Organ Transplantation Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Organ Transplantation, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 2 (February)

1. Morphological characteristics of spermatozoa before and after renal transplantation.
   Asian J Androl, 7(1): 81-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Is it bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome or is it chronic rejection: a reappraisal?
   Eur Respir J, 25(2): 221-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Participation of RANTES and T-cell apoptosis in human renal allograft.
   Scand J Immunol, 61(2): 157-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Biliary disease after liver transplantation: the experience of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh.
   J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 20(2): 217-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin for the treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation: cohort study of 38 patients.
   J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 20(2): 198-203. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Obesity and renal transplant outcome: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
   Pediatrics, 115(2): 352-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of cells from cortical bone cylinders, bone particles from mill, and drilling dust.
   J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 63(2): 238-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition attenuates biventricular reperfusion injury after orthotopic heart transplantation.
   Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 27(2): 226-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Normalization of high pulmonary vascular resistance with LVAD support in heart transplantation candidates.
   Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 27(2): 222-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The amount of newly formed bone in sinus grafting procedures depends on tissue depth as well as the type and residual amount of the grafted material.
    J Clin Periodontol, 32(2): 193-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Renal transplant recipients with coronary artery disease exhibit impairment in fibrinolysis and structural changes in carotid arteries.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 256-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Effects of liver transplantation on the nutritional status of patients with cystic fibrosis.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 246-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. ATG induction therapy: long-term effects on Th1 but not on Th2 responses.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 226-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Sterol parameters as markers of liver function in primary biliary cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 221-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. FK778, a novel immunosuppressive agent, reduces early adhesion molecule up-regulation and prolongs cardiac allograft survival.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 215-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Protection against acute porcine lung ischemia/reperfusion injury by systemic preconditioning via hind limb ischemia.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 198-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. No hepatitis recurrence using combination prophylaxis in HBV-positive liver transplant recipients with YMDD mutants.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 186-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Strong inflammatory cytokine response in male and strong anti-inflammatory response in female kidney transplant recipients with urinary tract infection.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 177-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Determinants of B-type natriuretic peptide plasma levels in the chronic phase after heart transplantation.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 169-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Evaluation of flow cytometric panel reactive antibody in renal transplant recipients - examination of 238 cases of renal transplantation.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 163-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Steroid withdrawal at 3 months after kidney transplantation: a comparison of two tacrolimus-based regimens.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 157-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Rapamycin rescue therapy in patients after kidney transplantation: first clinical experience.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 151-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Immunosuppressive drug monitoring - what to use in clinical practice today to improve renal graft outcome.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 140-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Protocol biopsies after kidney transplantation.
    Transpl Int, 18(2): 131-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of the uterus in a renal allograft patient: a case report.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 44(3): 283-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Epstein-Barr virus-associated peripheral T-cell lymphoma and hemophagocytic syndrome arising after liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 44(3): 270-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Tenosynovitis of the wrist due to resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a heart transplant patient.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(2): 988-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. The use of hydroxyapatite and autogenous cancellous bone grafts to repair bone defects in rats.
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 34(2): 178-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Reconstruction of the mandible with an autogenous irradiated cortical scaffold, autogenous corticocancellous bone-graft and autogenous platelet-rich-plasma: an animal experiment.
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 34(2): 158-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. The combined use of two endosteal implants and iliac crest onlay grafts in the severely atrophic mandible by a modified surgical approach.
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 34(2): 152-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Impact of TGFbeta1 gene polymorphisms on late renal function in pediatric heart transplantation.
    Hum Immunol, 66(2): 133-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Administration of GAS914 in an orthotopic pig-to-baboon heart transplantation model.
    Xenotransplantation, 12(2): 134-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Prevention, detection, and management of early bacterial and fungal infections in a preclinical cardiac xenotransplantation model that achieves prolonged survival.
    Xenotransplantation, 12(2): 127-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. A case of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease presenting as CD20-expressing, Epstein-Barr-virus positive Hodgkin lymphoma.
    Eur J Haematol, 74(3): 267-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Development of ulcerative colitis after heart transplantation during immunosuppressive therapy.
    Z Gastroenterol, 43(2): 195-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Impact of gastric acid suppressants on cytochrome P450 3A4 and P-glycoprotein: consequences for FK506 assimilation.
    Kidney Int, 67(3): 1152-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. H-NMR-based metabolic signatures of mild and severe ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidney transplants.
    Kidney Int, 67(3): 1142-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Attitudes and predictive factors for live kidney donation: a comparison of live kidney donors versus nondonors.
    Kidney Int, 67(3): 1105-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Osteopontin expression in acute renal allograft rejection.
    Kidney Int, 67(3): 886-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation in five HIV-infected patients with virus hepatitis-induced cirrhosis.
    Liver Int, 25(1): 101-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and of other cancers in Italian renal transplant patients.
    Br J Cancer, 92(3): 572-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Perioperative management in pediatric heart transplantation.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53: S155-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Results of pediatric cardiac transplantation -- long-term results of a 15-year experience.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53: S149-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Cardiac transplantation in neonatal Marfan syndrome -- a life-saving approach.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53: S146-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Techniques of pediatric heart transplantation.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53: S141-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Psychological care of heart-transplanted children and their families.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53: S125-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Angiotensin II type 1-receptor activating antibodies in renal-allograft rejection.
    N Engl J Med, 352(6): 558-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Polyomavirus nephropathy in native kidneys of non-renal transplant recipients.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 614-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. The role of donor bone marrow infusions in withdrawal of immunosuppression in adult liver allotransplantation.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 608-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Acute cellular rejection predominated by monocytes is a severe form of rejection in human renal recipients with or without Campath-1H (alemtuzumab) induction therapy.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 604-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Consequences of genetic polymorphisms for sirolimus requirements after renal transplant in patients on primary sirolimus therapy.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 595-603. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Functionally significant renal allograft rejection is defined by transcriptional criteria.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 573-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Auxiliary partial orthotopic living donor liver transplantation: Kyoto University experience.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 558-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Differential effects of donor age in liver transplant recipients infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C and without viral hepatitis.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 549-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Clinical utility of cytomegalovirus viral load in bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplant recipients.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 544-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. The safety and efficacy of total lymphoid irradiation in progressive bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 537-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Different roles for matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the pathogenesis of cardiac allograft rejection.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 517-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Lymphoid neogenesis in murine cardiac allografts undergoing chronic rejection.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 510-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and oxidative stress in chronic allograft nephropathy.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 500-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Rat cytomegalovirus-accelerated transplant vascular sclerosis is reduced with mutation of the chemokine-receptor R33.
    Am J Transplant, 5(3): 436-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Hepatitis C virus viral recurrence and liver mitochondrial damage after liver transplantation in HIV-HCV co-infected patients.
    J Hepatol, 42(3): 341-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Mandibular osteomyelitis and fracture successfully treated with vascularised iliac bone graft in a patient with pycnodysostosis.
    Br J Plast Surg, 58(2): 263-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. A laboratory simulation for morselized bone graft fusion: apparent modulus under operatively based femoral impaction kinetics.
    J Biomech, 38(4): 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Sarcoidosis and immunoglobulin lambda II light-chain amyloidosis diagnosed after orthotopic heart transplantation: a case report and review of the literature.
    Mod Pathol, 18(3): 451-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. The influence of alendronate on bone formation after autogenous free bone grafting in rats.
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 99(3): 285-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Comparison of angiogenic activities after urethral reconstruction using free grafts in rabbits.
    Eur Urol, 47(3): 417-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Anatomical consideration of vascularized bone graft transfer from the medial calcaneus to the talus.
    Clin Anat, 18(2): 115-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Effect of cirrhosis and liver transplantation on the gender difference in QT interval.
    Am J Cardiol, 95(5): 691-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Indications of partial hepatectomy for transplantable hepatocellular carcinoma with compensated cirrhosis.
    Am J Surg, 189(2): 167-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. HBV vaccination in liver transplant recipients: not an effective strategy in the prophylaxis of HBV recurrence.
    J Viral Hepat, 12(2): 212-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Assessment of bone mass following renal transplantation in children.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(3): 360-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Corticosteroid avoidance in pediatric renal transplantation.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(3): 418-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Long-term use of recombinant human growth hormone in pediatric allograft recipients: a report of the NAPRTCS Transplant Registry.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(3): 404-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Steroid withdrawal in pediatric and adult renal transplant recipients.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(3): 409-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Biomechanical properties of heat-treated bone grafts.
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, 125(1): 1-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Failure of reconstitution of open-section, posterior iliac-wing bone graft donor sites after lumbar spinal fusion. Observations with implications for the etiology of donor site pain.
    Eur Spine J, 14(1): 95-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Iliac crest reconstruction with a bioactive ceramic spacer.
    Eur Spine J, 14(1): 99-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Midfacial reconstruction using calvarial split bone grafts.
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 131(2): 131-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Peginterferon alfa-2a for hepatitis C after liver transplantation: two randomized, controlled trials.
    Hepatology, 41(2): 289-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Anesthesia for pediatric renal transplantation with and without epidural analgesia--a review of 7 years experience.
    Paediatr Anaesth, 15(3): 220-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Improving the prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients with an arterially-enhancing liver mass.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 281-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Immunosuppression in liver transplantation: beyond calcineurin inhibitors.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 267-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Microchimerism after liver transplantation: absence of rejection without abrogation of anti-donor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-mediated alloreactivity.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 290-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Splitting of the middle hepatic vein in full-right full-left splitting of the liver.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 350-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Cystatin C, an easy and reliable marker for assessment of renal dysfunction in children with liver disease and after liver transplantation.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 344-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. New hepatic vein reconstruction in left liver graft.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 356-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. MARS treatment for a patient presenting with acquired hepatic glutamine synthetase deficiency after orthotopic liver transplantation.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 353-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Safety of donor right hepatectomy without abdominal drainage: a prospective evaluation in 100 consecutive liver donors.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 314-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Reconstruction of the middle hepatic vein tributary in a right lateral sector graft.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 309-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. The development of food allergy after liver transplantation.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 326-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Herpes zoster infection after liver transplantation: a case-control study.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 320-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Addition of serum sodium into the MELD score predicts waiting list mortality better than MELD alone.
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 336-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Can a leukocyte depletion filter (LDF) reduce the risk of reintroduction of hepatocellular carcinoma cells?
    Liver Transpl, 11(3): 331-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. The influence of corticosteroids on quantitative ultrasound parameters of the calcaneus in the 1st year after renal transplantation.
    Osteoporos Int, 16(3): 255-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Subcutaneoous phaeohyphomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei in a cardiac transplant recipient.
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, 47(1): 55-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplant recipients: a 23-year experience.
    QJM, 98(3): 205-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Role of duplex Doppler and power Doppler sonography in transplanted kidneys with acute renal parenchymal dysfunction.
    Australas Radiol, 49(1): 15-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Embryonic pig liver, pancreas, and lung as a source for transplantation: optimal organogenesis without teratoma depends on distinct time windows.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(8): 2928-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Cardiovascular events and investigation in patients who are awaiting cadaveric kidney transplantation.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 16(3): 808-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Predictors of renal allograft histologic damage progression.
     J Am Soc Nephrol, 16(3): 817-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Skin disorders in patients transplanted in childhood.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 360-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Gastroduodenal artery steal syndrome during liver transplantation: intraoperative diagnosis with Doppler ultrasound and management.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 350-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Peritransplant treatment with cobalt protoporphyrin attenuates chronic renal allograft rejection.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 341-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Expression of adhesion molecules and RANTES in kidney transplant from nonheart-beating donors.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 333-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Severe right heart failure after heart transplantation. A single-center experience.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 326-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Venous outflow reconstructions with the piggyback technique in liver transplantation: a single-center experience of 431 cases.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 318-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Capillary deposition of the complement fragment C4d in cardiac allograft biopsies is associated with allograft vasculopathy.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 313-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Post-transplant diabetes mellitus: a case-control analysis of the risk factors.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 309-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Abnormal total ejection isovolume index as early noninvasive marker of chronic rejection in heart transplantation.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 303-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Gastrointestinal bleeding from enterically drained transplanted pancreas.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 296-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Cyclosporin and tacrolimus increase plasma levels of adenosine in kidney transplanted patients.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 289-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Low incidence of malignancy after transplantation in Chinese heart allograft recipients.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 283-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 278-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Clinical application of sirolimus in renal transplantation: an update.
     Transpl Int, 18(3): 261-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Hepatic CCR7lowCD62LlowCD45RClow allograft dendritic cells migrate to the splenic red pulp in immunologically unresponsive rats.
     J Surg Res, 124(1): 29-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for bronchiolitis obliterans after bone marrow transplantation.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(3): 1051-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Lung cancer after heart transplantation: a 17-year experience.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(3): 980-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Impact of recipient age and procedure type on survival after lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(3): 950-7; discussion 957-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Bilateral endogenous Scedosporium prolificans endophthalmitis after lung transplantation.
     Am J Ophthalmol, 139(2): 370-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Long-term prognosis of patients after kidney transplantation: a comparison of those with or without diabetes mellitus.
     Nephrol Dial Transplant, 20(3): 611-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. Appropriateness of a donor liver with respect to macrosteatosis: application of artificial neural networks to US images--initial experience.
     Radiology, 234(3): 793-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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