Tag: Organ Transplants
Prophylaxis Can Prevent HCV Infection in Kidney Recipients
With direct-acting antivirals, no adverse events seen when kidneys came from HCV-infected donors
Alternatives to Whole Liver Transplants Feasible for Children
Alternatives helped to improve outcomes 2002 to 2015, indicating new ways to increase organ supply
Kidney Injury Common After Non-Kidney Transplants in Children
High risk of AKI in first year after non-kidney solid organ transplant; in turn, increases CKD risk
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Up for Live Donor Kidney Transplant
Compared to 1995 to 1999, increase in racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of LDKT in 2010 to 2014
Good Long-Term Survival After Childhood Liver Transplant
20-year survival almost 80 percent; over one-third of patients have CKD, altered liver biochemistries
Targeting Ups Nanoparticle Delivery to Graft Endothelial Cells
Anti-CD31 antibody selectively enhances targeting of NPs to graft ECs of human kidney undergoing NMP
Monoclonal Antibodies Cut Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
In animal model, anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody group had decease in injury of renal allografts
ASN: Nonmedical Factors Impact Kidney Transplant Waits
African-Americans less likely to be wait-listed; higher income positively associated with wait-listing
In Norway, Risk of SCC After Organ Transplant Has Fallen
Standardized incidence ratio peaked in patients who underwent transplantation in 1983-1987 period
Visceral Adipose Tissue Index IDs Risk of HCC in Cirrhosis
High VATI is also linked to risk of HCC recurrence in males with HCC who underwent liver transplant
