Graft-versus-host-disease-associated thymic damage results in the appearance of T cell clones with anti-host reactivity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients report cards of US organ transplant center performance are publicly available and used for quality oversight. Low center performance (LP) evaluations are associated with changes in practice including reduced transplant rates and increased waitlist removals. In 201...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Schold JD,Miller CM,Henry ML,Buccini LD,Flechner SM,Goldfarb DA,Poggio ED,Andreoni KA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD154-CD40 pathway is one of the critical costimulatory pathways that are required for full activation of T cells during alloimmune responses. Blockade of this pathway with anti-CD154 antibodies has been reported to prolong allograft survival in experimental transplantation models and to induce tolerance in some i...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yamada And A,Sayegh MH

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic artery thrombosis is a dreadful complication of orthotopic liver transplantation. It should be suspected in cases of fulminant liver failure, delayed bile leak, or intermittent sepsis of unknown cause after liver transplantation. Accurate diagnosis is assisted by ultrasound and computerized tomography scans, b...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tzakis AG,Gordon RD,Shaw BW Jr,Iwatsuki S,Starzl TE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing hyperacute rejection (HAR) is a difficult and unsolved problem in xenotransplantation. This may be due, in part, to a lack of therapies that can suppress production of natural antibodies (NA), which are thought to be critical mediators of HAR. This study examined the effect of 15-deoxyspergualin (DSPG) and ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Leventhal JR,Flores HC,Gruber SA,Figueroa J,Platt JL,Manivel JC,Bach FH,Matas AJ,Bolman RM 3rd

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplantation enhances the risk of malignancies, due to the chronic use of antirejection medication. In the case of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) the permissive effect of immunosuppression has been extensively studied, and cyclosporine (CsA) appears to play a key role. Here we have compared the incidence of KS in ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cattaneo D,Gotti E,Perico N,Bertolini G,Kainer G,Remuzzi G

更新日期：2005-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between rejection and infection of lung allografts remains difficult. The effects of these two pathologic entities on the cytolytic activity of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and PBL were investigated. Left lung allotransplantation was performed on 16 mongrel dogs of which 12 were available for complete ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nguyen DM,Mulder DS,Shennib H

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We initiated a policy of using RSLT in critically ill patients in June of 1988. Since that time we have performed 30 RSLTs in 29 patients, including 28 children and 1 adult. The mean age of the children was 27 months (range 1 month to 10 years) with 14 (52%) being 1 year of age or less. The mean weight was 11.3 kg (ra...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Langnas AN,Marujo WC,Inagaki M,Stratta RJ,Wood RP,Shaw BW Jr

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine factors associated with body composition changes shortly after liver transplantation (LTx), including the influence of immunosuppressive agents. The combined resting energy expenditure (REE) and handgrip strength provided a valuable assessment in data interpretation of body comp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Brito-Costa A,Pereira-da-Silva L,Papoila AL,Alves M,Mateus É,Nolasco F,Barroso E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ling Zhi-8 (LZ-8) is a protein derived from the fungus Ganoderma lucidum and has immunomodulatory capacities. It was shown to be mitogenic toward mouse splenocytes in vitro and immunosuppressive in vivo by reducing antigen-induced antibody formation and by preventing completely the incidence of autoimmune diabetes in ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： van der Hem LG,van der Vliet JA,Bocken CF,Kino K,Hoitsma AJ,Tax WJ

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplant vasculopathy in kidney and heart allografts is associated with marked elevation of endothelin-1 (ET-1), but a role for ET-1 in the pathogenesis of transplant vasculopathy and chronic rejection has not been established. We, therefore, tested whether inhibition of ET-1-converting enzyme by phosphora...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Simonson MS,Herman WH,Robinson A,Schulak J,Hricik DE

更新日期：1999-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has emerged an early marker protein, predicative of acute kidney injury (AKI) in various clinical settings. Here, we demonstrate urinary NGAL to allow for differential diagnosis of AKI, accurately discriminating acute allograft rejection from other ca...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Heyne N,Kemmner S,Schneider C,Nadalin S,Königsrainer A,Häring HU

更新日期：2012-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed lymphocyte culture--lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity (MLC-LMC) reactions by recipient spleen cells were strongly and specifically increased shortly after primarily vascularized heart grafts were placed in mice. Subsequently, in strain combinations in which eventual long-term graft survival occurred, the MLC-LMC ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Burdick JF,Clow LW

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive biomarkers are needed to monitor stable patients following kidney transplantation (KT), as subclinical rejection, currently detectable only with invasive surveillance biopsies, can lead to chronic rejection and graft loss. Several biomarkers have recently been developed to detect rejection in KT recipients...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Naesens M,Friedewald J,Mas V,Kaplan B,Abecassis MM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shortage of organ donors limits the number of possible liver transplantations. Alternative therapies for treatment of liver failure are currently being developed: (i) extracorporeal artificial liver devices; (ii) bioartificial liver devices using hepatocytes; and (iii) hepatocyte transplantation. The objective of thes...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sgroi A,Serre-Beinier V,Morel P,Bühler L

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) has been an effective alternative in acute liver failure (ALF), but clinically several problems remain to be resolved. Thus, we attempt to establish an APOLT model for ALF using a large animal and demonstrate the validity of our model. METHODS:In ex...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fukueda M,Ishizaki N,Hamada N,Kadono J,Kaieda M,Nakamura N,Komokata T,Sakata R

更新日期：2006-11-27 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：:Allograft rejection results from a complex process involving both the innate and acquired immune systems. The innate immune system predominates in the early phase of the allogeneic response, during which chemokines and cell adhesion play essential roles, not only for leukocyte migration into the graft but also for fac...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Le Moine A,Goldman M,Abramowicz D

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 113 cyclosporine-treated primary renal allograft recipients, 60 were randomized to receive standard therapy without diltiazem (ND) and 53 received standard therapy plus diltiazem (D). There was no difference in CsA blood levels between ND and D at all intervals between 3 and 24 months follow-up, yet the D group req...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chrysostomou A,Walker RG,Russ GR,d'Apice AJ,Kincaid-Smith P,Mathew TH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scarring can greatly impact quality of life for individuals (ie, causing depression posttraumatic stress disorder, body image issues). Those who wish to be anonymous live liver donors are warned of the potential negative psychological impacts associated with the large scar left from liver donation surgery. G...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Krause S,Pritlove C,Abbey S,Jung J

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunosuppression involves the nature of the immunosuppressive agents and individual differences in patient factors. We investigated whether the effect of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is measurable using an in vitro measure of immunocompetence and related its effects to cyclosporine (CsA) in vitro. METHODS:L...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ogawa N,Nagashima N,Nakamura M,Shalabi A,Maley WR,Burdick JF

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty seven recipients of renal allografts initially treated with CsA and low-dose prednisone were switched to azathioprine and low-dose steroids. Ten had prolonged (greater than 28 days) allograft nonfunction after transplantation (group 1), 8 had ongoing, poorly controlled rejection (group 2), and 39 had stable func...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rocher LL,Milford EL,Kirkman RL,Carpenter CB,Strom TB,Tilney NL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy in inbred mice is associated with long-term accceptance of H-Y-incompatible skin grafts (in some "rejector" strain females) and with the formation of cytotoxic and agglutinating H-Y antibodies (in females generally). Yet there is no evident correlation between the two phenomena; postpartum females of nonreje...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Krupen-Brown K,Wachtel SS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To retrospectively compare the accuracy of pretransplant panel of reactivity antibodies (PRA) and serum level of soluble CD30 (sCD30) in predicting early (<6 months) acute rejection (AR) in living-donor and deceased-donor kidney-transplant (KT) patients. METHODS:Pretransplant sera of 24 KT recipients were r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Cinti P,Pretagostini R,Arpino A,Tamburro ML,Mengasini S,Lattanzi R,De Simone P,Berloco P,Molajoni ER

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 151 potential recipients of kidney grafts from one-HLA-haplotype-mismatched MLC-positive (RR greater than 20%) donors treated during 1980-1984 was investigated. The recipients were divided retrospectively into four groups: (A) 42 patients who received pretransplant donor-specific transfusions (DST) and post...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Leivestad T,Albrechtsen D,Flatmark A,Thorsby E

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, the effect of rh-SOD, given in a dose of 200 mg intravenously during surgery to cyclosporine-treated recipients of cadaveric renal allografts, on both acute and chronic rejection events as well as patient and graft survival was investigated by analyzin...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Land W,Schneeberger H,Schleibner S,Illner WD,Abendroth D,Rutili G,Arfors KE,Messmer K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal complications are common in patients who undergo kidney transplantation and may affect posttransplant outcomes. We examined the incidence and predictors of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and dyspepsia and their associations with graft survival and mortality after transplant. METHODS...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Neri L,Rocca Rey LA,Pinsky BW,Lentine KL,Salvalaggio PR,Machnicki G,Willoughby L,Burroughs TE,Takemoto SK,Schnitzler MA

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of circulating donor-reactive cytotoxic lymphocyte precursors (CLP) and Il-2-producing helper lymphocyte precursors (HLP) were determined by limiting dilution analysis in 19 kidney allograft recipients before and at various intervals (up to 2 years) after transplantation. A significant, selective, and ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zanker B,Jooss-Rüdiger J,Franz HE,Wagner H,Kabelitz D

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation tolerance can be induced in the adult mouse by the selective manipulation of the CD4+ T cell subset. C3H/He recipients with prolonged survival (> 120 days) of C57BL/10 cardiac allografts induced by treatment, at the time of transplantation, with the anti-CD4 mAb, YTS 191.1, were skin grafted simultaneo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pearson TC,Darby CR,Bushell AR,West LJ,Morris PJ,Wood KJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a pilot trial we evaluated the toxicity and efficacy of sirolimus (rapamycin) as second-line therapy for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in 21 patients (1-46 years of age) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS:All patients were treated with methy...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Benito AI,Furlong T,Martin PJ,Anasetti C,Appelbaum FR,Doney K,Nash RA,Papayannopoulou T,Storb R,Sullivan KM,Witherspoon R,Deeg HJ

更新日期：2001-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD4+ T cells play an essential role in allograft rejection. The monoclonal anti-rat CD4 antibody, RIB 5/2, has been shown to modulate the CD4 glycoprotein without eliminating the recipient T cells. We have successfully induced tolerance to rat heart allografts by recipient pretreatment with a single dose of ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Motoyama K,Arima T,Yu S,Lehmann M,Flye MW

更新日期：2000-01-27 00:00:00