Just Released - Transplantation Journal - April Issue
An issue packed with viruses! Firstly an update on where we are with CMV at present, pending the new consensus meeting on CMV due soon, as well as papers on cost-effectiveness of prophyaxis in BMT and the utility of Quantiferon testing. Then two articles on transplantation in people living with HIV, including lung transplantation experience. SARS-CoV-2 continues to be relevant, especially in the at-risk transplantation populations. There is data on long COVID and then two articles on the challenges - in Brazil and France, as well as further data on the relevance of T-cell responses to protection against new variants. Finally the effect of viruses causing early fungal infection. It seems that Transplant ID remains a great and important specialty!
Table of Contents
Around the World
- The Challenges of Risk Aversion in Kidney Transplantation: Lessons From the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Brazil
- Challenges Faced by Solid Organ Transplant Recipients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: Historical Insights and Key Takeaways
Research Highlights
Game Changer
Review
Expert Insight
Commentaries
- No Evidence of Progressive Proinflammatory Cytokine Storm in Brain Dead Organ Donors: Should We Avoid the Rush to Flush?
- The Other Pandemic From the Pandemic: A Higher Frequency of Long COVID After Omicron in Kidney Transplant Recipients
- Impulse Oscillometry for Lung Transplant: Is It Good Enough?
Reviews
- Age Disparities in Access to First and Repeat Kidney Transplantation
- Intraoperative Vasoactive Medications and Perioperative Outcomes in Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analyses
- Expanding Access to Organ Transplant for People Living With HIV: Can Policy Catch Up to Outcomes Data?
- What’s New: Updates on Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplantation
Original Basic Science
- Distinct Molecular Processes Mediate Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Release From Kidney Transplants in Different Disease States
- RNA-sequencing of Human Kidney Allografts and Delineation of T-Cell Genes, Gene Sets, and Pathways Associated With Acute T Cell–mediated Rejection
- No Evidence of Progressive Proinflammatory Cytokine Storm in Brain-dead Organ Donors—A Time-course Analysis Using Clinical Samples
Original Clinical Science—Liver
- CHALF Score: A Novel Tool to Rapidly Risk Stratify Children in Need of Liver Transplant Evaluation During Acute Liver Failure
- Caregiver Perceptions of Social Risk Screening in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: From the Multicenter SOCIAL-Tx Study
- Rescue Liver Transplantation for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure: A Systematic Review and Survey of an International Experience
- Graft-derived cfDNA Monitoring in Plasma and Bile During Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation Is Feasible and a Potential Tool for Assessing Graft Viability
Original Clinical Science—General
- SARS-CoV-2 Variants Omicron BA.4/5 and XBB.1.5 Significantly Escape T Cell Recognition in Solid-organ Transplant Recipients Vaccinated Against the Ancestral Strain
- Long COVID Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Appears to Be Attenuated During the Omicron Predominance
- Risk Factors for Early Fungal Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- QuantiFERON-CMV as a Predictor of CMV Events During Preemptive Therapy in CMV-seropositive Kidney Transplant Recipients
- Efficacy and Safety of Single-dose Pegfilgrastim for CD34+ Cell Mobilization in Healthy Volunteers: A Phase 2 Study
- Impulse Oscillometry Versus Spirometry to Detect Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Diagnostic Study
- Lung Transplantation for People Living With HIV: Promising Mid-term Outcomes
- Efficacy, Safety, and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Antiviral Agents for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients
Letters to the Editor
- Conversion to mTOR Inhibitor to Reduce the Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Recurrence in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Preemptive Treatment: A Prospective, Randomized Trial
- Prognostication in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Using CHALF Score—“Perspective From the Opposite Shore”
- Response Regarding Application of the CHALF Score in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
Erratum
TTS 2024 - New Plenary Speaker and Abstract Extended April 5 Deadline!
New Plenary Speaker Announcement - Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Japan
We are excited to announce that Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Distinguished Professor at the Stem Cell Therapy Laboratory, Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan has agreed to present on "Exogenic organs: Going beyond xenotransplantation".
Award Submission Deadlines Extended: April 8, 2024
Transplantation Journal Highlights
Transplantation - Social Media Content
Genetic Modulation: Future Trends Toward Graft Optimization During Machine Perfusion
Dynamic preservation methods such as normothermic, subnormothermic, and hypothermic machine perfusion circuits have emerged as viable alternatives to conventional static cold storage. These organ perfusion technologies serve as preservation methods and enable organ assessment, reconditioning, and repair before transplantation.
Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States
In the United States, only 13% of transplant surgeons are women. We evaluated gender distribution and trends of American authorship over the past 10 y in high-impact solid organ transplantation journals to gain insight into the current status of women authorship in transplantation.
Transplantation Direct - Social Media Content
Members Spotlight
2024 Thomas E. Starzl Postdoctoral Fellowship in Transplantation Biology
Charbel Elias
Post-Doctoral Associate, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Post-Doctoral Associate, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
2024 Joseph A. Patrick Research Fellowship in Transplantation
Heth Turnquist
Professor of Surgery and Immunology; Director, STI Academics and Training, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Professor of Surgery and Immunology; Director, STI Academics and Training, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Upcoming Webinar Presentations
In Case You Missed It…Recent Recordings
CME Accredited Online Ecucation Activity: Cytomegalovirus (CME)
Third-party educational activity (not developed by TTS) but open to the TTS community.
Join Drs. Kotton, Pereira, and Razonable as they discuss the management of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. Topics covered include treatment challenges, laboratory testing, and new therapy for refractory or resistant CMV.
Research Grants Program - Letter of Intent Deadline: April 30th, 2024
TTS will provide funding to three individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical/epidemiological and translational. This individual should have spent five years or less performing research in transplantation (and/or immunology relating to transplant) since obtaining their last doctoral degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent). One of these research grants will be preferentially designated to TTS members from a low- or middle-income country. Please send application materials and any questions to jennifer.groverman@tts.org.
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