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

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. The role of tacrolimus in renal transplantation.
   Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(4): 635-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Living renal donor allograft lithiasis: a review of stone related morbidity in donors and recipients.
   J Urol, 179(3): 832-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia and endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant recipients with B vitamins in the Chinese population.
   J Urol, 179(3): 1190-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. No pharmacokinetic interactions between mycophenolic acid and tacrolimus in renal transplant recipients.
   J Clin Pharm Ther, 33(2): 193-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Estimation of the area under the curve for mycophenolic acid in adult renal transplant patients with concomitant tacrolimus using a limited sampling strategy.
   J Clin Pharm Ther, 33(2): 159-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Immunologic control for polyomavirus infection after kidney transplantation.
   Nephron Clin Pract, 108(2): c148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases.
   N Engl J Med, 358(10): 991-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cinacalcet in patients with hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation.
   Am J Transplant, 8(4): 803-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Last resort for renal transplant recipients, 'restored kidneys' from living donors/patients.
   Am J Transplant, 8(4): 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Fatal graft-versus-host disease presenting as fever of unknown origin in a pancreas-after-kidney transplant recipient.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 881-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Didactic lessons from the serum lactate dehydrogenase posttransplant: a clinical vignette.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 862-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Life-threatening coagulopathy associated with use of Campath (alemtuzumab) in maintenance steroid-free renal transplant given before surgery.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 884-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Banff 07 classification of renal allograft pathology: updates and future directions.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 753-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Course and relevance of arteriovenous fistulas after renal transplant biopsies.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 826-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ regulatory T cells increase de novo in kidney transplant patients after immunodepletion with Campath-1H.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 793-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Peritubular capillaritis in renal allografts: prevalence, scoring system, reproducibility and clinicopathological correlates.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 819-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma associated with prolonged voriconazole therapy in a renal transplant patient.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 877-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. CYP3A5 genotype is not associated with a higher risk of acute rejection in tacrolimus-treated renal transplant recipients.
    Pharmacogenet Genomics, 18(4): 339-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Influence of ABCB1 genetic polymorphisms on cyclosporine intracellular concentration in transplant recipients.
    Pharmacogenet Genomics, 18(4): 307-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Calculating life years from transplant (LYFT): methods for kidney and kidney-pancreas candidates.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 997-1011. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Kidney and pancreas transplantation in the United States, 1997-2006: the HRSA Breakthrough Collaboratives and the 58 DSA Challenge.
    Am J Transplant, 8(4): 946-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: a look at current trends and practice patterns at major transplant centers across the United States.
    J Urol, 179(4): 1488-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Comparison of the novel hydroxyethylstarch 130/0.4 and hydroxyethylstarch 200/0.6 in brain-dead donor resuscitation on renal function after transplantation.
    Br J Anaesth, 100(4): 504-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Measurements of global cell-mediated immunity in renal transplant recipients with BK virus reactivation.
    Am J Clin Pathol, 129(4): 587-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Platelet CD61 expression in vascular calcineurin inhibitor toxicity of renal allografts.
    Hum Pathol, 39(4): 550-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Causes of frequency and nocturia after renal transplantation.
    BJU Int, 101(8): 1029-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Bilateral laparoscopic nephrectomy for significantly enlarged polycystic kidneys: a technique to optimize outcome in the largest of specimens.
    BJU Int, 101(8): 1019-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Glucocorticoid resistance in dialysis patients may impair the kidney allograft outcome.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 23(4): 1422-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Smoking behaviour of patients before and after renal transplantation.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 23(4): 1442-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Pre-transplant predictors of cerebrovascular events after kidney transplantation.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 23(4): 1429-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The combined effect of pre-transplant triglyceride levels and the type of calcineurin inhibitor in predicting the risk of new onset diabetes after renal transplantation.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 23(4): 1436-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Effect of multiorgan donation after cardiac death retrieval on lung performance.
    ANZ J Surg, 78(4): 262-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. A polymorphism in the zinc transporter gene SLC30A8 confers resistance against posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in renal allograft recipients.
    Diabetes, 57(4): 1043-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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