Immunosuppression in liver transplant

T Di Maira, EC Little, M Berenguer - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing potency of immunosuppression (IS) agents resulted in significantly
decreased rates of steroid resistant rejection and rejection related graft loss in liver …

Post-liver transplantation diabetes mellitus: a review of relevance and approach to treatment

MJ Peláez-Jaramillo, AA Cárdenas-Mojica, PV Gaete… - Diabetes Therapy, 2018 - Springer
Post-liver transplantation diabetes mellitus (PLTDM) develops in up to 30% of liver
transplant recipients and is associated with increased risk of mortality and multiple morbid …

[PDF][PDF] Differences in long‐term survival among liver transplant recipients and the general population: a population‐based Nordic study

F Åberg, M Gissler, TH Karlsen, BG Ericzon… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Dramatic improvement in first‐year outcomes post‐liver transplantation (LT) has shifted
attention to long‐term survival, where efforts are now needed to achieve improvement …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcome of liver transplantation in childhood: a study of 20-year survivors

J Martinelli, D Habes, L Majed, C Guettier… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We report the results of a study of survival, liver and kidney functions, and growth with a
median follow-up of 24 years following liver transplantation in childhood. From 1988 to …

[HTML][HTML] Post-transplant obesity impacts long-term survival after liver transplantation

J van Son, SP Stam, AW Gomes-Neto, MCJ Osté… - Metabolism, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Short-term survival after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has improved
over the past decades, but long-term survival remains impaired. The effects of obesity on …

Liver diseases during pregnancy

K Ma, D Berger, N Reau - Clinics in liver disease, 2019 - liver.theclinics.com
Liver diseases during pregnancy pose a unique clinical challenge as they can affect the
lives of both the mother and unborn child. Although severe liver disease is rare, pregnancy …

[HTML][HTML] Neoplastic disease after liver transplantation: Focus on de novo neoplasms

P Burra, KI Rodriguez-Castro - World Journal of Gastroenterology …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
De novo neoplasms account for almost 30% of deaths 10 years after liver transplantation
and are the most common cause of mortality in patients surviving at least 1 year after …

Maintenance immunosuppression for adults undergoing liver transplantation: a network meta‐analysis

M Rodríguez‐Perálvarez… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background As part of liver transplantation, immunosuppression (suppressing the host
immunity) is given to prevent graft rejections resulting from the immune response of the body …

Multiple dimensions of using mesenchymal stem cells for treating liver diseases: From bench to beside

L Chen, N Zhang, Y Huang, Q Zhang, Y Fang… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2023 - Springer
Liver diseases impose a huge burden worldwide. Although hepatocyte transplantation has
long been considered as a potential strategy for treating liver diseases, its clinical …

Alcohol-associated liver disease is now the most common indication for liver transplant waitlisting among young American adults

G Philip, L Hookey, H Richardson, JA Flemming - Transplantation, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background. Mortality from cirrhosis is increasing and is the highest among young adults
with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). The aim of this study was to describe rates of …