Lung Transplantation - Immunology
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Dynamics of human regulatory T cells in lung lavages of lung transplant recipients.

25 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite advances in the field of lung transplantation, the median survival after lung transplant remains below 5 years. Early rejection is a risk factor for the development of chronic rejection. In animal models of transplant tolerance, ... Read more...

The effect of organ-specific CD26/DPP IV enzymatic activity inhibitor-preconditioning on acute pulmonary allograft rejection.

25 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Systemic inhibition of serum CD26/dipeptidylpeptidase (DPP IV) enzymatic activity abrogated acute rejection of pulmonary allografts, whereas organ-specific inhibition ameliorated ischemia/reperfusion injury in syngeneic transplants. ... Read more...

Syphilis-specific immunoglobulin G seroconversion after double-lung transplantation.

30 Jul 2009 A female patient with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received a double-lung transplant from a donor with serologic evidence of past syphilis. The recipient showed a Treponema pallidum-specific IgG seroconversion 8 days after ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Lung Transplantation - Immunology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dynamics of human regulatory T cells in lung lavages of lung transplant recipients. 25 Aug 2009
• The effect of organ-specific CD26/DPP IV enzymatic activity inhibitor-preconditioning on acute pulmonary allograft rejection. 25 Aug 2009
• Syphilis-specific immunoglobulin G seroconversion after double-lung transplantation. 30 Jul 2009
• Circulating and intrapulmonary C-reactive protein: a predictor of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and pulmonary allograft outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is associated with absence of suppression of peripheral blood Th1 proinflammatory cytokines. 25 Jul 2009
• Type V collagen-induced oral tolerance plus low-dose cyclosporine prevents rejection of MHC class I and II incompatible lung allografts. 29 Jun 2009
• Reduced cytotoxic function of effector CD8+ T cells is responsible for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-dependent immune suppression. 27 Jun 2009
• Experience with immune monitoring in lung transplant recipients: correlation of low immune function with infection. 25 Jun 2009
• Renal after cardiothoracic transplant: the effect of repeat mismatches on outcome. 13 Jun 2009
• Generic drug immunosuppression in thoracic transplantation: an ISHLT educational advisory. Jun 2009
• Tacrolimus versus cyclosporine for adult lung transplant recipients: a meta-analysis. 30 May 2009
• Panel-reactive screening and treatment practices following bridge to transplantation ventricular assist device placement. 30 May 2009
• Safe management of tacrolimus together with posaconazole in lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis. 30 May 2009
• Effect of annual influenza immunization on antibody response in lung transplant patients. 30 May 2009
• Absence of proteinuria predicts improvement in renal function after conversion to sirolimus-based immunosuppressive regimens in lung transplant survivors with chronic kidney disease. 30 May 2009
• Correlation of donor leukocyte chimerism with pulmonary allograft survival after immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in a porcine model. 25 May 2009
• Adoptive T-cell therapy of a lung transplanted patient with severe CMV disease and resistance to antiviral therapy. 18 May 2009
• Tacrolimus and azathioprine versus cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil after lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study. 11 May 2009
• Temporal pattern of transfusion and its relation to rejection after lung transplantation. 3 May 2009
• Cell-mediated immunity to predict cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk solid organ transplant recipients. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Lung Transplantation'

Definition: The transference of either one or both of the lungs from one human or animal to another.

Descriptor UI: D016040

Alternative terms: Lung Transplantation; Grafting, Lung; Graftings, Lung; Lung Grafting; Lung Graftings; Transplantation, Lung; Lung Transplantations; Transplantations, Lung;

Related Mesh Headings: Heart-Lung Transplantation;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; ethnology; immunology; pathology; physiology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; ultrasonography;

Tree Number: E04.928.600.495; E04.936.450.495;

History Note: 90; was LUNG/transplantation 1966-89

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed