Post-harvest quality preservation of red globe grapes using grape juice-based edible coatings combined with UVC treatment.

This study assesses the impact of grape juice-based alginate or chitosan edible coatings, followed by UVC treatment, on the preservation of post-harvest quality of Red Globe grapes. Coated grapes were stored at 5 °C for 28 days, and their physical, chemical, microbiological, and sensory properties were assessed during the storage period. Films were prepared with grape juice using alginate and chitosan and exposed to 32.

Antibody-mediated rejection diagnosed in early protocol biopsies in high immunological risk kidney transplant recipients.

Background: Renal transplant recipients with donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies are at an increased risk of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Early protocolized renal biopsies may serve as a strategy to improve diagnosis in this patient population.

Methods: We evaluated 155 highly sensitized renal transplant recipients with cPRA class I + II > 90% pre-transplant from 2015 to 2022.

Chimeric HLA antibody receptor T cell therapy for humoral transplant rejection.

Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is a significant obstacle to achieving optimal long-term outcomes after solid organ transplantation. The presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSAs), particularly against human leucocyte antigen (HLA), increases the risk of allograft rejection and subsequent graft loss. No effective treatment for ABMR currently exists, warranting novel approaches to target the HLA-specific humoral alloimmune response.

Impact of pandemic mobility restrictions on kidney transplant patients' experience: lessons on quality of care.

Background: Patient perspectives on their post-operative health are acknowledged as valuable healthcare outcomes and should be scrupulously considered when designing interventions for patient-centered healthcare. Yet, following the COVID-19 lockdown and in the absence of standardized guidelines on how to best provide virtual chronic care to kidney transplant recipients, little is known about how this unique population coped and managed to comply with public health indications during confinement.

Methods: This study addresses this shortcoming by examining the experiences of patients from a tertiary hospital in Spain during the initial weeks of the lockdown decreed by the national government.