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Kidney Int
February 2025
Transplantation & Clinical Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel Switzerland. Electronic address:
BK polyomavirus remains a vexing issue in kidney transplantation. There are no antiviral drugs, and solely reducing immunosuppression is recommended for management. However, evidence from randomized controlled studies lacks defining clearance of BK polyomavirus-DNAemia and/or nephropathy as a primary outcome.
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January 2025
Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain.
Belatacept was introduced as an immunosuppressant for kidney transplantation in 2010, but its use in Spain remains limited. Since its commercialization, 15 kidney transplant recipients have received immunosuppressive treatment with belatacept at the Cruces University Hospital. This observational and retrospective study analyzes the reasons for switching to belatacept, its impact on kidney function, and the drug's safety profile.
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January 2025
Department of Paediatrics, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.
: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children. A hallmark of the disease is the rapid remission of proteinuria following a high dose of steroids. Recurrent disease or steroid dependence are common, leading to a high steroid burden and the introduction of steroid sparing therapy.
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January 2025
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany; German Cancer Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) serves as a therapeutic intervention for various pediatric diseases. Acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are decisive determinants of successful allogeneic HSCT. The immunosuppressive agent cyclosporin A (CsA) is most often used to prevent GVHD in pediatric patients, but it is known to be nephrotoxic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med Res
December 2024
Nephrology, Southern Illinois Health, Carbondale, IL, USA.
Long-term survival has improved in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) due to effective surgical techniques and anti-rejection therapies. Chronic immunosuppression associated with it has led to several types of skin cancers leading to substantial morbidity and mortality. Structured patient education including sun protective behaviors, regular dermatological surveillance, nicotinamide, long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), early switch to mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORis), combining them with low-dose calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), can decrease the cancer risk.
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