Machine perfusion in liver transplantation

RX Sousa Da Silva, A Weber, P Dutkowski… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although liver transplantation is a true success story, many patients still die awaiting an
organ. The increasing need for liver grafts therefore remains an unsolved challenge to the …

Recent advances in stimulus‐responsive nanocarriers for gene therapy

C Yu, L Li, P Hu, Y Yang, W Wei, X Deng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gene therapy provides a promising strategy for curing monogenetic disorders and complex
diseases. However, there are challenges associated with the use of viral delivery vectors …

[HTML][HTML] Normothermic liver machine perfusion as a dynamic platform for regenerative purposes: What does the future have in store for us?

B Lascaris, VE de Meijer, RJ Porte - Journal of Hepatology, 2022 - Elsevier
Liver transplantation has become an immense success; nevertheless, far more recipients
are registered on waiting lists than there are available donor livers for transplantation. High …

Evaluation of early allograft function using the liver graft assessment following transplantation risk score model

VG Agopian, MP Harlander-Locke, D Markovic… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) following a liver transplant (LT) unequivocally
portends adverse graft and patient outcomes, but a widely accepted classification or grading …

RNAi-based drug design: considerations and future directions

Q Tang, A Khvorova - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
More than 25 years after its discovery, the post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanism
termed RNAi is now transforming pharmaceutical development, proved by the recent FDA …

Emerging role of NLRP3 inflammasome and pyroptosis in liver transplantation

F Lucas-Ruiz, A Peñín-Franch, JA Pons… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat-receptor, pyrin domain-containing-3
(NLRP3) inflammasome contributes to the inflammatory response by activating caspase-1 …

Machine perfusion of the liver and bioengineering

A Schlegel, H Mergental, C Fondevila, RJ Porte… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing number of accepted candidates on waiting lists worldwide, there is an
urgent need to expand the number and the quality of donor livers. Dynamic preservation …

Review of current machine perfusion therapeutics for organ preservation

J Xu, JE Buchwald, PN Martins - Transplantation, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Because of the high demand of organs, the usage of marginal grafts has increased. These
marginal organs have a higher risk of developing ischemia-reperfusion injury, which can …

Ex vivo lung perfusion: a review of current and future application in lung transplantation

K Ahmad, JL Pluhacek, AW Brown - Pulmonary Therapy, 2022 - Springer
The number of waitlisted lung transplant candidates exceeds the availability of donor
organs. Barriers to utilization of donor lungs include suboptimal lung allograft function, long …

Multicenter validation of the liver graft assessment following transplantation (L-GrAFT) score for assessment of early allograft dysfunction

VG Agopian, D Markovic, GB Klintmalm, G Saracino… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) following liver transplantation (LT)
negatively impacts graft and patient outcomes. Previously we reported that the liver graft …