4-B7 pathway and induces antigen specific T cell unresponsiveness in vitro and in vivo. Using CTLA4IgG, we examined induction of long-term graft survival and the mechanism of maintenance of tolerance in rat allogeneic ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tarumi K,Murakami M,Yagihashi A,Nakagawa I,Hirata K,Uede T

更新日期：1999-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) after pediatric liver transplantation has been associated with high mortality rates. METHODS:The present study examined 282 consecutive pediatric liver transplant recipients from October 1989 to June 1996 who received primary tacrolimus immunosuppression. Th...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cacciarelli TV,Green M,Jaffe R,Mazariegos GV,Jain A,Fung JJ,Reyes J

更新日期：1998-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement plays important roles in both ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) of solid organ allografts. One approach to possibly improve outcomes after transplantation is the use of C1 inhibitor (C1-INH), which blocks the first step in both the classical and lectin pathways of compl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Berger M,Lefaucheur C,Jordan SC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:World Kidney Day on March 8, 2012, provides a chance to reflect on the success of kidney transplantation as a therapy for end-stage kidney disease that surpasses dialysis treatments both for the quality and quantity of life that it provides and for its cost-effectiveness. Anything that is both cheaper and better, but ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Garcia GG,Harden P,Chapman J,World Kidney Day Steering Committee 2012.

更新日期：2012-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New strategies for improving durable functional islet mass will be instrumental in facilitating islet transplantation as a cure for type 1 diabetes mellitus. The ability to transfer immunoregulatory or cytoprotective genes into pancreatic islets may enhance survival. Adenoviral vectors (Ad5) have been used w...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Contreras JL,Wu H,Smyth CA,Eckstein CP,Young CJ,Seki T,Bilbao G,Curiel DT,Eckhoff DE

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-A, non-B hepatitis is a significant cause of liver disease among renal allograft recipients. In order to assess the impact and prevalence of hepatitis C in a series of renal allograft recipients, we retrospectively screened 621 consecutive patients transplanted between 1979 and 1989 and 484 cadaver organ donors re...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Roth D,Fernandez JA,Burke GW,Esquenazi V,Miller J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the enzyme release from preserved and ex vivo reperfused livers after acute injury or inflammatory stimulus with organ function. METHODS:Acute injury was induced by carbon tetrachloride and inflammation was induced by turpentine oil treatments. Livers were exsanguinated and preserved for 8 or 24 ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gioli-Pereira L,Coradin K,Nagaoka MR,Borges DR,Kouyoumdjian M

更新日期：2002-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) donor-specific antibodies (DSA) detected by Luminex in the development of rejection is not fully understood. METHODS:A study including 369 patients who received transplants from deceased donors with a negative complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch (XM) w...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Caro-Oleas JL,González-Escribano MF,Gentil-Govantes MÁ,Acevedo MJ,González-Roncero FM,Blanco GB,Núñez-Roldán A

更新日期：2012-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common in solid organ allograft recipients and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after transplantation, so effective management will improve outcomes. In this review, we discuss the extent of the problem associated with HCV infection in donors and kidney, heart, a...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Carbone M,Mutimer D,Neuberger J

更新日期：2013-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to sensitize cells in vitro, follow their proliferative and cytotoxic responses, and determine their ability to cause lethal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). C57BL/6 (H2b) spleen cells were incubated with irradiated BALB/C (H2d) Moloney lymphoma cells (LSTRA) in mixed leukocyte culture condit...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Einstein AB Jr,Cheever MA,Fefer A

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) and deceased after circulatory death kidneys are viable sources of organs. The outcomes of renal transplantation from deceased after circulatory death (DCD) donors with AKI are not known. METHODS:A retrospective review of deceased donor renal transplants...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lia D,Singer P,Nair V,Yang J,Teperman L,Grodstein E

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection remains one of the major complications of nonspecific immunosuppression in renal transplant patients and accounts for significant morbidity and mortality. The incidence of infectious complications has been shown to be related to the degree of immunosuppression and correlated with the total steroid dosage, us...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Salama AD,Rogers T,Lord GM,Lechler RI,Mason PD

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is the leading cause of late mortality after lung transplantation. METHODS:We added azithromycin (AZI) (250 mg/day for 5 days, followed by 250 mg every other day) to the current immunosuppressive therapy in eight lung transplant recipients (mean age 36 years) with est...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Verleden GM,Dupont LJ

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoincompatible-complete radiation chimeras, after resolving acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), establish specific tolerance to host and donor alloantigens. This tolerance can be perturbed with immunosuppressive agents and infusions of small numbers of donor-type cells, with infusions of massive numbers of dono...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tutschka PJ,Hess AD,Beschorner WE,Santos GW

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic modulation of the platelet-activating factor antagonist WEB 2086BS on the release of metabolites of the arachidonic acid and the cytokine TNF alpha was investigated in an ex vivo xenograft model of hyperacute rejection. Pig kidneys were perfused for 60 min in a perfusion system with oxygenated hepari...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Saumweber DM,Bergmann R,Gokel M,Hammer C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was designed to assess the cellular immune competence of Lewis rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. First-set Fischer skin allografts were rejected in 10.9 days by nondiabetic Lewis recipients and in 12.0 days by diabetic Lewis recipients. Second-set skin allografts in the same strain combination, utiliz...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Friedman EA,Beyer MM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) causes roseola infantum (exanthema subitum) upon primary infection in young children. Thereafter it persists lifelong in the organism. Like other herpesviruses, HHV-6 can be reactivated in periods of immunosuppression - e.g., after organ transplantation. In order to study the incidence...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Schmidt CA,Wilbron F,Weiss K,Brinkmann V,Oettle H,Lohmann R,Langrehr JM,Neuhaus P,Siegert W

更新日期：1996-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) therapy compared with azathioprine has not led to improved long-term renal allograft outcomes perhaps as MMF dose is limited by tolerability and dose reduction is associated with inferior graft outcome. The consequences, however, of dose reduction of mycophenolate mofetil relative...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Shah S,Collett D,Johnson R,Raftery M,Rudge C,Yaqoob MM

更新日期：2008-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell-based insulin therapies can potentially improve glycemic regulation in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Enteroendocrine cells engineered to secrete recombinant insulin have exhibited glycemic efficacy, but have been primarily studied as uncontrollable growth systems in immune incompetent mice. Furth...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tiernan AR,Thulé PM,Sambanis A

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral administration of alloantigens induces down-regulation of Th1 immune responses and reduces the incidence of corneal graft rejection. This study examined the role of Th1 and Th2 cytokines, accessory cells, and lymphoid organs that are known to be instrumental in other forms of antigen-specific tolerance....

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Niederkorn JY,Mayhew E

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoalbuminemia is associated with poorer outcomes in renal transplantation. Diabetes can compound hypoalbuminemia's detrimental effects. Kidney-pancreas transplantation alters the diabetic milieu; yet, some patients continue to be hypoalbuminemic. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 232 patients who underw...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Becker BN,Becker YT,Heisey DM,Leverson GE,Collins BH,Odorico JS,D'Alessandro AM,Knechtle SJ,Pirsch JD,Sollinger HW

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease is a potential problem following small bowel transplantation. We have previously shown that a two-day intraperitoneal course of polyclonal antilymphocyte serum completely prevents GVHD without impairing allograft function in a unidirectional rat small bowel transplant model. In the present st...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Shaffer D,Ubhi CS,Simpson MA,Gottschalk R,Milford EL,Maki T,Monaco AP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to IL-2 and IL-4 of several functionally defined lymphoid cell types was assessed at the individual responding cell level in limiting dilution experiments in which exogenous IL-2 or IL-4 was used to promote cellular activation and expansion. Splenic precursors that give rise to alloreactive CTL in LDA sup...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Widmer MB,Voice RF,Conlon PJ,Grabstein KH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity of tumour-bearer serum against a transplanted aminoazodye-induced rat hepatoma was revealed using normal rat serum as the source of complement as assessed using a short-term 51Cr release test. The tumour-bearing rat was not deficient in a functional complement system and direct cytolysis against hepat...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Price MR,Höffken K,Baldwin RW

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the predictive model for risk of sensitization by donor-specific transfusions developed at the University of California, San Francisco for its applicability to the DST experience at UW/Madison. Patient sample sizes between the two groups were similar (n = 249 for UW/Madison, n = 261 for UCSF) and the tw...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Burlingham WJ,Stratta R,Mason B,Lorentzen D,Feyzi J,Sollinger HW,Belzer FO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells effect hybrid resistance, in which parental hematopoietic cell grafts are rejected by F1 recipients. NK cells can also resist engraftment of fully MHC-mismatched allogeneic marrow. However, studies of NK cell-mediated alloresistance have relied on short-term proliferation, colony, or survival...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lee LA,Sergio JJ,Sykes M

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcineurin inhibitor (CI)-based immunosuppression has prolonged the survival of heart transplant recipients. However, CI-induced renal injury remains as a major problem in these patients. Sirolimus is an immunosuppressant with no significant impact on renal function. A limited number of recent papers have s...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bestetti R,Theodoropoulos TA,Burdmann EA,Filho MA,Cordeiro JA,Villafanha D

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Active regulation or suppression of donor reactive cells is emerging as a key mechanism for inducing and maintaining unresponsiveness to donor alloantigens. Accumulating evidence suggests that a balance between immunoregulation and deletion of donor alloantigen reactive T cells can provide effective control of immune ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wood KJ,Luo S,Akl A

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00