Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…She was treated for heart failure but in view of her persistent symptoms and low EF was considered for heart and kidney transplant. This was a challenge in view of her history of lupus. …”
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γδ T Cells’ Role in Donor-Specific Antibody Generation: Insights From Transplant Recipients and Experimental Models by Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Guillaume Rigault, Chien-Chia Chen, Hannah Kaminski, Hannah Kaminski, Jonathan Visentin, Jonathan Visentin, Benjamin Taton, Gabriel Marseres, Virginie Mathias, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Pierre Merville, Pierre Merville, Stéphanie Graff-Dubois, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Julie Déchanet-Merville, Valérie Dubois, Jean-Paul Duong van Huyen, Lionel Couzi, Lionel Couzi, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat

“…Analysis of a cohort of 331 kidney transplant recipients found no relation between the number of circulating γδ T cells and the risk to develop DSA. …”
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Nurse-Led Self-Management Support After Organ Transplantation – A Multicenter, Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial by Regina van Zanten, Monique van Dijk, Joost van Rosmalen, Joost van Rosmalen, Denise K. Beck, AnneLoes van Staa, Ann Van Hecke, Ann Van Hecke, Emma K. Massey

“…In this unblinded multi-center stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial the effectiveness of the nurse-led ZENN-intervention was tested in promoting self-management skills in comparison to standard care among heart, lung and kidney transplant recipients. This intervention is based on behaviour change theories and was conducted in four sessions over 6 months at the outpatient clinic. …”
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Is Thymoglobulin or Rituximab the Cause of This Serum Sickness? A Case Report of Serum Sickness Dilemma and Literature Review by Amarpreet Sandhu, Antonia Harford, Pooja Singh, Eduardo Alas

“…Since Rituximab is now being used as an adjuvant treatment for acute humoral rejection and its prevalence to cause serum sickness is comparable to Thymoglobulin-associated serum sickness (20% versus 27%), it should be considered a potential cause of serum sickness after rejection treatment. In kidney transplant patients, there are no case reports where patient received both Thymoglobulin and Rituximab before developing serum sickness. …”
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Late Onset Graft Plasmacytoma-Like PTLD Presenting as Acute Hyperglycemia in a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipient by P. Ventura-Aguiar, M. T. Cibeira, A. Martinez, M. Cuatrecasas, M. Aymerich, J. Ferrer, J. Blade, F. Diekmann, M. J. Ricart

“…We report the case of a 54-year-old simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipient (immunosuppression: OKT3, methylprednisolone, cyclosporine, and azathioprine), diagnosed with an IgG-kappa monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance eighteen years after transplant. …”
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Treating TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Fever Syndrome in End-Stage Renal Failure by J. Coutinho, R. S. Chorão, M. Oliveira, C. R. Santos

“…Though amyloidosis is established, the authors believe containing its progression and reducing inflammatory activity can improve patient prognosis and reduce recurrence of amyloidosis in kidney transplant, as has been demonstrated in transplanted patients due to familial Mediterranean fever amyloidosis.…”
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Fever, Haematuria, and Acute Graft Dysfunction in Renal Transplant Recipients Secondary to Adenovirus Infection: Two Case Reports by J. Ramírez, I. C. Bostock, A. Martin-Onraët, S. Calleja, A. Sánchez-Cedillo, L. A. Navarro-Vargas, A. L. Noriega-Salas, O. Martínez-Mijangos, N. O. Uribe-Uribe, M. Vilatoba, B. Gabilondo, L. E. Morales-Buenrostro, J. Alberú

“…We report two cases of adenoviral infection in kidney transplant recipients that presented with different clinical characteristics under similar demographic and posttransplant conditions. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…She was scheduled to undergo an incompatible 1-1-1 mismatch living related donor kidney transplant. Preoperatively, the patient received plasmapheresis, IVIG, and thymoglobulin. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Diffuse Skin Thickening as Kaposi Sarcoma Clinical Presentation by Sara Querido, Henrique Silva Sousa, Tiago Assis Pereira, Rita Birne, Patrícia Matias, Cristina Jorge, André Weigert, Teresa Adragão, Margarida Bruges, Domingos Machado

“…So, KS should be considered in differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding in some kidney transplant patients.…”
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Plasma proteome fingerprint in kidney diseases by Kirill S. Nikolsky, Arthur T. Kopylov, Valeriya I. Nakhod, Natalia V. Potoldykova, Dmitry V. Enikeev, Tatiana V. Butkova, Liudmila I. Kulikova, Kristina A. Malsagova, Vladimir R. Rudnev, Denis V. Petrovskiy, Alexander A. Izotov, Anna L. Kaysheva

“…Expensive renal replacement therapy options, such as dialysis or kidney transplant, are required for end-stage kidney disease. …”
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Risk-Stratified Cardiovascular Screening Including Angiographic and Procedural Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Renal Transplant Candidates by Julian König, Martin Möckel, Eda Mueller, Wolfgang Bocksch, Seema Baid-Agrawal, Nina Babel, Ralf Schindler, Petra Reinke, Peter Nickel

“…Benefits of cardiac screening in kidney transplant candidates (KTC) will be dependent on the availability of effective interventions. …”
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A Case of Alport Syndrome with Posttransplant Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease despite Negative Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies by EIA Treated with Plasmapheres... by Sumiko I. Armstead, Thomas Hellmark, Jorgen Wieslander, Xin J. Zhou, Ramesh Saxena, Nilum Rajora

“…Here we present a case of a 22-year-old male with end-stage renal disease secondary to Alport syndrome, with a previously failed renal allograft, who received a second deceased-donor kidney transplant. Six days after transplantation, he developed acute kidney injury. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to a Healthy Diet Across the Spectrum of Chronic Kidney Disease by Trigueros-Flores XB, Luna-Hernández G, Santos-Lopez MF, Pérez-Galván L, Flores-Camacho KJ, Díaz-Canchola LM, Cueto-Manzano AM, Chávez-Chávez HE, Cerrillos-Gutiérrez JI, Rojas-Campos E, Martín-del-Campo F

“…Quality of food consumption was healthier on people with CKD stages 3b-5 (40%) and people with kidney transplant (65%) compared to peritoneal dialysis (25%) and hemodialysis (0%). …”
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Pyelonephritis and Bacteremia Caused by Klebsiella variicola following Renal Transplantation by Cody Lo, Shazia Masud, Gregory D. Deans

“…Hospitalization with acute pyelonephritis within the first year following kidney transplant is common and is associated with increased risk of graft loss and mortality. …”
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Severe Hyperphosphatemia in a Patient with Mild Acute Kidney Injury by Phuong Chi Pham, Raghu Konanur Ventakaram, Jimmy Pham, Harpreet Sidhu, Nada Bader, Phuong Mai Pham, Phuong Thu Pham

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Risk Balancing of Cold Ischemic Time against Night Shift Surgery Possibly Reduces Rates of Reoperation and Perioperative Graft Loss by Nikos Emmanouilidis, Julius Boeckler, Bastian P. Ringe, Alexander Kaltenborn, Frank Lehner, Hans Friedrich Koch, Jürgen Klempnauer, Harald Schrem

“…Methods. 1262 deceased donor kidney transplantations were analyzed. Multivariable regression was used to determine odds ratios (ORs) for reoperation, graft loss, delayed graft function (DGF), and discharge on dialysis. …”
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Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients, Its Impact on Organs and Potential Treatment by QTY Code-Designed Detergent-Free Chemokine Receptors by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Eiman M. Mahmoud, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…The novel coronavirus is not only causing respiratory problems, but it may also damage the heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs; in Wuhan, 14 to 30% of COVID-19 patients have lost their kidney function and now require either dialysis or kidney transplants. The novel coronavirus gains entry into humans by targeting the ACE2 receptor that found on lung cells, which destroy human lungs through cytokine storms, and this leads to hyperinflammation, forcing the immune cells to destroy healthy cells. …”
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Malignant and Noninvasive Skin Tumours in Renal Transplant Recipients by Christopher D. Roche, Joelle S. Dobson, Sion K. Williams, Mara Quante, Joyce Popoola, Jade W. M. Chow

“…Pathology records were reviewed for 709 kidney transplant recipients on immunosuppression at our hospital from 1995 to 2008. …”
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Serological and Molecular Diagnosis of Human Cytomegalovirus among Hemodialysis Patients in Kirkuk/Iraq by Eman Ammar Ihsan, Lezan Medhat Mohammed, Waleed Mohammed Ali

“…Patients exposed to CMV during dialysis may cause virus reactivation by immunosuppression and inflammation, suggesting that screening patients is necessary to avoid complications like kidney transplant rejection. As a result, PCR can detect extremely small amounts of DNA, it has a high detection rate in the early stages of CMV infection.…”
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Identifying RBBP7 as a Promising Diagnostic Biomarker for BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy by Yicun Wang, Yuxuan Wang, Di Zhang, Hao Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaopeng Hu

“…BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) remains a major infectious complication due to powerful immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients, and its histologic appearance can mimic rejection, leading to diagnostic and treatment dilemmas thus molecular diagnostic methods would be beneficial. …”
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