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Intestinal transplantation [PDF]

, 1994
Intestinal transplantation is often the only alternative form of treatment for patients dependent on total parenteral nutrition for survival.
Andreas G. Tzakis, M.D, Deltz E, Murase N, Satoru Todo, M.D, Starzl TE, Starzl TE, Starzl TE, Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D, Todo S, Tzakis AG   +9 more
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Laparoscopic transmesocolic pyelolithotomy and pyeloplasty in an ectopic pelvic kidney: Case report and review of literature

Urology Case Reports, 2021
Renal ectopia is a developmental anomaly with pelvic kidney being the commonest location (55%). The incidence of uretero-pelvis junction (UPJ) obstruction, nephrolithiasis, and reflux are higher in ectopic kidneys than their counterparts.
Jaisukh Kalathia, Arvind Valiya, Giriraj Vala, Kaushal Patel, Kuldeep Aggarwal   +4 more
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Is Bigger Better? Living Donor Kidney Volume as Measured by the Donor CT Angiogram in Predicting Donor and Recipient eGFR after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Journal of Transplantation, 2021
Background. The role of kidney volume measurement in predicting the donor and recipient kidney function is not clear. Methods. We measured kidney volume bilaterally in living kidney donors using CT angiography and assessed the association with the donor ...
Chaudhry Adeel Ebad, David Brennan, Julio Chevarria, Mohammad Bin Hussein, Donal Sexton, Douglas Mulholland, Ciaran Doyle, Patrick O’Kelly, Yvonne Williams, Ruth Dunne, Conall O’Seaghdha, Dilly Little, Martina Morrin, Peter J. Conlon   +13 more
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Complement in Kidney Transplantation [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine, 2017
The complement system is considered to be an important part of innate immune system with a significant role in inflammation processes. The activation can occur through classical, alternative, or lectin pathway, resulting in the creation of anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a, possessing a vast spectrum of immune functions, and the assembly of terminal ...
Marek Cernoch, Ondrej Viklicky, Ondrej Viklicky   +2 more
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A Prospective Study of Eplerenone in the Treatment of Patients with Glomerulonephritis

Biomedicines, 2023
Background: High aldosterone levels contribute to kidney disease progression, while spironolactone in combination with ACEi or ARBs can potentially reduce proteinuria and ameliorate kidney function deterioration.
Marios Papasotiriou, Georgia Andrianna Georgopoulou, Adamantia Mpratsiakou, Theodoros Ntrinias, Georgios Lyras, Dimitrios S. Goumenos, Evangelos Papachristou   +6 more
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Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacogenetics of Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplantation

Current drug metabolism, 2018
Background: Tacrolimus (Tac, or FK506), a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI), is the first-line immu-nosuppressant which consists of the footstone as immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation.
Meng Yu, Mou-Ze Liu, Wei Zhang, Y. Ming
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Effect of Bicyclol tablets on drug induced liver injuries after kidney transplantation

Open Medicine, 2017
Liver injury is one of the most common complications in patients after kidney transplantation. Bicyclol tablets possess obvious anti-inflammatory and liver-protective functions. This study aimed to explore the clinical effect of preventive application of
Shang Wenjun, Feng Yonghua, Li Jinfeng, Wang Xinzhou, Xie Hongchang, Feng Guiwen   +5 more
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The origin of clinical organ transplantation revisited [PDF]

, 2009
A patient whose illness had begun with edema and hypertension was found to have extreme atrophy of both kidneys. Because of the steady worsening of the condition and the appearance of uremia with other unfavorable diagnostic signs, transplantation of 1 ...
Barker, C, Starzl, TE
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Over-expressed microRNA-181a reduces glomerular sclerosis and renal tubular epithelial injury in rats with chronic kidney disease via down-regulation of the TLR/NF-κB pathway by binding to CRY1

Molecular Medicine, 2018
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by regulating renal homeostasis. This study explored the effects of miR-181a on CKD through the Toll-like receptor (TLR)/nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway by
Lei Liu, Xin-Lu Pang, Wen-Jun Shang, Hong-Chang Xie, Jun-Xiang Wang, Gui-Wen Feng   +5 more
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Mortality after kidney transplantation: 10-year outcomes

Cirugía y Cirujanos, 2022
Objectives: In the past decade, advances in immunological therapy have increased the survival of kidney recipients and their grafts. However, it has not achieved the desired level of improvement.
Turgut Piskin, Arife Simsek, Sait Murat-Dogan, Baha T. Demirbas, Bulent Unal, Ismail O. Yildirim, Sibel A. Toplu, Haci B. Berktas, Hatice Can, Ebru I. Coskun, Mukadder Sanli, Huseyin Gurbuz, Mehmet S. Arslan, Zeynep Piskin, Julide Yagmur, Fatih Oguz, Yasar Bayindir, Ozkan Ulutas, Hulya Taskapan, Idris Sahin   +19 more
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