An innocent bystander or a predisposing culprit? Kidney injury following pediatric liver transplantation.

Background: Survival after pediatric liver transplantation has increased dramatically over the years, revealing extra-hepatic complications including impaired kidney function. We conducted a large single-center retrospective study to evaluate kidney outcomes after pediatric liver transplantation.

Methods: From electronic charts of 121 children who underwent liver transplantation during 2007-2020, we collected pre- and post-transplant data.

Long-term Metabolic Effects of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Importance: The prevalence of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is increasing, but data on its long-term effect on obesity-related comorbidities are scarce. Because the population of bariatric patients is young, long-term results of those comorbidities are highly relevant.

Objective: To investigate the long-term effects of LSG on weight loss, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperuricemia.

Characterization of phloem-sap transcription profile in melon plants.

The phloem's role as a tissue responsible for the distribution of photoassimilates and nutrients among the various organs of higher plants has long been recognized. Recent studies have established that numerous proteins and mRNA molecules are also present in the phloem translocation stream; however, limited information is available on the identity of transcripts present within the phloem sap. In this study, a genomic approach was taken to produce a transcription profile of melon phloem sap.