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Publikováno v:
Surgical technology international. 2
During the past 30 years orthotopic liver transplantation has become a highly successful form of surgical treatments. The significant advances achieved in this field have led to an increased demand for organs and created a wide gap between organ avai
Autor:
J. J. Fung, Amadeo Marcos, Henkie P. Tan, K. Keven, Ron Shapiro, L. Re, A. Basu, T. E. Starzl, Rl L. Simmons
Publikováno v:
Transplant Infectious Disease. 6:10-14
Limited data exist about Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) in solid organ transplant patients. Between 1/1/99 and 12/31/02, 600 kidney and 102 pancreas–kidney allograft recipients were transplanted. Thirty-nine (5.5%) of these patients had CDC on
Publikováno v:
Transplant Infectious Disease. 4:177-182
Infection with influenza viruses poses specific problems in adult and pediatric organ transplant recipients, including a higher rate of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications. Also, data suggest that influenza is associated with acute cellular r
Publikováno v:
Transplant Infectious Disease. 1:187-203
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral pathogen in organ transplant recipients. The patients at highest risk of developing CMV disease are seronegative recipients of seropositive donors, and seropositive recipients who receive antilymphocyte
Autor:
T. E. Starzl, Ron Shapiro, F. Egidi, Hans Albin Gritsch, J. J. Fung, Velma P. Scantlebury, Ajai Khanna, Mark L. Jordan, Robert J. Corry, C.A Vivas
Publikováno v:
Transplantation. 67:266-272
Background The long-term safety and efficacy of tacrolimus in pancreas transplantation has not yet been demonstrated. The observation of prolonged pancreatic graft function under tacrolimus would indicate that any potential islet toxicity is short-li
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M. A. Nalesnik, William Irish, Ada O. Youk, Jorge Reyes, Jorge Rakela, Gary M. Marsh, Marsha Zak, J. J. Fung, LD Yee, Ashokkumar Jain
Publikováno v:
Transplantation. 66:1193-1200
BACKGROUND An increased incidence of de novo nonlymphoid malignancies has been shown in immunocompromised patients. However, the true risk over time compared to the general population has not been determined. METHODS One thousand consecutive patients
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D. H. Van Thiel, Thomas E. Starzl, Rafael Mañez, J. J. Fung, Anthony J. Demetris, Jorge Rakela, A. C. Tsamanadas, Ashokkumar Jain
Publikováno v:
Liver Transplantation and Surgery. 4:197-203
Interferon alfa-2b (IFN-alpha) therapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of viral hepatitis B (HBV) or viral hepatitis C (HCV) in patients who did not undergo transplantation. However, in allograft recipients, treatment with IFN-alpha o
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Y. Wakizaka, Anthony J. Demetris, Conor P. Delaney, T. E. Starzl, J. J. Fung, M. Chen-Woan, Noriko Murase, V. Fournier
Publikováno v:
Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 59:196-207
Although the rat is commonly used for basic immunology and transplantation research, phenotypic and functional characterization of rat dendritic cells (DCs) lags behind similar studies in the human and mouse. Therefore, these features were examined u
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T. E. Starzl, Adriana Zeevi, A. G. Tzakis, Patricia B. Carroll, Anthony J. Demetris, M Jordon, J. J. Fung, Abdul S. Rao, Witold B. Rybka, Camillo Ricordi, Ron Shapiro, Forrest Dodson, Massimo Trucco, Paulo Fontes, William A. Rudert, Kareem Abu-Elmagd, S. Todo
Publikováno v:
The Lancet. 344:151-155
We have previously postulated that donor cell chimerism in organ transplantation is needed to attain a tolerant state. Here we show that donor cell chimerism can be augmented in organ recipients if they are infused perioperatively with 3 x 10(8) per
Publikováno v:
Xeno. 1(1)