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Clinical trial of FK 506 immunosuppression in adult cardiac transplantation [PDF]

, 1992
The new immunosuppressive agent FK 506 was used as primary immunotherapy in conjunction with low-dose steroids and azathioprine in 72 patients subsequent to orthotopic cardiac transplantation.
Armitage, Bartley P. Griffith, Billingham, Dew, Fung, Gary C. Marrone, John Fung, John M. Armitage, Kormos, Kusne, Robert L. Hardesty, Robert L. Kormos, Shigeki Morita, Starzl, Starzl, Tamura, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo   +17 more
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Immunosuppressive therapy in dermatology and PML [PDF]

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2008
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually leads to death or severe disability. Affected patients present with signs and symptoms including impaired cognition, visual disturbances, hemiparesis, altered mental state and behavioural changes.
Sterry, Wolfram, Bagot, Martine, Ferrandiz, Carlos, Kragballe, Knud, Papp, Kim, Stingl, Georg   +5 more
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Clinical valuables related to resolution of complete or advanced atrioventricular block after steroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2021
Background Prediction of atrioventricular block (AVB) resolution after steroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is difficult. Methods We identified 24 patients with CS and complete or advanced AVB receiving steroid therapy.
Takeru Nabeta, Masahiko Hara, Takashi Naruke, Kenji Maemura, Takumi Oki, Mayu Yazaki, Teppei Fujita, Yuki Ikeda, Shunsuke Ishii, Toshimi Koitabashi, Junya Ako   +10 more
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Repurposing immunosuppressants for antileukemia therapy

EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2022
Drug repurposing, the strategy to identify new therapeutic use for clinically approved drugs has attracted much attention in recent years. This strategy offers various advantages over traditional approaches to develop new drugs, including shorter development timelines, low cost, and reduced risk of failure. In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Liu
Maiko Sezaki, Gang Huang
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Evaluation of early and late presentation of patients with ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid to two major tertiary referral hospitals in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2011
PURPOSE: Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (OcMMP) is a sight-threatening autoimmune disease in which referral to specialists units for further management is a common practise.
AH Ross, BA Rice, BJ Mondino, BJ Mondino, C Radford, CS Foster, CS Foster, CS Yee, D Gladman, E Daniel, E Miserocchi, EH Sacks, G P Williams, GP Williams, H John, J K G Dart, J Risser, J Sheppard, J Tauber, J Tauber, J Tauber, JA Taverna, JE Thorne, JE Thorne, LS Chan, LS Chan, M Ahmed, MJ Canizares, MJ Elder, MJ Elder, MJ Elder, MJ Elder, MP Heffernan, P Nightingale, RJ Barry, RS Rogers III, S Rauz, S Rauz, S Segura, SJ Bowman, VP Saw, VP Saw, W Bernauer, W Bernauer, W Bernauer, W Bernauer   +45 more
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Reversibility of lymphomas and lymphoproliferative lesions developing under cyclosporin-steroid therapy [PDF]

, 1984
Post-transplant lymphomas or other lymphoproliferative lesions, which were usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections, developed in 8, 4, 3, and 2 recipients, respectively, of cadaveric kidney, liver, heart, and heart-lung homografts ...
Atchison, RW, Bahnson, HT, Griffith, BP, Hakala, TR, Hardesty, RL, Ho, M, Iwatsuki, S, Jaffe, R, Nalesnik, MA, Porter, KA, Rosenthal, JT, Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE   +12 more
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Sustained response to erythropoietin for anemia in NK-cell large granular lymphocytosis: A brief case report

Leukemia Research Reports, 2022
Large granular lymphocytic leukemia (LGL) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that involves the T-cell lineage in around 85% of cases and NK-cell lineage in 15%.
Tendai Kwaramba, Brian Lewis, Bruce Burks, Bernardo Ruiz, Swaminathan P. Iyer, Firas Safa   +5 more
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Curing Hepatitis C in Liver Transplant Recipients Is Associated with Changes in Immunosuppressant Use. [PDF]

, 2016
Background and aimsAll-oral interferon-free antivirals are highly effective in treating recurrent hepatitis C (HCV) infection in liver transplant (LT) recipients.
Bau, Sherona, Busuttil, Ronald W, Choi, Gina, Durazo, Francisco, El Kabany, Mohammed, Elashoff, David, Farid, Alexander, Grotts, Jonathan, Han, Steven, Jamal, Naadir, Jimenez, Melissa, Rheem, Justin, Saab, Sammy   +12 more
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Antilymphoid antibody preconditioning and tacrolimus monotherapy for pediatric kidney transplantation [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: Heavy post-transplant immunosuppression may contribute to long-term immunosuppression dependence by subverting tolerogenic mechanisms; thus, we sought to determine if this undesirable consequence could be mitigated by pretransplant lymphoid ...
Abhay N. Vats, Adrianna Zeevi, Akhtar S. Khan, Amadeo Marcos, Amit Basu, Bartosh, Calne, Calne, Chakrabarti, Corde McFeaters, Demetrius Ellis, Edward A. Gray, Fine, Gerri James, Halloran, Henkie P. Tan, Jensen, Kirk, Knechtle, Lilly, Mary Jo Grosso, McCurry, Michael L. Moritz, Mueller, Najarian, Nankivell, Purighalla, Randhawa, Reyes, Riley, Ron Shapiro, Sarwal, Shapiro, Shapiro, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Stuart, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo, Waldmann, Williams   +52 more
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Successful treatment with tofacitinib for anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive juvenile dermatomyositis: case reports and review of the literature

Immunological Medicine
Although the clinical efficacy of tofacitinib has been reported in adult patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody-positive (Ab+) dermatomyositis, data on its use in refractory juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) are scarce.
Susumu Yamazaki, Masaki Shimizu, Ayane Yakabe, Eisuke Inage, Keisuke Jimbo, Mitsuyoshi Suzuki, Futaba Miyaoka, Shuya Kaneko, Hitoshi Irabu, Asami Shimbo, Yoshiyuki Ohtomo, Masaaki Mori, Tomohiro Morio, Toshiaki Shimizu   +13 more
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