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The evolution of diabetic chronic complications after pancreas transplantationJoao R de Sa
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology of Federal University of So Paulo, So Paulo, Brazil
Diabetol Metab Syndr 1:11. 2009..Recent studies have demonstrated clashing outcomes regarding isolated pancreas transplantations, a fact which reinforces the need for a more discerning selection of patients for this procedure...
Belatacept in clinical and experimental transplantation - progress and promiseErika B Rangel
Nephrology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo and Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Drugs Today (Barc) 46:235-42. 2010..Studies on nonhuman primates, as well as phase II and III clinical trials are here reviewed. Belatacept is a promising therapy in organ transplantation and in the future can be used to induce tolerance...
Labile plasma iron generation after intravenous iron is time-dependent and transitory in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysisErika B Rangel
Dialysis Center, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ther Apher Dial 14:186-92. 2010..0003, respectively). LPI generation after intravenous saccharate administration is time-dependent and transitorily detected during hemodialysis. The LPI increment had a positive correlation to iron and transferrin saturation...
Family history of diabetes as a new determinant of insulin sensitivity and secretion in patients who have undergone a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantErika B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Exp Clin Transplant 8:29-37. 2010..In that model, fasting plasma glucose and C-peptide levels are used to evaluate insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function...
Hemoglobin and hematocrit at the end of hemodialysis: a better way to adjust erythropoietin dose?Erika B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Artif Organs 13:63-6. 2010..Inadvertent high levels of hemoglobin could be one explanation why patients present higher rates of cardiovascular and access-related events, especially when monitored online by use of the BVM to achieve the dry weight...
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after pancreas and pancreas-kidney transplantationErika B Rangel
Pancreas Kidney Transplantation Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein HIAE, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transpl Int 23:602-10. 2010..015). These data suggest that C4d staining should be routinely investigated when pancreas allograft dysfunction is present because of its high detection rate in cases of rejection...
Mycophenolate mofetil versus enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantationE B Rangel
Nephrology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 740 VilaClementino, 04023 900 São Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 41:4265-9. 2009....
Kidney transplant in diabetic patients: modalities, indications and resultsErika B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Diabetol Metab Syndr 1:2. 2009....
Risk factors for the development of posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in simultaneous pancreas and kidney recipientsE B Rangel
Nephrology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Transplant Proc 36:982-3. 2004..25 +/- 3.13 kg/m(2) vs 24.67 +/- 2.38 kg/m(2); P =.034). Two-hour CG may be a useful tool to screen the diabetogenic effects of corticosteroids. A BMI increase should be discouraged due to the risk of PTDM...
Impact of pancreatic allograft function on 1-year survival rates after simultaneous pancreatic-renal transplantErika B Rangel
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Exp Clin Transplant 6:301-6. 2008..We sought to identify the main influences on pancreatic and patient survival rates after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants...
Thrombotic microangiopathy after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantationErika B Rangel
Nephrology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Clin Transplant 21:241-5. 2007..7 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and 57.9 mL/min/1.73 m(2) in patients with systemic and localized TMA, respectively. In conclusion, sirolimus is an alternative to TMA associated with tacrolimus...
Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 in different grades of acute human renal allograft rejectionErika B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão and Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 76:235-43. 2007..Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is up-regulated by a variety of stimuli that are associated with tissue injury and inflammation...
Severe hyperkalemic type 4 renal tubular acidosis after kidney transplantation: a case reportE B Rangel
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Transplant Proc 38:3112-5. 2006..Hyperkalemia after transplantation is a common event, occurring in up to 70% of patients. It is usually asymptomatic but sometimes manifests as muscle weakness or cardiac arrhythmias...
Delayed kidney allograft function after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantationE B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 42:3655-9. 2010..Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) is one of the treatments for insulin-dependent chronic renal failure patients...
Pancreas transplantation alone in children: a case reportMarcelo Perosa
Pancreas Transplant Service, Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Clin Transplant 23:964-7. 2009..His quality-of-life is judged to be superior to his insulin dependent state prior to transplantation. According to the medical literature, this is the youngest patient ever to undergo PTA...
Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 during acute human renal allograft rejectionErika B Rangel
Division of Nephrology, , Brazil
Clin Transplant 19:543-50. 2005..001), in collecting duct cells (p = 0.003) and in interstitial cells (p < 0.001) when compared with COX-1. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that there is an increased production of COX-2 during acute renal rejection...
Tim-3 expression in human kidney allograftsViviane C Ponciano
Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Nephrology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, Vila Clementino, 04023 900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Transpl Immunol 17:215-22. 2007..Here, we studied Tim-3 mRNA expression together with molecular markers of T-cell activation and cytotoxicity, in rejected human kidney grafts...
