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Supporting physicians in the management of metabolic alterations in adult kidney transplant recipients: a comment on the joint position statement of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO) and the Italian Diabetes Society (SID)
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Pregnancy after pancreas-kidney transplantation
A combined kidney and pancreas transplant is a therapeutic option for patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease. After successful transplantation, fertility is rapidly restored, allowing women ...
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COVID-19 and kidney transplantation: an Italian Survey and Consensus
Italy was the first Western country to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we report the results of a national survey on kidney transplantation activity in February and March 2020, and the results of a three-roun...
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Insulin-mimetic effects of short-term rapamycin in type 1 diabetic patients prior to islet transplantation
The immunosuppressive drug rapamycin may influence insulin sensitivity in insulin-responsive tissues.
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Open AccessIL28B rs12979860 genotype as a predictor marker of progression to BKVirus Associated nephropathy, after kidney transplantation
BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is still an important cause of allograft dysfunction after kidney transplantation (KT). Recent data have shown that the new interferon (IFN)-λ family has been ascr...
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Open AccessGeneration of donor-specific Tr1 cells to be used after kidney transplantation and definition of the timing of their in vivo infusion in the presence of immunosuppression
Operational tolerance is an alternative to lifelong immunosuppression after transplantation. One strategy to achieve tolerance is by T regulatory cells. Safety and feasibility of a T regulatory type 1 (Tr1)-ce...
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31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) detects early changes in kidney high-energy phosphate metabolism during a 6-month Valsartan treatment in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney-transplanted patients
31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) is a non-invasive tool to study high-energy phosphate (HEP) metabolism. We evaluate whether 31P-MRS can detect early changes in kidney HEP metabolism...
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Insulin secretory patterns and blood glucose homeostasis after islet allotransplantation in IDDM patients: comparison with segmental- or whole-pancreas transplanted patients through a long term longitudinal study
IDDM patients undergoing islet, segmental pancreas or whole pancreas allotransplantation were studied at regular intervals after surgery (3–6 months, 1, 2, 3 and 4 years) to evaluate glycometabolic control (24...
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Octreotide administration in the treatment of pancreatic fistulae after pancreas transplantation
Among the surgical complications of pancreas transplantation are pancreatic fistulae, which arise rather frequently. Suppression of exocrine secretion with polymers has succeeded in reducing the rate of this c...
