Volume 26, 2021 - Table of Contents  

Zhou Ye, Junjun Jia, Zhen Lv, Shusen Zheng

Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931625  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931625

Keywords: Graft Rejection, High Mobility Group Proteins, Immunity, Innate, Liver Transplantation

Published: 2021-07-20,      Viewed (100), Downloaded (40), Related (0)

Anke Schwarz, Frank Schäfer, Theodor Framke, Silvia Linnenweber-Held, Nicolas Richter, Hermann Haller

Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928922  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928922

Keywords: renal insufficiency, Mortality, Reoperation, Waiting Lists, Kidney Transplantation, frailty

Published: 2021-07-16,      Viewed (121), Downloaded (148), Related (0)

Jamilya Saparbay, Janat Spatayev, Abylaikhan Sharmenov, Shokan Aytbayev, Aizhan Uristenova, Adilbek Mukazhanov, Asan Zhexembayev

Department of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Organ Transplantation, LLP National Research Oncology Center, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931786  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931786

Keywords: End stage liver disease, Liver Transplantation, Living Donors

Published: 2021-07-06,      Viewed (159), Downloaded (40), Related (0)

Akshta Pai, Joshua T. Swan , David Wojciechowski, Yasir Qazi, Sham Dholakia, Grigoriy Shekhtman, Anas Abou-Ismail, Dhiren Kumar 

Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e932249  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.932249

Keywords: biomarkers, Cell-Free Nucleic Acids, Graft Rejection, Immunologic Surveillance, Kidney Transplantation, Pathology, Molecular

Published: 2021-07-02,      Viewed (291), Downloaded (86), Related (0)

Claudia Sommerer, Zoi Bougioukou, Vasileios L. Georgiou, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Zeier

Department of Nephrology, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929693  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929693

Keywords: Demography, Kidney Transplantation, Living Donors, Outcome Assessment (Health Care)

Published: 2021-06-22,      Viewed (232), Downloaded (61), Related (0)

Hao-Chien Hung, Chin-Hsin Shen, Chen-Fang Lee, Ssu-Min Cheng, Wei-Chen Lee

Department of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931045  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931045

Keywords: Liver Transplantation, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis

Published: 2021-06-11,      Viewed (197), Downloaded (64), Related (0)

Jia Xu, Yedong Yu, Junhao Lv, Sisi Yang, Jianyong Wu, Jianghua Chen, Wenhan Peng

Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931059  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931059

Keywords: Kidney Transplantation, Metagenomics, Pneumocystis Infections

Published: 2021-06-08,      Viewed (391), Downloaded (71), Related (0)

Ali Alshaqaq, Abdulnaser Al Abadi, Abdulrahman Altheaby, Mohammed A. Bukhari, Basil Alnasrallah , Alaa Alamoudi, Ziad Arabi, Fayez Alhejaili, Khalid Bin Saad, Ahmed Busbaih, Mohammed Abdelrahim Idris, Sumayah Askandarani, Meteb M. AlBugami, Fahad E. Alotaibe, Khaled Hamawi, Khalid Bel’eed Akkari

Multi-Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Eastern Health Cluster, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931832  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931832

Keywords: acute kidney injury, COVID-19, Kidney Transplantation, Saudi Arabia, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Published: 2021-06-04,      Viewed (1050), Downloaded (136), Related (0)

Suk Kyun Hong, Nam-Joon Yi, Kwangpyo Hong, Eui Soo Han, Jeong-Moo Lee, YoungRok Choi, Kwang-Woong Lee, Kyung-Suk Suh

Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929145  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929145

Keywords: End stage liver disease, Graft Survival, Hepatic Artery, Liver Transplantation

Published: 2021-05-28,      Viewed (238), Downloaded (67), Related (0)

Jonathan E.H. Ling, Kevan R. Polkinghorne, John Kanellis

Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930787  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930787

Keywords: Donor Selection, Eligibility Determination, Pancreas Transplantation, Resource Allocation, Transplantation

Published: 2021-05-25,      Viewed (158), Downloaded (54), Related (0)

Rafał Stankiewicz, Waldemar Patkowski, Krzysztof Zieniewicz

Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930146  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930146

Keywords: Hepatolenticular Degeneration, Liver Failure, Acute, Liver Transplantation, Liver, Artificial, Survival

Published: 2021-05-18,      Viewed (181), Downloaded (92), Related (0)

Joichi Usui, Kunihiro Yamagata, Michio Nagata, Akira Shimizu, Asami Takeda, Hitoshi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Sato, Hitoshi Yokoyama

Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e931873  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.931873

Keywords: Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Kidney Transplantation, Pathology

Published: 2021-05-14,      Viewed (236), Downloaded (69), Related (0)

Yong Ho Jeong, Shin Hwang, Geun Dong Lee, Se Hoon Choi, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Yong-Hee Kim, Seung-Il Park, Dong Kwan Kim

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930383  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930383

Keywords: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Liver Transplantation, metastasectomy, Lung Neoplasms

Published: 2021-05-11,      Viewed (207), Downloaded (46), Related (0)

Qiang Zhou, Yanjie Yu, Wenhan Qin, Youmin Pu, Shuang Hu, Maozhi Tang, Xiaosong Xu, Hongwen Zhao

Department of Nephrology, Chongqing Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929729  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929729

Keywords: Nephrology, Nephrology Nursing, Nephrostomy, Percutaneous

Published: 2021-05-04,      Viewed (209), Downloaded (59), Related (0)

Hoonsung Park, Eun-sil Jung, Myoung Hwa Lee, Jae-Myeong Lee

Department of Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928947  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928947

Keywords: Brain Death, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Tissue Donors, Transplantation

Published: 2021-04-30,      Viewed (273), Downloaded (60), Related (0)

Wojtek Karolak, Elżbieta Woźniak-Grygiel, Monika Łącka, Jacek Wojarski, Salma Ali Addo, Adith Kumaravel, Salin Khan, Reema Shinde, Ikram Mukhtar Nuur, Feven Kifle Reta, Jan Rogowski, Ewa Jassem, Krystyna Pastwa, Aleksandra Pałasz, Nikodem Ulatowski, Sławomir Żegleń

Department of Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929946  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929946

Keywords: COVID-19, Lung Transplantation, Pandemics

Published: 2021-04-23,      Viewed (585), Downloaded (128), Related (0)

Omar J. Haque, Eve M. Roth, Aaron Fleishman, Devin E. Eckhoff, Khalid Khwaja

Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930243  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930243

Keywords: Graft Survival, Liver Transplantation, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Tissue and Organ Procurement, Tissue Survival, Transplantation Conditioning

Published: 2021-04-20,      Viewed (235), Downloaded (61), Related (0)

Arman Faravardeh, Sanjeev Akkina, Rafael Villicana, Giselle Guerra, Misbah A. Moten, Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Daniel R. Stevens, Samir J. Patel, Suphamai Bunnapradist

SHARP Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Center, San Diego, CA, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929535  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929535

Keywords: Glomerular Filtration Rate, Graft Rejection, Kidney Transplantation, Safety, Tacrolimus

Published: 2021-04-16,      Viewed (411), Downloaded (110), Related (0)

Takahisa Hiramitsu, Toshihide Tomosugi, Kenta Futamura, Manabu Okada, Norihiko Goto, Shunji Narumi, Kazuharu Uchida, Yoshihiko Watarai

Department of Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929752  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929752

Keywords: Glomerular Filtration Rate, Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy, Kidney Transplantation, Living Donors, Postoperative Complications

Published: 2021-04-09,      Viewed (283), Downloaded (74), Related (0)

Tim R. Glowka, Caroline Karlstetter, Tobias J. Weismüller, Tim O. Vilz, Christian P. Strassburg, Jörg C. Kalff, Steffen Manekeller

Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928907  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928907

Keywords: Anastomotic Leak, Biliary Fistula, Biliary Tract, Endoscopy, Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Transplantation

Published: 2021-04-06,      Viewed (249), Downloaded (70), Related (0)

Shahd M. Taj, Hajer Baghaffar, Duha Khaled Alnajjar, Nahed Khalid Almashabi, Sherine Ismail

Department of Nutrition, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928356  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928356

Keywords: Calcineurin, Immunosuppressive Agents, Kidney Transplantation, medication adherence, Patient Compliance

Published: 2021-03-30,      Viewed (306), Downloaded (102), Related (0)

Maogen Chen, Weiqiang Ju, Xiaohong Lin, Yinghua Chen, Qiang Zhao, Zhiyong Guo, Xiaoshun He, Dongping Wang

Organ Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929259  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929259

Keywords: Hepatectomy, Liver Transplantation, Surgical Procedures, Operative

Published: 2021-03-23,      Viewed (324), Downloaded (117), Related (0)

Xiaojun Li, Pei Lu, Xue-Feng Shao, Ting Jiang, Feng Liu, Gang Li

Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e930066  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.930066

Keywords: beta Catenin, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Kidney Transplantation

Published: 2021-03-19,      Viewed (342), Downloaded (73), Related (0)

Vidit N. Munshi, Soroush Saghafian, Curtiss B. Cook, Sumhith Veda Aradhyula, Harini A. Chakkera

Department of Health Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928624  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928624

Keywords: Data Interpretation, Statistical, Diabetes Mellitus, Organ Transplantation

Published: 2021-03-16,      Viewed (371), Downloaded (87), Related (0)

Nuri Baris Hasbal, Didem Turgut, Ebru Gok Oguz, Sena Ulu, Ozkan Gungor

Clinic of Nephrology, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929279  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929279

Keywords: Calcineurin, Kidney Transplantation, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Published: 2021-03-12,      Viewed (541), Downloaded (117), Related (0)

Alvaro Arnau, Adalberto Benito-Hernández, María Angeles Ramos-Barrón, María Teresa García-Unzueta, José Javier Gómez-Román, José María Gómez-Ortega, Marcos López-Hoyos, David San Segundo, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Emilio Rodrigo

Nephrology Service, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929491  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929491

Keywords: Biological Markers, Chemokine CXCL10, Graft Rejection, Kidney Transplantation

Published: 2021-03-09,      Viewed (278), Downloaded (73), Related (0)

Liise K. Kayler, Beth Dolph, Molly Ranahan, Maria Keller, Renee Cadzow, Thomas H. Feeley

Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929839  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929839

Keywords: Kidney Transplantation, Patient Education as Topic, waiting list

Published: 2021-03-02,      Viewed (305), Downloaded (58), Related (0)

Masaaki Okihara, Hironori Takeuchi, Shinichi Akiyama, Reichi Yoshinaga, Sayuri Osato, Isao Akashi, Yu Kihara, Osamu Konno, Hitoshi Iwamoto, Takashi Oda, Sachiko Tanaka, Sakae Unezaki, Toshihiko Hirano

Department of Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928817  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928817

Keywords: Drug Antagonism, Drug Interactions, Drug Synergism, Kidney Transplantation, Tacrolimus

Published: 2021-02-26,      Viewed (400), Downloaded (104), Related (0)

Grzegorz Niewiński, Wiktor Smyk, Agata Graczyńska, Konrad Kostrzewa, Joanna Raszeja-Wyszomirska, Urszula Ołdakowska-Jedynak, Jolanta Małyszko, Maciej Wójcicki, Krzysztof Zieniewicz

II Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926928  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926928

Keywords: Creatine, Liver Transplantation, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Published: 2021-02-23,      Viewed (316), Downloaded (94), Related (0)

Ann-Kathrin Eichelmann, Thomas Vogel, Ann-Kathrin Fuchs, Philipp Houben, Shadi Katou, Felix Becker, Hartmut H. Schmidt, Christian Wilms, Andreas Pascher, Jens G. Brockmann

Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926847  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926847

Keywords: Liver Transplantation, Primary Graft Dysfunction, Reperfusion Injury

Published: 2021-02-19,      Viewed (252), Downloaded (58), Related (0)

Tomasz Urbanowicz, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Michał Michalak, Michał Bociański, Dariusz Krawczyk, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Hanna Wachowiak-Baszyńska, Marek Jemielity

Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926555  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926555

Keywords: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Embolism and Thrombosis, Heart Failure, Heart-Assist Devices, Pulsatile Flow

Published: 2021-02-16,      Viewed (265), Downloaded (65), Related (0)

Marek Szymczak, Piotr J. Kaliciński, Grzegorz Kowalewski, Mateusz Ciopiński, Małgorzata Markiewicz-Kijewska, Dorota Broniszczak, Bożenna Dembowska-Bagińska, Andrzej Kościesza, Grażyna Brzezińska-Rajszys, Waldemar Patkowski, Marek Stefanowicz

Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926217  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926217

Keywords: Allografts, Liver Transplantation, Living Donors, inferior vena cava

Published: 2021-02-12,      Viewed (601), Downloaded (84), Related (0)

Kumiko Muta, Mineaki Kitamura, Masaaki Hidaka, Yuki Ota, Takanobu Hara, Akihiko Soyama, Satoshi Miuma, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Kazuhiko Nakao, Susumu Eguchi, Hiroshi Mukae, Tomoya Nishino

Department of Nephrology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928858  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928858

Keywords: Glomerular Filtration Rate, Liver Transplantation, Living Donors, Tacrolimus

Published: 2021-02-09,      Viewed (262), Downloaded (89), Related (0)

Senichiro Yanagawa, Hiroyuki Tahara, Yuka Tanaka, Seiichi Shimizu, Masahiro Ohira, Kentaro Ide, Hideki Ohdan

Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e925475  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.925475

Keywords: Liver Transplantation, Osteoporosis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Calcitriol

Published: 2021-02-05,      Viewed (324), Downloaded (70), Related (0)

Dured Dardari, Randa Dardari

Department of Diabetes, Sud Francilien Hospital Center 40 Avenue Serge Dassault, Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928449  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928449

Keywords: Arthropathy, Neurogenic, Diabetic Foot, Kidney Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation

Published: 2021-02-02,      Viewed (238), Downloaded (62), Related (0)

Vinay Kumaran, Sorabh Kapoor, Shailesh Sable, Barun Nath, Vibha Varma

Department of Surgery (Transplant), Hume Lee Transplant Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926979  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926979

Keywords: Hepatic Artery, Liver Transplantation, Living Donors

Published: 2021-01-29,      Viewed (713), Downloaded (147), Related (0)

Mirosław Nęcki, Magdalena Latos, Maciej Urlik, Remigiusz Antończyk, Martyna Gawęda, Anastazja Pandel, Tomasz Stącel, Piotr Przybyłowski, Marian Zembala, Marek Ochman

Department of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e927025  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.927025

Keywords: airway management, Bronchoscopy, Lung Transplantation, Respiratory Function Tests

Published: 2021-01-26,      Viewed (346), Downloaded (88), Related (0)

Hyung Duk Kim, Ji-Yeun Chang, Byung Ha Chung, Chan-Duck Kim, Sang-Ho Lee, Yeong Hoon Kim, Chul Woo Yang

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e927984  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.927984

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Graft Rejection, Kidney Transplantation

Published: 2021-01-22,      Viewed (429), Downloaded (119), Related (0)

Karim Sallam, Geetha P. Bhumireddy, Vishnu D. Evuri, Joshua P. Abella, Francois Haddad, Hannah A. Valentine, Patricia K. Nguyen, Michael X. Pham

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e923536  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.923536

Keywords: Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Heart Transplantation, Immunosuppression, Sirolimus

Published: 2021-01-19,      Viewed (268), Downloaded (74), Related (0)

Paolo Vincenzi, Javier Gonzalez, Giselle Guerra, Jeffrey J. Gaynor, Angel Alvarez, Gaetano Ciancio

Department of Surgery, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL, USA

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926850  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926850

Keywords: Kidney Transplantation, Living Donors, Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Renal Artery

Published: 2021-01-15,      Viewed (238), Downloaded (86), Related (0)

Shun Nishioka, Takeshi Ishimura, Takahito Endo, Naoki Yokoyama, Satoshi Ogawa, Masato Fujisawa

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926476  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926476

Keywords: Fibrosis, Immunohistochemistry, Kidney Transplantation, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Published: 2021-01-12,      Viewed (239), Downloaded (73), Related (0)

Libin Liang, Xiaojun Wang, Mingming Li, Luyang Qin, Xinglong Tong

Department of Basic Medical, Hebei Xinglong Institute of Pharmacological and Medical Science, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e928047  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.928047

Keywords: Amniotic Fluid, Hematopoiesis, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Transplantation

Published: 2021-01-08,      Viewed (244), Downloaded (55), Related (0)

Li Lei, Qing Li, Shuhong Xu, Mingyang Tian, Xinghui Zheng, Yunxia Bi, Bo Huang

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University/The First People’s Hospital of Zunyi, Zunyi, Guizhou, China (mainland)

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e924461  ::  DOI: 10.12659/AOT.924461

Keywords: Bacterial Vaccines, Enterovirus, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Viral Structural Proteins

Published: 2021-01-05,      Viewed (303), Downloaded (57), Related (0)