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 5 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. Use of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score to predict 1-year survival of Japanese patients with cirrhosis and to determine who will benefit from living donor liver transplantation.
   J Gastroenterol, 43(5): 363-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Autograft versus allograft with or without demineralized bone matrix in posterolateral lumbar fusion in rabbits. Laboratory investigation.
   J Neurosurg Spine, 9(1): 84-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Outcome of single-bundle versus double-bundle reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: a meta-analysis.
   Am J Sports Med, 36(7): 1414-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft: a minimum 10-year follow-up.
   Am J Sports Med, 36(7): 1275-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Primary anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a preliminary 2-year prospective study.
   Am J Sports Med, 36(7): 1263-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Augmentation of tendon-to-bone healing with a magnesium-based bone adhesive.
   Am J Sports Med, 36(7): 1290-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Histologic abnormalities are common in protocol liver allograft biopsies from patients with normal liver function tests.
   Am J Surg Pathol, 32(7): 965-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Incisional surgical site infection in kidney transplantation.
   Urology, 72(1): 119-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. H-Y as a minor histocompatibility antigen in kidney transplantation: a retrospective cohort study.
   Lancet, 372(9632): 49-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Quantification of massive allograft healing with dynamic contrast enhanced-MRI and cone beam-CT: a pilot study.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1897-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A perspective: engineering periosteum for structural bone graft healing.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1777-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. HLA sensitization and allograft bone graft incorporation.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1837-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Gene therapy to enhance allograft incorporation after host tissue irradiation.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1921-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Enhancing osteochondral allograft viability: effects of storage media composition.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1804-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Allograft reconstruction after sarcoma resection in children younger than 10 years old.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1856-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Chondrocyte apoptosis: implications for osteochondral allograft transplantation.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1819-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Fresh osteochondral allografts for posttraumatic knee defects: long-term followup.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1863-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Bisphosphonate delivery to tubular bone allografts.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(8): 1871-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Treatment with alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone preserves calcium regulatory proteins in rat heart allografts.
    Brain Behav Immun, 22(6): 817-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Kidneys from patients with small renal tumours: a novel source of kidneys for transplantation.
    BJU Int, 102(2): 188-92; discussion 192-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Longitudinal tracking of recipient macrophages in a rat chronic cardiac allograft rejection model with noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging using micrometer-sized paramagnetic iron oxide particles.
    Circulation, 118(2): 149-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Evaluation of the right ventricular ejection fraction during orthotopic liver transplantation under propofol anaesthesia.
    Br J Anaesth, 101(2): 161-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Influence of heme oxygenase-1 on microcirculation after kidney transplantation.
    J Surg Res, 148(2): 126-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. ABO incompatible renal transplantation in an HIV-seropositive patient.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 176-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Prophylaxis followed by preemptive therapy versus preemptive therapy for prevention of human cytomegalovirus disease in pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 163-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Human fibroblasts are permissive for porcine cytomegalovirus in vitro.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 155-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Brain death induces inflammation in the donor intestine.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Prolongation of cardiac and islet allograft survival by a blocking hamster anti-mouse CXCR3 monoclonal antibody.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 137-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Contrasted blood and intragraft toll-like receptor 4 mRNA profiles in operational tolerance versus chronic rejection in kidney transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 130-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. C4d deposition and cellular infiltrates as markers of acute rejection in rat models of orthotopic lung transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 123-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Renal function impacts outcomes after intestinal transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 117-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Safe inclusion of the entire pancreas as a component of the multivisceral graft.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 114-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Liver transplantation trends for older recipients: regional and ethnic variations.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 104-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Renal transplantation in patients with positive lymphocytotoxicity crossmatches: one center's experience.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 96-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Optimizing tacrolimus therapy in the maintenance of renal allografts: 12-month results.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 88-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Fluvastatin in the prevention of renal transplant vasculopathy: results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 82-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. H-Y antibody development associates with acute rejection in female patients with male kidney transplants.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 75-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Randomized trial of mycophenolate mofetil versus enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium in primary renal transplant recipients given tacrolimus and daclizumab/thymoglobulin: one year follow-up.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 67-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Expanding the evidence base in transplantation: more and better randomized trials, and extending the value of observational data.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 32-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Expanding the evidence base in transplantation: toward a balanced approach.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 30-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Complementarity comes of age.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 28-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Randomization is essential for progress in transplant medicine.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 26-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Expanding the evidence base in transplantation: the complementary roles of randomized controlled trials and outcomes research.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 18-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Promises and obstacles for the blockade of CD40-CD40L interactions in allotransplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(1): 10-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Improved left ventricular mass index in children after renal transplantation.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 23(9): 1545-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Positive B-cell only flow cytometric crossmatch: implications for renal transplantation.
    Exp Mol Pathol, 85(1): 59-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Influence of CYP3A5, ABCB1 and NR1I2 polymorphisms on prednisolone pharmacokinetics in renal transplant recipients.
    Steroids, 73(11): 1052-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor and the development of post-transplantation cancer.
    Cancer Res, 68(14): 5689-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Rituximab and intravenous immune globulin for desensitization during renal transplantation.
    N Engl J Med, 359(3): 242-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Association of donor inflammation- and apoptosis-related genotypes and delayed allograft function after kidney transplantation.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(2): 331-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Effect of sirolimus on left ventricular hypertrophy in kidney transplant recipients: a 1-year nonrandomized controlled trial.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(2): 324-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Promotion of osteogenesis in tissue-engineered bone by pre-seeding endothelial progenitor cells-derived endothelial cells.
    J Orthop Res, 26(8): 1147-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Liver transplant for hepatitis C virus: effect of using older donor grafts on short- and medium-term survival.
    Arch Surg, 143(7): 679-85; discussion 685. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Low risk of anti-human leukocyte antigen antibody sensitization after combined kidney and islet transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 357-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Beneficial effect of female gender on long-term survival after heart transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 348-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies, vascular C4d deposition and increased soluble c4d in broncho-alveolar lavage of lung allografts.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 342-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Regulation of human interleukin 14 transcription in vitro and in vivo after renal transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 336-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Renal N(epsilon)-carboxymethyllysine deposition after kidney transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 330-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Risk factors and consequences of delayed graft function in deceased donor renal transplant patients receiving antithymocyte globulin induction.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 313-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Obesity and cardiac risk after kidney transplantation: experience at one center and comprehensive literature review.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 303-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Inclusion of donor colon and ileocecal valve in intestinal transplantation.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 293-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Dysregulated cytokine responses during cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 275-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Preliminary experience with renal transplantation in HIV+ recipients: low acute rejection and infection rates.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 269-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Single versus en bloc kidney transplantation from pediatric donors less than or equal to 15 kg.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 264-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Older living kidney donors: surgical outcome and quality of life.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 251-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Beneficial effect of omega-3 fatty acids on sirolimus- or everolimus-induced hypertriglyceridemia in heart transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 245-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Cost prediction in liver transplantation using pretransplant donor and recipient characteristics.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 238-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Bisphosphonates and bone fractures in long-term kidney transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 231-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Evaluation of creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate in a large cohort of living kidney donors.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 223-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Prospective study of sequential reduction in immunosuppression, interferon alpha-2B, and chemotherapy for posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 215-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Lung transplantation from the non-heart beating donor.
    Transplantation, 86(2): 200-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Surgical treatment of aortoiliac aneurysms in renal transplant patients.
    J Vasc Surg, 48(2): 291-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Biliary tract depiction in living potential liver donors at 3.0-T magnetic resonance cholangiography.
    Invest Radiol, 43(8): 594-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. MR cholangiography for evaluation of hilar branching anatomy in transplantation of the right hepatic lobe from a living donor.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(2): 537-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Hepatocellular carcinoma in liver transplantation candidates: detection with gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MRI.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(2): 529-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Dual-source CT for visualization of the coronary arteries in heart transplant patients with high heart rates.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 191(2): 448-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Cavernous transformation of portal vein: 16-slice CT portography and correlation with surgical procedure of orthotopic liver transplantation.
    Abdom Imaging, 33(5): 529-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Paraumbilical collateral veins on MRI as possible protection against portal venous thrombosis in candidates for liver transplantation.
    Abdom Imaging, 33(5): 536-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation: MRCP findings.
    Abdom Imaging, 33(5): 542-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Live kidney donations and the ethic of care.
    J Med Humanit, 29(3): 173-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Myocardial perfusion characteristics during machine perfusion for heart transplantation.
    Surgery, 144(2): 225-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Metabolic control improves long-term renal allograft and patient survival in type 1 diabetes.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(8): 1557-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in early transplant tubulointerstitial damage.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(8): 1571-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Epidermal innervation in type 1 diabetic patients: a 2.5-year prospective study after simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation.
    Diabetes Care, 31(8): 1611-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Early epithelial phenotypic changes predict graft fibrosis.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(8): 1584-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Clinical outcome following lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis colonised with Burkholderia cepacia complex: results from two French centres.
    Thorax, 63(8): 732-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Manipulating the anabolic and catabolic response in bone graft remodeling: synergism by a combination of local BMP-7 and a single systemic dosis of zoledronate.
    J Orthop Res, 26(9): 1245-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Outcomes of lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in a large UK cohort.
    Thorax, 63(8): 725-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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