Application of double filtration plasmapheresis to cynomolgus monkeys: surgical techniques and a pilot study of pig fetal kidney transplantation [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica BrasileiraPurpose: To detail a technique to implant a double-lumen catheter to remove anti-pig antibodies. We transplanted fetal pig kidneys into cynomolgus monkeys using a double filtration plasma exchange (DFPP) protocol.
Genki Watanabe +15 more
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Osteoporosis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation [PDF]
, 2016 Liver transplantation provides an important, often life-saving treatment for end-stage liver disease. Osteoporosis post-liver transplantation has been described in adults; however, this has not been described in the pediatric population to date.
El Nounou, Ghina +11 more
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Sociodemographic factors and patient perceptions are associated with attitudes to kidney transplantation among haemodialysis patients [PDF]
, 2008 Background. Treatment decisions made by patients with chronic kidney disease are crucial in the renal transplantation process. These decisions are influenced, amongst other factors, by attitudes towards different treatment options, which are modulated by
Marton, Adrienn +9 more
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Potential of Adipose-derived stem cells in muscular regenerative therapies
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2015 Regenerative capacity of skeletal muscles resides in satellite cells, a self-renewing population of muscle cells. Several studies are investigating epigenetic mechanisms that control myogenic proliferation and differentiation to find new approaches that ...
Sonia eForcales
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Biology Open, 2021 Spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) transplantation is an alternative reproductive method to achieve conservation and production of elite animals in livestock production. Creating a recipient animal without endogenous germ cells is important for effective SSC
Xianyu Zhang +8 more
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury [PDF]
, 2012 The first successful transplantation of a human kidney was performed more than 50 years ago by Murray and colleagues in 1954 between identical twins. The success of this transplantation was due to the fact that no significant rejection occurs between ...
Ryan, Michael P. +4 more
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GSH Attenuates Organ Injury and Improves Function after Transplantation of Fatty Livers [PDF]
, 2010 Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is increased after transplantation of steatotic livers. Since those livers are increasingly used for transplantation, protective strategies must be developed. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role in hepatic IRI.
Jauch, Karl-Walter +15 more
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Surgical Options for Aortic Root Replacement in Destructive Endocarditis
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryObjective: To analyze patients’ preoperative characteristics, surgical data, postoperative courses, and short- and long-term outcomes after implantation of different full-root prostheses for destructive aortic valve endocarditis.
Marcin Szczechowicz +5 more
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HETEROLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION: MOUSE TUMOURS IN RATS. [PDF]
The Lancet, 1915 n ...
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The Ethics of Heterologous Ovarian Transplantation
, 2023 This project examines the ethical permissibility of heterologous ovarian transplantation to treat infertility, ovarian insufficiency, or both. Based on currently available data regarding the procedures’ risks, outcomes, and alternatives, it argues that ...
Brundage, Janetta
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