(ISSN 2577-5820)
OBM Transplantation (ISSN 2577-5820) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc., which covers all evidence-based scientific studies related to transplantation, including: transplantation procedures and the maintenance of transplanted tissues or organs; assimilation of grafted tissue and the reconstitution of removed organs or parts of organs; transplantation of heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreatic islets and bone marrow, etc. Areas related to clinical and experimental transplantation are also of interest.
OBM Transplantation is committed to rapid review and publication, and we aim at serving the international transplant community with high accessibility as well as relevant and high quality content.
The journal publishes all types of articles in English. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. We encourage authors to be concise but present their results in as much detail as necessary, as reviewers are expected to emphasize scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 6.7 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 14.4 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 6 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)
Editorial Board (61)
Editor-in-Chief
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Director of Division of Pediatric Research, Associate Director, Immunomodulation and Regenerative Medicine Pillar, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Research Interests: immunomodulation; transplantation immunology/tolerance; type 1 diabetes prevention/treatment; cancer immunoprevention / immunotherapy
Editorial Board Members
Professor and Head Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer and Transplantation, Director Research Team INSERM U 935, Chair European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR), President of the Association de Chirurgie Hépato-Bilio-Pancreatique et Transplantation (ACHBT), Chairman of the Board of Research of IHPBA, Centre Hepato-Biliaire, Hopital Paul-Brousse, 12 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94804 Villejuif, France
Research Interests: Surgery of the liver; biliary tract and pancreas; hepatic transplantation; liver diseases; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatobiliary surgery; liver transplantation
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
Research Interests: evaluation and management of lung transplantation; alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency/copd and advanced stages management; sarcoidosis; lymphangioleiomyomatosis and interstitial lung disease management; phenotypic variance in cystic fibrosis
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Infections in Lung Transplantation
P.A. Hertzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute
Research Interests: Bone marrow transplantation; Hematological malignancies
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Allogeneic and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Professor and Chief of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Gruppo Malzoni NEUROMED IRCCS, Avellino, Italy
Research Interests: oncology; surgery; genetic engineering; laparoscopic surgery, etc
Dep of Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Research Interests: Liver transplantation; ACLF; Alcoholic hepatitis
International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Research Interests: Foot and ankle treatment; foot and ankle sports medicine; plastic reconstructive & microsurgery; peripheral nerve reconstruction; orthopedic trauma and musculoskeletal infections
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Research Interests: Orthopaedic surgery; complex reconstruction of foot and ankle deformity; cartilage transplantation; allograft ligament reconstruction; bone grafting
Department of Pediatrics, Immunology, Infectious and Rare Diseases, European Medical School, International European University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research Interests: Primary immunodeficiencies; mucosal immunology; infectious immunology; pediatric infectious diseases; immunity; immunology of infectious diseases; vaccines and immunoprophylaxis; rare diseases; hereditary angioedema
Professor, Chief, Director, Department of Surgical Science, University of Turin, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy
Tel.: +39.011.6334001
Fax: +30.011.6960448
Mobile: +39.335.1328354
Research Interest: Anaesthesiology; transplant anaesthesiology; ICU; anaesthetics; preservation of donor organs
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Nosocomial and Non-nosocomial Infections During Transplantations
Special Issue: Preservation of Donor Organs
Chang Gung Transplantation Institute, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Research Interests: Stem cell; Oncology; Immunology; Surgery; Transplantation
Marrow Transplant Unit, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, MTU (111), 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, 98108 WA, USA
Research Interests: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Leukemia
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Research Interests: pediatric kidney transplantation; pediatric liver transplantation; adult liver transplantation; hepatobiliary surgery; general surgery
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Neurosciences, Respiratory Disease and Lung Transplant Unit, Siena University, Siena, Italy
Research Interests: Pulmonary fibrosis; interstitial lung disease; bronchoalveolar lavage; immunology; respiratory diseases; flow cytometry; extracellular vesicles
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
Research Interests: Understanding the mechanics of infections and finding new ways to control them
Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director, Liver Transplant Program, Director, Chronic Pancreatitis and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 4024 Burnett Womack Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Research Interests: Liver transplantation; Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation; Liver and pancreatobiliary disorders; Chronic pancreatitis; Autologous islet cell transplantation
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Allogeneic and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Special Issue: Liver Tumors and Liver Transplantation
INSERM UMR1186, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
Research Interests: Transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Kidney; Organ transplantation; Transplant immunology; Liver transplantation; Dialysis; Transplant medicine; Hemodialysis; Transplants
Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
Research Interests: Cirrhosis; portal hypertensio; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; liver transplantation; immunosuppression
Universität Bonn, Germany
Research Interests: Transplant immunology; Pediatric hepatology; Pediatric liver transplantation
Associate Professor of Surgery and Transplantation, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital Thessaloniki, Greece
Research Interests: surgical oncology; liver surgery; liver transplantation; pancreatic cancer; hcc and hcc signaling, etc
Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Italy
Research Interests: Dry eye; Meibomian gland dysfunction; Ocular graft versus-host disease; Keratoconus; Corneal transplantation; Immunological graft rejection
Internal Medicine and Liver Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Hospital Careggi, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Research Interests: Liver transplantation; Cirrhosis; Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; Alcoholic liver disease; Viral hepatitis; Hepatocellular carcinoma
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Research Interests: Identifying and addressing disparity issues in transplantation
Specialist in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Transplantation, General & Digestive Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz
Research Interests:
Clinical: Liver transplant; Pancreas transplant; Multiorgan transplant; Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD); in situ & ex situ perfusion preservation; Minimally invasive approaches to hepatobiliary surgery; Cost analyses;
Translantational research: Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury; Liver regeneration; "small-for-size" liver injury
Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Research Interests: Bone marrow stem cell transplantation; blood stem cell transplantation; chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy; graft-versus-host disease; impact of the metabolome and microbiome on clinical outcomes in blood cancers and after bone marrow transplantation
Biomedical Engineer Professor, Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix HT, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Research Interests: Biomedical engineering; Biosensors; Drug delivery systems; Nanotechnology; Stem cells; Regenerative medicine
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zurich University Hospital, University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Research Interests: Lung transplantation; Thoracic oncology; Infectious lung diseases
Department of General Surgery and Surgical-Medical Specialties, Unit of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Research Interests: Periodontal disease; oral surgery; oral medicine; oral biology
Associate Director, Histocompatibility Laboratory
Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
5777 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA
Research Interests: histocompatibility; immunogenetics; transplant immunology; cancer immunology
Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, SW4 9SQ, London, UK
Research Interests: ischaema / reperfusion injury in liver transplantation
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Optimisation of Extended Criteria Donor Livers Using Machine Perfusion Technology
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Research Interests: Clinical trials; New drug development; Drug/drug(food) interaction; Pharmacokinetics
Professor, Director, Organ Transplantation Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3416-0181
Fax: +81-3-3416-2222
Research Interests: Liver diseases; liver; kidney transplantation; transplantation; liver transplantation; liver surgery; pediatric organ transplantation; liver diseases and immunology; transplant immunology; transplant medicine; transplant surgery
Director, Clinical Islet Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, 112 Street & 87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
Research Interests: Islet isolation; islet transplantation; organ preservation; organ donation; cell therapy; cell culture; transplantation; pancreas; diabetes
1: Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA
2: Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
3: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Genetics, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Research Interests: Role of structural RNA in the organization of cellular cytoskeleton; Germ cells, development, germ cell fate; Role of macrophages; actin cytoskeleton and RhoA pathway in chronic rejection of transplanted organs; Mechanotransduction effects on actin cytoskeleton, RhoA pathway, and macrophages
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Challenges and Future Trends of Transplant Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes (IGDR), CNRS and University Rennes, Rennes, France
Research Interests: Cell cycle; early development; macrophages; liver transplantation; cytoskeleton; protein kinases and phosphatases; stem cells
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant), Medical Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;
Department of Surgery (Transplant), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Tel.: 203 785 3561
Research Interests: Aging; CMV; fungal infections; immunocompromised host; transplant infectious diseases
Department of Medicine and Surgery, Enna Kore University, Enna, Italy
Research Interests: Rhinology; OSAS; laryngology; otolaryngology; salivary gland; head and neck; ENT surgery
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplant Unit, Tor Vergata Hospital, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 81, Viale Oxford, 00133 Rome, Italy
Research Interests: Infectious diseases; Gastroenterology and hepatology; HPB and transplantation; Living donor kidney transplantation; Laparoscopic liver surgery
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S. Wood St, CSB 417 (MC 958), Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Research Interests: heart and lung preservation and ischemia reperfusion injury, coronary and structural valvular heart diseases and their surgical management and in lung cancer and its early detection
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
Research Interests: Kidney transplantation; Varicose veins; Aneurysm; Arterial occlusion; Abdominal/lower limb artery disease; Thrombosis; Carotid artery stenosis; Dialysis approach
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Challenges and Opportunities of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis
Professor of Nutrition, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Research Interests: Diet; lipoprotein metabolism; coronary artery disease; diet-drug interaction; diets and transplantation
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology - Adv HF/MCS/Transplant Cardiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
Research Interests: antibody mediated rejection; cardiac allograft vasculopathy; role of VADS in diastolic dysfunction; molecular mechanisms underlying heart failure and developing diagnostics and therapeutics
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Optimisation of Extended Criteria Donor Livers Using Machine Perfusion Technology
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
Research Interests: Colloid and interface; polymer chemistry; biomaterial; medical polymer; tissue engineering; drug delivery system; nanozyme
Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Research Interests: Cornea transplantation; cataract surgery; refractive surgery; management of ocular surface tumors and inflammatory diseases
1: Medical doctor, thoracic surgeon at Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit of Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan
2: Assistant professor, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation of University of Milan
Research Interests: Lung transplantation: microRNA, donation after cardiac death, diaphragm, functional imaging
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Research Interests: Burn and wound care; scar management; surgery and rehabilitation
Emeritus Professor, Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Scientific Director, ISMETT UPMC, Palermo, Italy
Research Interests: Cell and molecular biology; liver diseases; liver regenerative medicine; cirrhosis; fibrosis; liver transplantation; liver cancer; hepatocellular carcinoma
Professor of Surgery and Urology, Director, Pancreas Transplantation, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Chair, ASTS Legislative and Regulatory Committee, Chair, ASTS Surgical Policy Assessment Committee
Research Interests: renal transplantation; pancreas transplantation; living kidney donation; transplant immunosuppression; urology; urologic oncology
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Special Issue: Management of Postoperative Pain in Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients
Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Research Interests: T. gondii infection; Molecular pathophysiology; Headaches; Neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases; Unexplained liver diseases, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Raynaud's phenomenon; Therapeutics
Boston VA Medical Center/Brigham and Woman Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Research Interests: Hematopoietic mechanism of hematological malignant disease progression; stem cell biology; biomarker translational research; cellular therapy; early phase clinical trials; HCTT outcome-research
University of Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Research Interests: Liver transplant; ex-vivo technology; Cholangiocarcinoma; HPB surgery
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Liver Transplantation: Current Status and Future Challenges
Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco
Research Interests:
(i) identifying the most unfavorable HLA mismatches and acceptable donor-specific HLA antibodies to define functional histocompatibility. This helps us to increase the successful transplantation in super-sensitized patients;
(ii) understanding the functional polymorphism of immunity-related genes (e.g., HLA, KIR, KLR, FCGR) in human populations and their impact on infections, tumor transformation, autoimmune diseases, pregnancy success, and therapeutic solid-organ and bone-marrow transplant outcomes.
Department of Surgery, Ray Rajotte Surgical-Medical Research Institute, Alberta Diabetes Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Research Interests: Islet transplantation; Xenotransplantation; Transplant immunology; Tolerance induction; Gastric cancer; Organoids; Patient derived xenografts
Department of cardiology, Institute CARDIOMET, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Research Interests: Interventional cardiology; heart failure; tissue repair and regeneration; progenitor and adult stem cells
Professor, Department of Renal Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital, viale Pieraccini 18, 50139 Florence, Italy
Research Interests: Kidney transplantation; transplantation; clinical nephrology; chronic renal failure; immunology; infectious diseases; antibody-mediated rejection
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplantation
College of Business, University of Jeddah
Research Interests: Economics; Environmental economics; Energy economics; Finance; Financial economics
Division of Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Research Interests: Veterinary surgery; Wildlife; Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation; Regenerative medicine; Obstetrical pathology; Clinical parasitology; Infectious disease
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Prospects of Platelet Rich Plasma in Regenerative Medicine
Eye Clinic, Policlinico Umberto I, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Research Interests: Corneal topography; excimer laser refractive procedures (PRK and LASIK); corneal collagen cross-linking and corneal transplantations
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Research Interests: Skin; plastic surgery; Mohs reconstruction; reconstructive breast surgery; head and neck reconstruction; upper and lower extremity reconstruction; abdominal wall reconstruction
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Skin Grafting
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padova Area, Italy
Research Interests: hepato-biliary tumours; organ allocation science; survival analysis (after resection, transplantation, non surgical therapies); Markov models and cost effectiveness analyses; evaluation of new prognostic scores, etc
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Baxter Bldg. I, Suite 404F, 570 South Preston St., Louisville, KY, 40202-1760, USA
Phone: 502-852-2078
Fax: 502-852-2085
Research Interests: Immunotherapy; ProtEx™ technology; gene therapy; immunomodulation; tolerance; host-versus-graft (HVG); graft-versus-host (GVH)
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Novel Approaches to Transplantation Tolerance
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