Cardiovascular effects of immunosuppression agents
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Immunosuppressive medications are widely used to treat patients with neoplasms, autoimmune conditions and solid organ transplants. Key drug classes, namely calcineurin inhibitors, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors, and purine synthesis ...
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TCD4pos lymphocytosis in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis patients following TNFα blocking agents [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Lymphocyte expansion and true lymphocytosis are commonly observed in the everyday clinical practice. The meaning of such phenomenon is often poorly understood so that discrimination between benign and malignant lymphocytosis remains ...
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2020 On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of 13 types of immunosuppressive agents used to treat idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) in adults with nephrotic syndrome. Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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Baseline use of hydroxychloroquine or immunosuppressive drugs and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 Background/Aims The preventive role of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of HCQ and other immunosuppressive drugs on the incidence of COVID-19.
Ji-Won Kim +5 more
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Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2021 Purpose: There were 10%–30% of patients with adult-onset septic arthritis (SA) exhibiting sterile synovial fluid (SF), and the uncertainty in the determining diagnosis of these patients posed a challenge in management.
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What have we learned about primary liver transplantation under tacrolimus immunosuppression? - Long-term follow-up of the first 1000 patients [PDF]
, 1999 Objective: To summarize the long-term efficacy and safety of tacrolimus in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients, as well as to examine the factors that influence long-term morbidity and mortality rates. Background: Tacrolimus (FK506, Prograf) was
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Immune Response to Vaccination in Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Systemic Therapies
Vaccines, 2020 Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease usually treated with immunomodulatory/immunosuppressive agents. The use of these agents has been associated with an increased susceptibility to infections.
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Assay for free secretory component and methods for monitoring organ rejection [PDF]
, 1996 Methods of monitoring and detecting the early onset of organ injury incident rejection of a organ rejection in an animal are disclosed. The described methods are capable of distinguishing organ rejection injury from other organ tissue damage in the ...
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Phaeohyphomycosis in renal transplantation: report of two cases [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016 Phaeohyphomycosis is an infection caused by a filamentous fungus that contains pigment melanin in its cell wall. We report two cases caused by Exophiala sp.
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