Selective decrease of donor-reactive Tregs after liver transplantation limits Treg therapy for promoting allograft tolerance in humans

Q Tang, J Leung, Y Peng, A Sanchez-Fueyo… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Promoting immune tolerance to transplanted organs can minimize the amount of
immunosuppressive drugs that patients need to take, reducing lifetime risks of mortality and …

New approaches to the diagnosis of rejection and prediction of tolerance in liver transplantation

T Taner, J Bruner, J Emamaullee… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Immunosuppression after liver transplantation is essential for preventing allograft rejection.
However, long-term drug toxicity and associated complications necessitate investigation of …

[HTML][HTML] Donor-derived cell-free DNA levels predict graft injury in liver transplant recipients

J Levitsky, M Kandpal, K Guo, S Kleiboeker… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) has been evaluated as a rejection marker in organ
transplantation. This study sought to assess the utility of dd-cfDNA to diagnose graft injury in …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria and Cancer Recurrence after Liver Transplantation—What Is the Benefit of Machine Perfusion?

A Parente, M Flores Carvalho, J Eden… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tumor recurrence after liver transplantation has been linked to multiple factors, including the
recipient's tumor burden, donor factors, and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome and safety of a surveillance biopsy guided personalized immunosuppression program after liver transplantation

EA Saunders, B Engel, A Höfer, B Hartleben… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graft survival beyond year 1 has not changed after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)
over the last decades. Likewise, OLT causes comorbidities such as infection, renal …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated fractional donor‐derived cell‐free DNA during subclinical graft injury after liver transplantation

AK Baumann, J Beck, T Kirchner, B Hartleben… - Liver …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Personalized immunosuppression (IS) promises to improve the balance of necessary control
of alloreactivity and dose‐dependent adverse effects of long‐term IS such as kidney …

[HTML][HTML] Human Hepatic CD56bright NK Cells Display a Tissue-Resident Transcriptional Profile and Enhanced Ability to Kill Allogenic CD8+ T Cells

G Jameson, C Harmon, RM Santiago… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liver-resident CD56brightCD16-natural killer (NK) cells are enriched in the human liver and
are phenotypically distinct from their blood counterparts. Although these cells are capable of …

The role of regulatory T cells in liver transplantation

Z Beyzaei, A Shojazadeh, B Geramizadeh - Transplant Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
The liver is considered a tolerogenic organ that can induce peripheral tolerance. The exact
mechanisms of tolerance in the liver remain undefined. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have …

[PDF][PDF] Activated CD4+ T Cells and Highly Differentiated Alloreactive CD4+ T Cells Distinguish Operationally Tolerant Liver Transplantation Recipients

AA Duizendstra, RJ de Knegt, S Mancham… - Liver …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spontaneous operational tolerance to the allograft develops in a proportion of liver
transplantation (LT) recipients weaned off immunosuppressive (IS) drugs. Several studies …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing immunosuppression in patients with de novo lung carcinoma after liver transplantation could significantly prolong survival

S Pesthy, E Wegener, RR Ossami Saidy… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Long-term immunosuppressive therapy following liver transplantation is
associated with an increased risk for the development of de novo lung carcinoma. However …