Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Expression of B Cell and Immunoglobulin Transcripts Is a Feature of Inflammation in Late Allografts.
To assess the significance of B-cell and plasma cell infiltrates in renal allografts, we compared expression of B-cell-associated transcripts (BATs) and immunoglobulin transcripts (IGTs) to histopathology and function in 177 renal ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Predictors of Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplantation for Metastatic Endocrine Tumors: An 85-Case French Multicentric Report.
Liver transplantation (LTx) for metastatic endocrine tumors (MET) remains controversial due to the lack of clear selection criteria. From 1989 to 2005, 85 patients underwent LTx for MET. The primary ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Islet Transplantation for Brittle Type 1 Diabetes: The UIC Protocol.
This prospective phase 1/2 trial investigated the safety and reproducibility of allogeneic islet transplantation (Tx) in type I diabetic (T1DM) patients and tested a strategy to achieve insulin-independence with lower islet mass. Ten C-peptide negative T1DM ...
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