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Lipotoxicity and Decreased Islet Graft Survival [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2009
OBJECTIVE To evaluate if baseline serum lipids are associated with islet graft survival in type 1 diabetes islet transplant (ITx) recipients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Baseline fasting lipid profile was collected from 44 ITx recipients ...
Leitão, Cristiane B., Bernetti, Karina, Tharavanij, Thipaporn, Cure, Pablo, Lauriola, Vincenzo, Berggren, Per-Olof, Ricordi, Camillo, Alejandro, Rodolfo   +7 more
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HLA and cross-reactive antigen group matching for cadaver kidney allocation [PDF]

, 1997
Background. Allocation of cadaver kidneys by graded human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatibility scoring arguably has had little effect on overall survival while prejudicing the transplant candidacy of African-American and other hard to match populations.
Allan Donner, Azuma, Beatty, Bodmer, Brenner, Callender, Chertow, D'Alessandro, David Gjertson, Duquesnoy, Gaston, Gjertson, Guttman, Held, Joan Martell, John J. Fung, John McMichael, Maldonado, Massimo Trucco, Meuwissen, Michael Eliasziw, Mickey, Mickey, Norman, Opelz, Opelz, Paul I. Terasaki, Petersdorf, Petersdorf, Port, Rapaport, Rapaport, Rodey, Rodey, Ron Shapiro, Sanfilippo, Shapiro, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Takemoto, Takemoto, Terasaki, Terasaki, Thomas E. Starzl, Thompson, Van Buren, Velma Scantlebury   +54 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria, Burra, Patrizia, Ferrarese, Alberto, Gambato, Martina, Germani, Giacomo, Nadal, Elena, Russo, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Senzolo, Marco, Zanetto, Alberto   +8 more
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Sixteen-Year Cohort of Liver Transplantation in the National Health System in Brazil: Analysis of Immunosuppression Maintenance Therapies

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
ObjectiveTo evaluate factors related to liver graft survival with a focus on immunosuppressive schemes based on calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus or cyclosporine).MethodologyThis study was carried out through an open cohort constructed by deterministic ...
Guilherme Fagundes Nascimento, Rosângela Maria Gomes, Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Nélio Gomes Ribeiro, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia, Charles Simão-Filho, Francisco Assis Acurcio, Francisco Assis Acurcio, Tulio Tadeu Rocha Sarmento, Ludmila Peres Gargano, Augusto Afonso Guerra, Augusto Afonso Guerra   +12 more
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Current status of intestinal transplantation in children [PDF]

, 1998
Purpose: A clinical trial of intestinal transplantation (Itx) under tacrolimus and prednisone immunosuppression was initiated in June 1990 in children with irreversible intestinal failure and who were dependent on total parenteral nutrition (TPN ...
Asfar, Billingham, Casavilla, Deltz, Edward M Barksdale, Fontes, Furukawa, Garau, Goulet, Grant, Grant, Grant, Green, Hiro Furukawa, Iwaki, Javier Bueno, John J Fung, Jorge Reyes, Kareem Abu-Elmagd, Kashiwagi, Langnas, Lee, Lillehei, Manez, Margreiter, McAlister, Mike Green, Monchik, Murase, Murase, Porter, Putnam, Randhawa, Rao, Reyes, Reyes, Reyes, Samuel Kocoshis, Satoru Todo, Sharon Strom, Sigurdsson, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Takaya, Thomas E Starzl, Todo, Tzakis, White, William Irish   +52 more
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Immunological Factors Influencing Liver Graft Survival [PDF]

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1988
Donor-recipient ABO blood group mismatching is associated with a decreased graft survival rate in liver transplantation. We have been unable to demonstrate an effect of high levels of panel reactive antibody or a positive donor-specific cytotoxic antibody cross-match on graft survival.
Gordon, RD, Fung, JJ, Iwatsuki, S, Duquesnoy, RJ, Starzl, TE   +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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Equivalent Long-term Transplantation Outcomes for Kidneys Donated After Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Conclusions From a Nationwide Evaluation

EClinicalMedicine, 2018
Background: Despite growing waiting lists for renal transplants, hesitations persist with regard to the use of deceased after cardiac death (DCD) renal grafts.
Alexander Schaapherder, Leonie G.M. Wijermars, Dorottya K. de Vries, Aiko P.J. de Vries, Frederike J. Bemelman, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Arjan D. van Zuilen, Maarten H.L. Christiaans, Luuk H. Hilbrands, Marije C. Baas, Azam S. Nurmohamed, Stefan P. Berger, Ian P. Alwayn, Esther Bastiaannet, Jan H.N. Lindeman   +14 more
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Alemtuzumab preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy - The impact of serial monitoring for donor-specific antibody [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND. Antibody preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy has allowed many renal allograft recipients to be maintained on spaced weaning. METHODS.
Adriana Zeevi, Alin L. Girnita, Amadeo Marcos, Amit Basu, Calne, Deanna M. Blisard, Edward A. Gray, Girnita, Henkie P. Tan, Kirk, Knechtle, Kowalski, Liise K. Kayler, Mao, Meier-Kriesche, Mizutani, Montgomery, Ngoc L. Thai, Parmjeet S. Randhawa, Pascual, Pei, Ron Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro, Starzl, Stuart, Tan, Thomas E. Starzl, Waldmann   +29 more
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
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