Articles tagged "Histology"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Reduction of Tacrolimus With Everolimus Addition in Maintenance Immunosuppression Improves Calcineurin Inhibitor-Induced Arteriolopathy in Kidney Allografts
M. Miura,¹ H. Higashiyama,¹ Y. Fukasawa.²
¹Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; ²Department of Pathology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Although conversion of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immunosuppression to everolimus (EVR) has been shown to improve graft function, no histopathological evidence has been reported. The…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective Study of Renal Function and Histological Changes in Renal Transplant Recipients With Acute Clinical and Subclinical Rejection
S. Chen,¹ R. Mehta,¹ P. Sood,¹ P. Randhawa,² N. Shah,¹ C. Wu,¹ A. Tevar,³ S. Hariharan.¹
¹Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: To study the impact on renal function and histological changes in patients(pts) with acute clinical rejection(ACR) and subclinical rejection(SCR) from 3 to 12 month(m)…