Seven Japanese Herbals Prolonged Cardiac Allograft Survival
In this study we investigated the effect of 17 components of traditional Japanese herbal medicines on alloimmune responses in a murine model of cardiac allograft transplantation. Fully vascularized heterotopic hearts from C57BL/6 donors were transplanted into CBA mice by using microsurgical techniques. Artemisiae Capillaris herba [Inchinko] was given to CBA recipients with a dose of 1 g/kg/day from the day of transplantation until 7 days afterward. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Enzhi Yin, Xiangyuan Jin, Masateru Uchiyama, Qi Zhang, Takako Yanagisawa, Akira Inoue, Yu Guo, Masanori Hara, Shigefumi Matsuyama, Tomohiro Imazuru, Masafumi Kawamura, Masanori Niimi Source Type: research
Living Kidney Donor with Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma at the Time of Donation: A Case Report
Living kidney donor guideline recommends that donor in whom malignancy is diagnosed should be excluded. Although preoperative screening of malignancy, we experienced a case of living donor with small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) at the time of donation. A 53-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a kidney donation to her son. She had no past medical histories of malignancy. We screened the patient by medical examinations, but there was no obvious presence of malignancy. Although preoperative computed tomography (CT) showed a small lymph node swelling at left renal hilum, we diagnosed it as insignificant lymph node. ...
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Shuichi Tatarano, Hideki Enokida, Yasutoshi Yamada, Hiroaki Nishimura, Masayuki Nakagawa Source Type: research
Donor Transmitted Bacterial Infection in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience of Southern Taiwan Medical Center
Bacterial Infection is the most important source of mortality and morbidity in liver transplantation recipients. Donor transmitted bacterial infection is rare but one of the most important infection sources. This kind of infection is difficult to identified causing treatment dilemma. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Ting-Lung Lin, Sheng-Chih Kuo, Cheng-Hsi Yeh, Yi-Chia Chan, Yu-Hung Lin, Wei-Feng Li, Chee-Chien Yong, Yueh-Wei Liu, Shih-Ho Wang, Chih-Che Lin, Chih-Chi Wang, Chao-Long Chen Source Type: research
Role of MRI Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) in Liver Graft Rejection1
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI in the assessment of graft rejection after liver transplantation (LT). (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Chun-Chi Lin, Hsin-You Ou, Yi-Hsuan Chuang, Hsien-Jen Chiang, Chiun-Chieh Yu, Marirose Lazo, Leo Leung-Chit Tsang, Tung-Liang Huang, Chih-Che Lin, Chao-Long Chen, Yu-Fan Cheng Source Type: research
Changes of bone mineral density after kidney transplantation
Numerous studies have shown that osteoporosis is common in kidney transplant recipients. However, change of bone mineral density (BMD) after kidney transplantation (KT) is not fully understood. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: In Chan Hwang, Ae Jin Kim, Han Ro, Ji Yong Jung, Jae Hyun Chang, Hyun Hee Lee, Wookyung Chung, Yeon Ho Park Source Type: research
Ex vivo reperfusion model to evaluate the utility of machine preservation for porcine liver donated after cardiac death
In this study, an ex vivo reperfusion model (ERM) simulating transplantation using diluted autologous blood under normothermic conditions was evaluated for its utility of MP under subnormothermic conditions for liver donated after cardiac death (DCD). (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Ryo Yoshikawa, Hiromichi Obara, Naoto Matsuno, Noriyuki Morito, Mikako Gouchi, Masahide Otani, Tatsuya Shonaka, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shin Enosawa, Toshihiko Hirano, Hiroyuki Furukawa Source Type: research
Isolated Acute Appendicitis Caused by Aspergillus in a Patient Who Underwent Lung Transplantation: A Case Report
We present a case of primary Aspergillus appendicitis diagnosed by histologic examination in a patient who underwent lung transplantation. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: H.S. Kim, H.J. Yeo, D.H. Shin, W.H. Cho, D. Kim Source Type: research
Toll-like receptor 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms and heart transplant rejection
Transplant rejection is one of the major problems after heart transplantation (HTx). The aim of the study was to find possible linkage between chosen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and heart transplant rejection. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Edyta Prokop, Pawe ł P. Jagodziński, Hanna Wachowiak-Baszyńska, Stefan Grajek Source Type: research
The significance of screening tests and the incidence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacilli in surgery and transplantation wards of a Warsaw medical center in the period from April 2014 to May 2017
The first New-Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing bacteria were isolated in 2008 in the world, and in 2011 in Poland. Due to the high clonal diversity (17 types) of their blaNDM gene, encoded on (Tn125-like) mobile genetic elements, these strains usually exhibit resistance to nearly all available antibiotics, which is particularly dangerous for organ transplant recipients. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Ksenia Szymanek-Majchrzak, Andrzej Mlynarczyk, Robert Kuthan, Anna Sawicka-Grzelak, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Dariusz Kawecki, Maciej Kosieradzki, Magdalena Durlik, Dominika Deborska-Materkowska, Leszek Paczek, Grazyna Mlynarczyk Source Type: research
Frequency of pathological changes in the oral cavity in patients subjected to long-term pharmacological immunosuppressive therapy after kidney, liver and haematopoietic cells transplantation
Patients subjected to long-term immunosuppressive therapy after organ and cells transplantation are more susceptible than healthy people to the development of the pathological changes in the oral cavity, including precancerous lesions, oral cancers, lesions following viral infections (HSV, EBV, CMV), fungal infections mainly caused by Candida albicans, drug-induced gingival overgrowth, stomatitis, and tongue disorders. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Martyna Osiak, Dorota Szubi ńska-Lelonkiewicz, Piotr Wychowański, Ewa Karakulska-Prystupiuk, Wiesław Jędrzejczak, Andrzej Wojtowicz, Piotr Fiedor Source Type: research
Twenty-four-hour Arterial Stiffness Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Early Postoperative Period
Laboratory tests and anthropometric assessments are essential in determining the risk for cardiovascular disease in patients after kidney transplantation (KTx). Patients with hypertension and elevated pulse wave velocity (PWV) are at a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. The purpose of the study was to determine the role of blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and selected laboratory and anthropometric parameters in estimating the risk of cardiovascular disease in KTx patients. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Agnieszka Pacek, Łukasz Czyżewski, Monika Saran, Janusz Wyzgał, Łukasz Szarpak Source Type: research
Inverse Association of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic Peptide Level with Metabolic Syndrome in Kidney Transplantation Patients
Low levels of natriuretic peptide may activate the renin –angiotensin–aldosterone system, which may contribute to the development of obesity. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and serum N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration in kidney transplant recipients. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Kuan-Min Lee, Ming-Che Lee, Chung-Jen Lee, Yen-Cheng Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu Source Type: research
Donor Outcomes after Liver Donation in Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantion
This study aims to investigate post-donation outcomes of adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) donors and remnant liver regeneration in different graft types. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Hsien-Wen Hsu, Leo Leung-Chit Tsang, Hsin-You Ou, Tung-Liang Huang, Tai-Yi Chen, Chun-Yen Yu, Wei-Xiong Lim, Yu-Shun Tong, Chao-Long Chen, Yu-Fan Cheng Source Type: research
The correlation between CVP and SVV and intraoperative minimal blood loss in living donor hepatectomy
Blood loss in liver surgery is found to be correlated with central venous pressure (CVP). The aim of the current retrospective study is to find out the cut of value of CVP and stroke volume variation (SVV), which may increase the risk of having intraoperative blood loss more than 100 ml during living liver donor hepatectomy. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tsung-Hsiao Shih, Yu-Huan Tsou, Chia-Jung Huang, Chao-Long Chen, Kwok-Wai Cheng, Shao-Chun Wu, Sheng-Chun Yang, Sin-Ei Juang, Chiu-En Huang, Ying-En Lee, Bruno Jawan, Chih-Hsien Wang, Kow-Aung Chang Source Type: research
Development of Individualized Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Fibroblasts of Keloid Lesions in Patients ’
Presently, interesting research related research to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is emerging. However, development of new therapies and techniques for treatment of refractory diseases is still required in dermatology. We are exploring novel methods to provide stem cell therapy and elucidate research mechanisms underlying troublesome diseases, by reprogramming iPSCs from the fibroblasts of keloid lesions from patients, in vitro. (Source: Transplantation Proceedings)
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 11, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Yi-Xuan Zhang, Li-Ping Liu, Mi Li, Jian-Ling Huang, Hui Xu, Xiao-Dong Chen, Wen-Yan Zhu, Yun-Peng Cai, Ning-Ning Guo, Zhi-Qiang Chen, Yun-Wen Zheng, Yu-Mei Li Source Type: research
