Dendritic Cell-Based Approaches for Therapeutic Immune Regulation in Solid-Organ Transplantation by Giuseppe Vassalli

“…Two clinical trials in type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis have been carried out, and other trials, including one trial in kidney transplantation, are in progress or are imminent.…”
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Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Endocan in Kidney Diseases by Elisabeth Samouilidou, Virginia Athanasiadou, Eirini Grapsa

“…Endocan could additionally improve the early diagnostic evaluation of acute kidney disease, chronic renal allograft injury, and acute rejection after kidney transplantation, thus contributing to endothelial cell injury monitoring in a timely manner.…”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil and Clostridium difficile-associated Colitis by A. I. Dolgushina, A. A. Selyanina, E. A. Mezenceva, A. G. Vasilenko, L. I. Pozdeeva, L. Yu. Zhuravleva, E. R. Olevskaya, E. A. Fedorova

“…A history of diabetic nephropathy and related-donor pre-dialysis kidney transplantation in 2012, since when MMF intake was 2000 mg daily. …”
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Hyperacute Rejection of a Living Unrelated Kidney Graft by Dietlind Tittelbach-Helmrich, Dirk Bausch, Oliver Drognitz, Heike Goebel, Christian Schulz-Huotari, Albrecht Kramer-Zucker, Ulrich Theodor Hopt, Przemyslaw Pisarski

“…This was his second kidney transplantation. Pretransplant T-cell crossmatch resulted negative. …”
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Intra-Abdominal Localisation of a Buschke-Lowenstein Tumour: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by N. E. Wester, E. M. Hutten, C. Krikke, Robert A. Pol

“…Treatment was impeded by cachexia, an immunosuppressive state after kidney transplantation and difficulties in establishing a reliable diagnose. …”
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Successful Outcome of a Corticodependent Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Adult with Rituximab by Taylor Pindi Sala, Jean-Marie Michot, Renaud Snanoudj, Marion Dollat, Emmanuel Estève, Bernadette Marie, Yacine Taoufik, Jean-François Delfraissy, Thierry Lazure, Olivier Lambotte

“…We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with medical history of kidney transplantation for segmental glomerular hyalinosis. …”
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Airway Compromise due to Retropharyngeal Emphysema–A Rare Complication of an Extravasated Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter by Ana Licina

“…She had developed voice changes, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath with a fever and increased respiratory rate in intensive care unit 12 days after a double liver and kidney transplantation. Computerised tomography of neck and chest demonstrated extensive retropharyngeal and subcutaneous emphysema, laryngeal distortion and pneumo-mediastinum; however, the causative factors were not immediately obvious. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Because of superior results with living kidney transplantation, efforts including the usage of “Medically complex living donors” are made to increase the availability of organs for donation. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Ureum terhadap Restless Legs Syndrome pada Pasien Chronic Kidney Disease by Gusri Rahayu, Hema Malini, Elvi Oktarina

“…Chronic Kidney Disease requires renal replacement therapy in the form of dialysis and kidney transplantation. The aim of this study is to prove the relationship the ureum level value with Restless Legs Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. …”
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Modeling BK Virus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Nicholas Myers, Dana Droz, Bruce W. Rogers, Hien Tran, Kevin B. Flores, Cliburn Chan, Stuart J. Knechtle, Annette M. Jackson, Xunrong Luo, Eileen T. Chambers, Janice M. McCarthy

“…Kidney transplant recipients require a lifelong protocol of immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection. …”
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Donor-Recipient Size Mismatch in Paediatric Renal Transplantation by J. Donati-Bourne, H. W. Roberts, R. A. Coleman

“…End stage renal failure in children is a rare but devastating condition, and kidney transplantation remains the only permanent treatment option. …”
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Successful Treatment of Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection Using Pulse Steroid Therapy Alone: A Case Report by Yo Komatsuzaki, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Mayuko Kawabe, Takafumi Yamakawa, Ai Katsuma, Haruki Katsumata, Aki Mafune, Akimitsu Kobayashi, Yusuke Koike, Hiroki Yamada, Jun Miki, Yudo Tanno, Ichiro Ohkido, Nobuo Tsuboi, Keitaro Yokoyama, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Takashi Yokoo

“…A 47-year-old man was admitted for a protocol biopsy three months after kidney transplantation, with a stable serum creatinine level of 1.6 mg/dL. …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapies in Saudi Arabia by Emad Adel Shdaifat

“…Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants comprising hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (Tx) patients. They completed the Short Form-36 Survey and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS). …”
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The Tunnelled Atrial Catheter: A Promising Solution for Vascular Capital Depletion in Dialysis despite Associated Thrombi by Meriam Hajji, Salah Saied, Ikram Mami, Yassine Khadhar, Tasnim Ben Ayed, Imen Gorsane, Fethi Ben Hamida, Jalel Ziadi, Mohamed Karim Zouaghi, Ezzeddine Abderrahim

“…With the limited access to kidney transplantation programs and peritoneal dialysis, exhaustion of vascular access for hemodialysis is an increasingly common situation. …”
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MicroRNAs in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Rong Li, Arthur C. K. Chung, Xueqing Yu, Hui Y. Lan

“…Owing to the lack of effective treatments for diabetic kidney disease, treatment relies on drugs that either reduces its progression or involve renal replacement therapies, such as dialysis and kidney transplantation. It is urgent to search for biomarkers for early diagnosis and effective therapy. …”
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Liver Transplant From a Deceased Donor With Cystinosis: A Case Report by Raeda Taj, Kim Ng, Sanmati R. Cuddapah, Elizabeth B. Rand, Melissa Bleicher, Sandra Amaral, Maarouf A. Hoteit, Rajendar K. Reddy, Eyob Feyssa, Emma E. Furth, Kim M. Olthoff, Samir Abu‐Gazala, Matthew H. Levine, Frederick Vyas, Peter L. Abt

“…The donor was a 20‐year‐old male with infantile cystinosis who had previously undergone two deceased donor kidney transplants. Unfortunately, he incurred cranial trauma, and after careful consideration of the metabolic consequences, his liver was deemed suitable for transplantation. …”
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Lymphocytes as an Indicator for Initial Kidney Function: A Single Center Analysis of Outcome after Alemtuzumab or Basiliximab Induction by Annemarie Weissenbacher, Theresa Hautz, Michael Kimelman, Rupert Oberhuber, Hanno Ulmer, Claudia Bösmüller, Manuel Maglione, Stefan Schneeberger

“…This is a single center retrospective analysis of 225 patients/consecutive kidney transplantations treated with alemtuzumab for lymphocyte depletion and 205 recipients treated with basiliximab. …”
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Urinary Obstruction of Transplanted Kidney Caused by Uterine Adenomyosis and 2-Year Posthysterectomy Psoas Abscess in Conjunction with Transplanted Kidney by Yuta Takezawa, Yoshifumi Kadono, Takahiro Nohara, Atsushi Mizokami

“…She was started on peritoneal dialysis from the age of 26 years and received kidney transplantation from her mother (living donor) at the age of 27 years. …”
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Whole Blood Metabolomic Profiling of Mice with Tacrolimus-Induced Chronic Nephrotoxicity: NAD⁺ Depletion with Salvage Pathway Impairment by Sho Nishida, Tamaki Ishima, Daiki Iwami, Ryozo Nagai, Kenichi Aizawa

“…Tacrolimus (TAC)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity (TAC nephrotoxicity) is a serious issue for long-term graft survival in kidney transplantation. However, the pathophysiology of TAC nephrotoxicity remains unclear. …”
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A Single-Center 7-Year Experience with End-Stage Renal Disease Care in Nigeria—A Surrogate for the Poor State of ESRD Care in Nigeria and Other Sub-Saharan African Countries: Advo... by Datonye Dennis Alasia, Pedro Emem-Chioma, Friday Samuel Wokoma

“…The opportunities for kidney transplantation are also very low. Poverty and the absence of government support for ESRD care are responsible for the poor outcomes. …”
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