Cytomegalovirus and Kidney Transplantation: An UpdateAbstract Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common infection affecting kidney transplant recipients [1]. CMV may be present as asymptomatic viremia or with symptoms ranging from mild to significant tissue-invasive disease [1-3]. Optimal kidney graft function and survival requires that transplant car [...] 61 340 |
Lung Transplantation from A Donor with Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection: 1-Year Outcomesby
Ashwini Arjuna
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Deepika Razia
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Devika Sindu
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Michael T. Olson
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Lara Schaheen
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Ross M. Bremner
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Rajat Walia
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Kendra McAnally
Abstract Few reports have described successful lung transplantation from a donor with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and outcomes beyond 3 to 6 months remain unknown. After weighing the urgency and life-saving benefits of lung transplantation against the risk of viral transmission, we successfully perfor [...] 62 466 |
Acknowledgement to Reviewers of OBM Transplantation in 2022Abstract The editors of OBM Transplantation would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal’s editorial process. We aim to recognize rev [...] 41 361 |
Islet Transplantation: How Much Have We Advanced and How to Keep Moving Forward?Abstract EditorialIslet Transplantation: How Much Have We Advanced and How to Keep Moving Forward?Braulio A. Marfil-Garza 1, Tatsuya Kin 1, 2 [...] 77 631 |
Shifting Pancreas Transplantation Rates and Demographics are the Culmination of Many Strategic Policy Changesby
Alma Rechnitzer
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Richard Teo
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Abigail Brooks
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Juan Rocca
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Nidal Mudhi
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Julia Torabi
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Maria Ajaimy
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Luz Liriano-Ward1
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Yorg Azzi
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Cindy Pynadath
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Pablo Loarte-Campos
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Enver Akalin
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Marie Le
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Milan Kinkhabwala
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Jay Graham
Abstract The 2014 Pancreas Allocation System established national qualifying criteria for simultaneous kidney pancreas (SPK) transplantation. The 2019 UNOS Pancreas Transplantation Committee Policy 11.3.B modified these guidelines to expand transplantation. Subsequent effects on < [...] 116 820 |
"Let's Live Life - Let's Give Life”: Donor Program Improvement as the Key to Transplantation Success in 21st Century - A Croatian ExperienceAbstract Transplantation is a widely accepted and successful life-saving treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients. However, transplant medicine still faces a number of obstacles. One of the most significant is the large disparity between the number of donors and recipients and the growing [...] 78 693 |
Hepatitis B Reactivation in HBsAg Negative Renal Transplant Patients with Evidence of Previous HBV Infection: A Not Neglectable Occurrenceby
Ana Paula Leopercio
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Christini Emori
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Elisabete Calore Neiva
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Ana Lucia Silva Souza
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Ana Cristina Amaral
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Gustavo Almeida Vieira
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Raimundo Araujo Gama
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Jose Osmar Medina-Pestana
and
Maria Lúcia Ferraz
Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is frequent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). HBV reactivation after kidney transplant (KT) is more common in patients with HBsAg+; however, it can also occur in previously infected individuals, particularly those with HBsAg negative and [...] 112 948 |
The P2X7 Receptor Antagonist AZ10606120 Does Not Alter Graft-Versus-Host Disease Development and Increases Serum Human Interferon-γ in a Humanized Mouse ModelAbstract Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a curative therapy for hematological malignancies, but its efficacy is limited by graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). This life-threatening disorder develops when donor (graft) immune cells cause inflammatory damage to recipient (host) tissues. The [...] 171 1624 |
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Open Access Short Communication Promising Tactics with Certain Probiotics for the Treatment of Nephropathy in Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAbstract Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a standard form of cellular therapy for patients suffering from malignant hematological diseases. However, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a very serious complication and a major cause of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic HSCT. Calcineurin [...] 172 1625 |
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