abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) is recommended for central administration, and no evidence justifies the common practice of adding heparin to the bag, but the evaluation of thrombocytopenia may be complicated by coadministration. We recently phased out the use of heparin in RATG in our kidney and kidn...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Mathis AS,Rao V

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) activity has been identified from the hair follicles (HFs) in mice; however, it has not been identified in human HFs. We used immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry to identify cultured dermal papilla (DP) cells expressing CD45 to test for hematopoietic activity in colony-forming assays ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Shi C,Mai Y,Cheng T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have become the cornerstone of immunosuppressive regimens following heart transplantation, but their use is associated with nephrotoxicity. We evaluated a CNI elimination protocol in 14 patients with renal impairment at 48.3 +/- 36.0 months after heart transplantation. The mean serum crea...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lyster H,Panicker G,Leaver N,Banner NR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical circulatory support is of increasing interest because of its considerable demographic importance concerning myocardial failure and because of stagnant transplantation volumes. This study offers an overview of the present state of the art. Institutions with a mechanical circulatory assist program usually dis...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Litmathe J,Boeken U,Feindt P,Marktanner R,Gams E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The charts of 174 consecutive patients were analyzed for incidence, etiology, and outcome of late operations (1 month or more posttransplant) following liver (OLT), kidney (KT), or pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clinical and demographic data were analyzed by chi-square analysis ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Merhav H,Eisner S,Nakache R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirement for perioperative stress dose steroids (SDS) in patients on long-term steroid therapy is controversial, but SDS are given during perioperative care. Studies focusing on surrogate outcomes like cortisol levels indicate a possible requirement for SDS, but clinical results are sparse. We retrospectively c...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Mathis AS,Shah NK,Mulgaonkar S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred kidney transplant recipients were evaluated on the first and fifth days after transplantation by Tc-99m mononuclear cell scintigraphy. We have developed a quantitative method to diagnose rejection and acute tubular necrosis (ATN) by comparing regions of interest drawn on allograft scintigraphs at different...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lopes de Souza SA,Barbosa da Fonseca LM,Torres Gonçalves R,Salomão Pontes D,Holzer TJ,Proença Martins FP,Gutfilen B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Extravesical ureteroneocystostomy to reestablish urinary tract continuity in renal transplantation has been examined through a meta-analysis of more than 14,000 kidney transplants leading to the finding that stented anastomosis was associated with a lower urologic complication rate compared with nonstented a...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Mangus RS,Haag BW,Carter CB

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a cytoprotective protein, may be important in ameliorating hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, a critical factor in the dysfunction of the aged liver after transplantation. METHODS:We used hemin to overexpress HO-1 and analyze its effects in a model of I/R in aged livers used...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Wang XH,Wang K,Zhang F,Li XC,Qian XF,Cheng F,Li GQ,Fan Y

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune-mediated cytotoxicity may cause pancreatic islet transplant failure, leading to recurrent diabetes. Protection of islet grafts depends on immunosuppressive control, which may also prevent autoimmune recurrence of diabetes. In this study, we compared the survival of syngeneic islet transplants using differen...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Carter JD,Chen M,Ellett JD,Smith KM,Nadler JL,Yang Z

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this article is to report the use of valgancyclovir as maintenance therapy for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in a lung transplanted patient. RESULT:A 30-year-old woman with underlying pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis received a lung transplant 1 year ago. CMV retinitis developed 4 months ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Wang TJ,Lin CP,Yang CM,Lin LL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressant used for the prophylaxis of rejection in renal, pancreas, and liver transplantation. It inhibits the inducible isoform of the enzyme inosine-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH II) via its active metabolite mycophenolic acid (MPA). IMPDH II is necessary for de novo pu...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Vannozzi F,Filipponi F,Di Paolo A,Danesi R,Urbani L,Bocci G,Catalano G,De Simone P,Mosca F,Del Tacca M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult-to-adult living liver transplantation, small-for-size graft syndrome sometimes occurs. The relationship between the hemodynamic changes and histologic findings has not been studied in patients with failure of small-for-size grafts. We analyzed the relationship between the postoperative hemodynamic changes and...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Sugimoto H,Kaneko T,Hirota M,Nagasaka T,Kobayashi T,Inoue S,Takeda S,Kiuchi T,Nakao A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voriconazole is currently contraindicated for use with sirolimus. We report our experience with voriconazole/sirolimus in two renal transplant recipients. To our knowledge, this is the first experience with voriconazole/sirolimus. An interaction requiring a 75% to 87.5% sirolimus dose reduction was noted, but goal tro...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Mathis AS,Shah NK,Friedman GS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As liver transplantation (LT) is now being performed with excellent 1-year graft survival rates of 85% to 90%, attention has been shifted to reducing long-term complications of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI). We randomized LT patients (2:1) who displayed renal dysfunction under CNI treatment to either mycophenolate mofe...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Beckebaum S,Cicinnati VR,Klein CG,Brokalaki E,Yu Z,Malago M,Frilling A,Gerken G,Broelsch CE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation in patients who have undergone coronary revascularization remains a matter of concern, few experiences have been reported in literature. From January 1997 to March 2003, 23 previously revascularized patients underwent renal transplants from cadaveric donors. We analyzed patient survival and cardi...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Segoloni GP,Quaglia M,Giacosa C,Ferro M,Martina G,Piccoli GB

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to identify hemodynamic factors associated with two different types of polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) AV grafts. The study was conducted on 46 hemodialysis patients over a 3-year period. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of two study groups: Group 1 patients (n = 24) under...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Karakayali H,Yagmurdur MC,Tutar NU,Basaran O,Haberal M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of spontaneous intracranial bleeding (ICB) in the donor on transplant coronary vasculopathy using serial intravascular ultrasound examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between January 1995 and December 2000, 72 recipients underwent cardiac transplantation from donors who had experience...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Yamani MH,Erinc K,Starling RC,Young JB,Ratliff NB,Cook DJ,Crowe T,Hobbs R,Rincon G,Bott-Silverman C,Bennett R,Smedira N,Tuzcu EM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigs have been the most likely animal as the source of cells, tissues, and organs for xenotransplantation. But the use of pigs in xenotransplantation is associated with the risk of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) transmission. Previous studies have identified that the proviruses are integrated into the genome of ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Yu P,Zhang L,Li S,Li Y,Cheng J,Lu Y,Zeng Y,Bu H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In conventional methods of establishing hepatocyte cell lines, the immortalizing gene alone is introduced into hepatocytes. We designed a new method in which not only the immortalizing gene, the simian virus-40 large T-antigen (SV-40 Tag) gene, but also a drug-resistant gene, under the control of an albumin ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Watanabe N,Odagiri H,Totsuka E,Sasaki M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple-organ failure related to septicemia is a common cause of early mortality after liver transplantation. Endotoxemia following living donor hepatectomy may be a cause of postoperative death. Plasma fibronectin (Fn) exerts a broad range of biological effects on cellular adhesion, motility, differentiation, apopto...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Kwon AH,Qiu Z,Nagahama H,Kaibori M,Kamiyama Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclosporine (CsA) blood concentration at 2 hours postdose (C2) has been shown to be better than trough level (C0) to predict acute cellular rejection (ACR) in solid organ transplantations. We tried to assess the superiority of C2 monitoring to C0 in heart transplantation (HTx). Prospective data were collected fro...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chou NK,Chen RJ,Ko WJ,Lin HL,Yu SY,Chen YS,Hsu RB,Lee CM,Lin FY,Wang SS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for organ transplantation is disparate to the supply of organ donors. The organ shortage is a limitation for transplantation. This study analyzed the status of heart donors at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) from July 1987 through November 2001 using registry records. One hundred ninety-four ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Liao WC,Hwang SL,Ko WJ,Wang SS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The occurrence of thrombocytopenia in the perioperative period after a liver transplant is not uncommon. However, there are few studies on persistent thrombocytopenia during the longer follow up period of patients after liver transplantation. We examined the prevalence of and contributing factors to persis...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Sutedja DS,Wai CT,Teoh KF,Lee HL,DaCosta M,Kaur M,Lee YM,Lee KH,Mak K,Quak SH,Isaac J,Lim SG,Prabhakaran K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is strongly linked to infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), immunosuppression-state, the type of allograft, and EBV-seronegativity. A 18-month-old girl who had undergone living donor liver transplantation using the left lateral segment from he...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lee HH,Lee DS,Park JH,Lee KW,Kim SJ,Joh JW,Seo JM,Kwon GY,Choe YH,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Liver transplantation for liver carcinoma with cirrhosis is a treatment still in dispute. The objectives were to summarize the survival and cost of 50 liver transplant cases performed for liver carcinoma over nearly 3 years. METHODS:We performed 138 liver transplants from January 1999 to February 2002. Ther...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chen ZS,Zeng FJ,Ming CS,Lin ZB,Zhang WJ,Wei L,Zhu XH,Jiang JP,Chen ZK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been considered as an alternative option to resolve the shortage of cadaveric donor organs, despite the ethical aspects of the donor procedure. The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors affecting graft survival in LDLT. From June 1996 to December 2002, 14...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lee DS,Gil WH,Lee HH,Lee KW,Lee SK,Kim SJ,Choi SH,Heo JS,Hyon WS,Kim GS,Paik SW,Koh KC,Joh JW

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful experience with auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) for acute liver failure is reported in a 29-year-old woman who experienced jaundice, generalized erythema for 7 days, and decreased mentation for 3 days. Two months prior, she suffered pulmonary tuberculosis, being currently treate...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lee DS,Woo JG,Lee HH,Lee KW,Joh JW,Kim SJ,Choi SH,Heo JS,Hyon WS,Kim GS,Lee SK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment of an efficient gene delivery system for human pancreatic beta cells is important for the development of diabetes-targeted cell therapies. The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-derived lentiviral vector is well documented to be an effective gene transfer tool for various types of cells. Thus, w...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Kobayashi N,Arata T,Okitsu T,Ikeda H,Kobayashi K,Kosaka Y,Narushima M,Tanaka N,Lakey JR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Due to the continuing shortage of cadaveric donors in Japan, ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation is being performed. Our previous studies showed that the long-term graft survival in ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation was comparable to that in ABO-compatible living kidney transplantat...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Shimmura H,Tanabe K,Tokumoto T,Ishida H,Ishikawa N,Miyamoto N,Shimizu T,Shirakawa H,Setoguchi K,Teraoka S,Toma H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Renal transplantation has been advocated as the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. Organ transplantation increases the incidence of cancer through unclear mechanisms. A literature review showed that the most common neoplasms are of skin origin, which are uncommon in Eastern people. We reviewe...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chiang YJ,Chen CH,Wu CT,Chu SH,Chen Y,Liu KL,Chen SW,Chuang CK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome of HBsAg-positive renal transplant recipients has been adversely affected by potentially fatal acute hepatitic exacerbations and chronic liver disease, in addition to the increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. The difficulty in predicting the evolution and severity of liver disease after kidn...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chan TM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the efficacy of immunoadsorption (IA) in combination with tacrolimus (FK506) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) rescue therapy for C4d-positive acute humoral rejection (AHR) of renal transplants. METHODS:Six of 185 cadaveric renal allograft recipients developed AHR at a mean of 4.8 +/- 0.8 days ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Liu M,Ji SM,Tang Zh,Ji DX,Chen HP,Liu ZH,Li LS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in conjunction with calcineura antagonists has been shown to prevent acute rejection in renal allograft recipients. Its role in treatment of chronic rejection or allograft nephropathy is still controversial. We initiated the study to investigate the effect of adding MMF to a cyclo...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chu SH,Wu CT,Chou CC,Chen Y,Liu KL,Chiang YJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare patient graft survival between various subgroups among renal transplant patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of all renal transplant patients from January 1, 1993, to June 1, 2003, was performed using follow-up records and data submitted to the National Renal Registry. RESULTS...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Go KW,Teo SM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, nationwide cadaveric organ sharing for kidney transplantation by the Japan Organ Transplant Network (JOTN) has operated since April 1995. This study retrospectively analyzed the long-term results of single pediatric donor kidneys transplanted into adult or pediatric recipients at a single center. From March ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Ishikawa N,Tanabe K,Tokumoto T,Ishida H,Miyamoto N,Shinmura H,Hattori M,Shiraga H,Ito K,Toma H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ ischemia-reperfusion injury is caused by two consecutive steps, microcirculatory disturbance and neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions, which are caused by inflammatory cytokines. We examined the hypothesis that combination therapy with a donor (FK409) of nitric oxide, one of the potent mediators with diverse...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Totsuka E,Murata A,Nishimura A,Umehara M,Nara M,Ono H,Nozaki T,Takiguchi M,Wajima N,Takahashi K,Seino K,Narumi S,Hakamada K,Sasaki M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) during graft preservation and warm ischemia time (WIT) during rewarming time have been reported to cause postoperative graft dysfunction after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). However, the effects of both CIT and WIT in combination on patient and graft survivals are not yet de...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Totsuka E,Fung JJ,Hakamada K,Ohashi M,Takahashi K,Nakai M,Morohashi S,Morohashi H,Kimura N,Nishimura A,Ishizawa Y,Ono H,Narumi S,Sasaki M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Donor brain death produces functional and morphological changes in peripheral organs. We examined the influence of brain death on liver function. METHODS:Fifty rats were randomly divided into three groups: controls (C), sham-operated (E1), and brain-dead (E2). All rats underwent tracheotomy with assisted res...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Zhang SJ,Chen S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy is not yet widespread in Japan. After our first hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (HALapNx) in 2001, we report our 100 cases and examine the possibility of making this technique widely available in Japan. METHODS:HALapNx was performed in 100 cases (44 ma...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Nakajima I,Tojimbara T,Sato S,Kai K,Kawase T,Nakamura M,Fuchinoue S,Teraoka S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00