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AUTHOR
Claudia Sommerer
The extent of HLA-DR expression on HLA-DR+Tregs allows the identification of patients with clinically relevant borderline rejection
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) were shown to be involved into the pathogenesis of acute rejection after transplantation. The suppressive activity of the total regulatory T cell pool depends on its percentage of highly suppressive HLA-DR(+) -Treg cells. Therefore, both the suppressive activity of the total Treg pool and the extent of HLA-DR expression of HLA-DR(+) -Tregs (MFI HLA-DR) were estimated in non transplanted volunteers, patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF), healthy renal transplant patients with suspicion on rejection, due to sole histological Bord-R or sole acute renal failure (ARF), and patients with clinically relevant borderline rejection (Bord-R and ARF). Compared to patie…
Die Sicherheit des Lebendnierenspenders – Das Deutsche Lebendspende Register SOLKID-GNR – Entstehung und Struktur eines nationalen Registers in der Versorgungsforschung
ZusammenfassungIm Deutschen Lebendspende Register SOLKID-GNR (Safety of the Living Kidney Donor – The German National Register) werden medizinische und psychosoziale Daten zum Outcome von Lebendnierenspender erhoben. Die prospektive Datenerhebung ermöglicht erstmals in Deutschland eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Langzeitanalyse, wie sich eine Lebendnierenspende auf die psychische und physische Gesundheit von Lebendnierenspendern auswirkt. Dies trägt direkt zu einer Verbesserung der Information und Versorgung der Lebendnierenspender bei.
Should kidney allografts from old donors be allocated only to old recipients?
Contains fulltext : 226016.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) In several deceased donor kidney allocation systems, organs from elderly donors are allocated primarily to elderly recipients. The Eurotransplant Senior Program (ESP) was implemented in 1999, and since then, especially in Europe, the use of organs from elderly donors has steadily increased. The proportion of ≥60-year-old donors reported to the Collaborative Transplant Study (CTS) by European centers has doubled, from 21% in 2000-2001 to 42% in 2016-2017. Therefore, in the era of organ shortage it is a matter of debate whether kidney organs from elderly donors should only be allocated to elderly recipients or whether <65-y…
Rapid Steroid Withdrawal after Renal Transplantation Reduces Mortality: Five Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Harmony Study) Confirms Long Term Efficacy and Safety
Background: We previously reported excellent efficacy and improved safety aspects of rapid steroid withdrawal (RSWD) in the randomized controlled one year “Harmony” trial, in which 587 predominantly deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients were randomized either to basiliximab or rabbit ATG induction therapy and compared to standard immunosuppressive therapy consisting of basiliximab, low tacrolimus once daily, mycophenolate mofetil, and corticosteroids. Methods: Following the end of the original one-year study period, patients were asked to participate in the observational follow-up (FU) study examining most of the end points of the original study. Hereby, de novo incidences between yea…