abstract：BACKGROUND:During the isolation process, pancreatic islets are exposed to an environment of sterile inflammation resulting in an upregulated inflammatory state before transplantation. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been identified as a major mediator of sterile inflammation. Therefore, we sought to determine whether e...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chang CA,Murphy K,Kane RR,Lawrence MC,Naziruddin B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta cell replacement has the potential to restore euglycemia in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes. Although great progress has been made in establishing allogeneic islet transplantation from deceased donors as the standard of care for those with the most labile diabetes, it is also clear that the deceased dono...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Odorico J,Markmann J,Melton D,Greenstein J,Hwa A,Nostro C,Rezania A,Oberholzer J,Pipeleers D,Yang L,Cowan C,Huangfu D,Egli D,Ben-David U,Vallier L,Grey ST,Tang Q,Roep B,Ricordi C,Naji A,Orlando G,Anderson DG,P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carbon monoxide (CO) inhalation protects organ by reducing inflammation and cell death during transplantation processes in animal model. However, using CO in clinical transplantation is difficult due to its delivery in a controlled manner. A manganese-containing CO releasing molecules (CORM)-401 has recently...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bhattacharjee RN,Richard-Mohamed M,Sun Q,Haig A,Aboalsamh G,Barrett P,Mayer R,Alhasan I,Pineda-Solis K,Jiang L,Alharbi H,Saha M,Patterson E,Sener A,Cepinskas G,Jevnikar AM,Luke PPW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solid-organ transplant recipients with pretransplant malignancies (PTM) have worse overall survival (OS) compared to recipients without history of malignancy. However, it is unknown whether the increased risk of mortality is due to recurrent cancer-related deaths. METHODS:All solid-organ transplant recipien...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Acuna SA,Sutradhar R,Kim SJ,Baxter NN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent massive ascites (PMAS) longer than 14 days after living donor liver transplantation is not uncommon and associated with worse outcome. A predictive risk scoring system was constructed after analysis of recipient, graft, and surgery-related factors. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed adult living...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wu YJ,Wang SH,Elsarawy AM,Chan YC,Chen CL,Cheng BC,Li LC,Chiu CH,Lee YW,Lin YC,Wee SY,Pan CC,Kao YY,Chen YH,Lin HW,Lin LM,Lin CC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) are central to an allograft's immunogenicity. Cold ischemia and reperfusion injury associated with static cold storage and warm reperfusion activates ECs and increases the immunogenicity of the allograft. After reperfusion, mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPT...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Tran DT,Esckilsen S,Mulligan J,Mehrotra S,Atkinson C,Nadig SN

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HLA-specific antibodies detected by solid phase assays are increasingly used to define unacceptable HLA antigen mismatches (UAM) before renal transplantation. The accuracy of this approach is unclear. METHODS:Day of transplant sera from 211 complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch-negative patients were...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zecher D,Bach C,Preiss A,Staudner C,Utpatel K,Evert M,Jung B,Bergler T,Böger CA,Spriewald BM,Banas B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have directly compared preemptive therapy (PET) and antiviral prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in CMV seropositive (R+) orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients. METHODS:We prospectively assessed CMV disease and clinical outcomes among 160 consecutive R+ OLT r...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Liu AW,Jutivorakool K,Fisher CE,Rakita RM,Reyes JD,Bhattacharya RB,Jerome KR,Limaye AP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplant (LT) for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not well characterized in the literature. The aim of the study was to examine characteristics and outcomes of patients who had LT for NASH-HCC (NASH) versus HCC from other liver diseases (non-NASH). METHO...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sadler EM,Mehta N,Bhat M,Ghanekar A,Greig PD,Grant DR,Yao F,Sapisochin G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In live donor liver transplantation portal flush only of the graft is done on the bench. There are no data on antegrade arterial flush along with portal flush of the graft. METHODS:Consecutive patients undergoing elective right lobe live donor liver transplantation were block-randomized to receive either po...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pamecha V,Sandhyav R,Sinha PK,Bharathy KGS,Sasturkar S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite effective antiviral treatment, hundreds of kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are discarded annually. Little is known about the determinants of willingness to accept HCV-infected kidneys among HCV-negative patients. METHODS:At 2 centers, 189 patients undergoing initial or reev...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： McCauley M,Mussell A,Goldberg D,Sawinski D,Molina RN,Tomlin R,Doshi SD,Abt P,Bloom R,Blumberg E,Kulkarni S,Esnaola G,Shults J,Thiessen C,Reese PP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term outcomes of solid organ transplantation have improved dramatically over the past several decades; however, long-term survival has remained static over the same period, and chronic rejection remains a major cause of graft failure. The importance of donor, or "passenger," lymphocytes to the induction of toler...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Prosser AC,Kallies A,Lucas M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) defined by serum total bilirubin (TB) of 10 mg/dL or greater or prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR) of 1.6 or greater on postoperative day 7 (POD 7) or aminotransferase greater than 2000 IU/L within the first week, is associated with early graft loss aft...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Okamura Y,Yagi S,Sato T,Hata K,Ogawa E,Yoshizawa A,Kamo N,Yamashiki N,Okajima H,Kaido T,Uemoto S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus (TAC) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive regimen in liver transplantation (LT). Its pharmacokinetics is characterized by a high interpatient and intrapatient variability (IPV) leading to an unpredictable dose-response relationship. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of TAC IPV (I...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Rayar M,Tron C,Jézéquel C,Beaurepaire JM,Petitcollin A,Houssel-Debry P,Camus C,Verdier MC,Dehlawi A,Lakéhal M,Desfourneaux V,Meunier B,Sulpice L,Bellissant E,Boudjema K,Lemaitre F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTOR-I), drugs widely used in transplant medicine and oncology, exert their function by inhibiting a serine/threonine kinase with a pivotal role in cellular metabolism and in a wide range of eukaryotic biological/cellular functions and signaling networks. Additionally, as ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Zaza G,Granata S,Caletti C,Signorini L,Stallone G,Lupo A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-mediated injury is a major cause of allograft dysfunction and loss. Antibodies to ABH(O) blood group antigens are classic mediators of ABO-incompatible graft rejection, whereas donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies and, more recently, autoantibodies are appreciated as important contributors to allograft inflamma...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Dieudé M,West LJ,Muruve DA,Gunaratnam L,Mohanakumar T,Zorn E,Cairo CW,Freed DH,Schultz KR,Fairchild RL,Hébert MJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the elderly represents a rapidly growing population among transplant recipients, age-specific aspects have not been considered sufficiently in clinical trials. Moreover, age-specific effects of immunosuppressive therapies remain poorly understood. METHODS:Here, we assessed the impact of rapamycin o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Quante M,Heinbokel T,Edtinger K,Minami K,Uehara H,Nian Y,Azuma H,Abdi R,Elkhal A,Tullius SG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eradicating transplant tourism depends on complex solutions that include efforts to progress towards self-sufficiency in transplantation. Meanwhile, professionals and authorities are faced with medical, legal, and ethical problems raised by patients who return home after receiving an organ transplant abroad, particula...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Domínguez-Gil B,Danovitch G,Martin DE,López-Fraga M,Van Assche K,Morris ML,Lavee J,Erlich G,Fadhil R,Busic M,Rankin G,Al-Rukhaimi M,OʼConnell P,Chin J,Norman T,Massari P,Kamel R,Delmonico FL,Declaration of Istanbul Cu

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK Kidney Fast-Track Scheme (KFTS) was introduced in 2012 to identify kidneys at high risk of discard and to rapidly facilitate transplantation. A retrospective analysis of kidneys transplanted through the KFTS was undertaken. METHODS:UK Transplant Registry data were collected on deceased donor kidneys ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Callaghan CJ,Mumford L,Pankhurst L,Baker RJ,Bradley JA,Watson CJE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insults to the airway epithelium play a key role in constrictive bronchiolitis after lung transplantation, the typical hallmark of chronic rejection. Our hypothesis is that immunosuppressives might affect airway integrity. METHODS:A biculture of human bronchial epithelial cells and lung microvascular endoth...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bellon H,Vandermeulen E,Verleden SE,Heigl T,Vriens H,Lammertyn E,Verlinden L,Vanhove T,Verstuyf M,Hoet P,Vos R,Verleden GM,Vanaudenaerde BM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When a deceased-donor kidney is offered to a waitlisted candidate, the decision to accept or decline the organ relies primarily upon a practitioner's experience and intuition. Such decisions must achieve a delicate balance between estimating the immediate benefit of transplantation and the potential for futu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bertsimas D,Kung J,Trichakis N,Wojciechowski D,Vagefi PA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for selected patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. However, cancer recurrence, posttransplantation, remains to be the critical issue that affects the long-term outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma recipients. In addition to tumor biology itself, increasing evidenc...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Li CX,Man K,Lo CM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative damage of the urethral rhabdosphincter and nerve-vascular networks is a major complication of radical prostatectomy and generally causes incontinence and/or erectile dysfunction. The human skeletal muscle-derived stem cells, which have a synchronized reconstitution capacity of muscle-nerve-bloo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Nakajima N,Tamaki T,Hirata M,Soeda S,Nitta M,Hoshi A,Terachi T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about innate lymphoid cell (ILC) populations in the human gut, and the turnover of these cells and their subsets after transplantation has not been described. METHODS:Intestinal samples were taken from 4 isolated intestine and 3 multivisceral transplant recipients at the time of any operativ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Weiner J,Zuber J,Shonts B,Yang S,Fu J,Martinez M,Farber DL,Kato T,Sykes M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avoiding donor-specific antibody (DSA) is difficult for sensitized patients. Improved understanding of the risk of low level DSA is needed. METHODS:We retrospectively compared the outcomes of 954 patients transplanted with varied levels of baseline DSA detected by single antigen beads and B flow cytometric ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Schinstock CA,Gandhi M,Cheungpasitporn W,Mitema D,Prieto M,Dean P,Cornell L,Cosio F,Stegall M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors may confer cardioprotective advantages, but clinical data are limited. METHODS:In the open-label ELEVATE trial, kidney transplant patients were randomized at 10 to 14 weeks after transplant to convert from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to everolimus or remain on standa...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Holdaas H,de Fijter JW,Cruzado JM,Massari P,Nashan B,Kanellis J,Witzke O,Gutierrez-Dalmau A,Turkmen A,Wang Z,Lopez P,Bernhardt P,Kochuparampil J,van der Giet M,Murbraech K,ELEVATE Study Group.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We herein investigate critical ischemia times and the effect of novel preservation solutions such as new histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK-N) and TiProtec on the individual tissues of a rat limb isograft. METHODS:Orthotopic hind-limb transplantations were performed in male Lewis rats after 2 hours, 6 ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Messner F,Hautz T,Blumer MJF,Bitsche M,Pechriggl EJ,Hermann M,Zelger B,Zelger B,Öfner D,Schneeberger S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Living kidney donors have donation-related out-of-pocket costs (direct costs) and/or ongoing daily expenses while losing income (indirect costs). Yet there is little information about how much of a subjective burden these constitute for the donors. METHODS:From December 2003 through December 2014, we survey...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wiseman JF,Jacobs CL,Larson DB,Berglund DM,Garvey CA,Ibrahim HN,Matas AJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Acute rejection (AR) remains the biggest challenge during the first year after heart transplantation despite advances in immunosuppressive therapy. The early detection and curbing of AR are crucial to the survival of transplant recipients. However, as the criterion standard for AR, endomyocardial biopsy has several li...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Chen Y,Zhang L,Liu J,Zhang P,Chen X,Xie M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLAs are fundamental to the adaptive immune response and play critical roles in the cellular and humoral response in solid organ transplantation. The genes encoding HLA proteins are the most polymorphic within the human genome, with thousands of different allelic variants known within the population. Application of th...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kransdorf EP,Pando MJ,Gragert L,Kaplan B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precision medicine is an emerging integrative approach for disease prevention, early detection, and treatment which takes into account individual variability in genetic and other molecular measurements, medical history, environmental exposures, and lifestyle. The development and availability of genomic and other molec...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Sirota M,Sarwal MM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis contributes to the repair process after renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. In the present study, we tested the role of miR-21 in the angiogenesis induced by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α through inhibiting a predicted target gene thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1). METHODS:To stabilize HIF-1α, ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Xu X,Song N,Zhang X,Jiao X,Hu J,Liang M,Teng J,Ding X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with high tacrolimus clearance eliminate more drug within a dose interval compared with those with low clearance. Delays in dosing time will result in transient periods of lower concentrations in high versus low clearance patients. Transient subtherapeutic tacrolimus concentrations may induce acute ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Egeland EJ,Robertsen I,Hermann M,Midtvedt K,Størset E,Gustavsen MT,Reisæter AV,Klaasen R,Bergan S,Holdaas H,Hartmann A,Åsberg A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) is known to be involved in autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and transplantation. However, its role in a warm hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (IR) model has not been fully elucidated. METHODS:Partial hepatic IR was performed in wild-type and miR-155-deficient mice treated with or withou...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Li Y,Ma D,Wang Z,Yang J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2013, the public health service (PHS) changed the criteria intended to identify organ donors that put the associated organ recipients at increased risk for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). The changing donor demographics, organ utilization...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pruett TL,Clark MA,Taranto SE

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated liver transplantation waitlist and posttransplantation outcomes in those aged 18 to 24 years compared with both younger (0-17 years) and older (25-34 years) registrants and recipients. METHODS:Using national data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, competing risk, Cox regression and Kapl...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ebel NH,Hsu EK,Berry K,Horslen SP,Ioannou GN

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently trials of immunosuppression in transplantation are in decline because their objectives remain focused on improving acute rejection rates and graft survival in the first 12 months. With 1 year renal graft survival rates of greater than 90% the best that can be hoped for is noninferiority trial outcomes compar...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： OʼConnell PJ,Kuypers DR,Mannon RB,Abecassis M,Chadban SJ,Gill JS,Murphy B,Nickerson PW,Schold JD,Stock PG,Seron D,Alloway RR,Bromberg JS,Budde K,Jordan SC,Legendre C,Lefaucheur C,Sarwall M,Segev DL,Stegall MD,Tull

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although islet xenotransplantation is a promising therapy for type 1 diabetes, its clinical application has been hampered by cellular rejection and the requirement for high levels of immunosuppression. The aim of this study was to determine the role of Foxp3 regulatory T (Treg) cells in costimulation blockad...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Wu J,Hu M,Qian YW,Hawthorne WJ,Burns H,Liuwantara D,Alexander SI,Yi S,O'Connell PJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

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