Assessment of Disease Activity in Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease: Comparison between Endoscopy and Magnetic Resonance Enterography Using MRIA and Modified MRIA Score by Arnaldo Scardapane, Annalisa Ambrosi, Emanuela Salinaro, Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Mariabeatrice Principi, Alfredo Di Leo, Filomenamila Lorusso, Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora, Giuseppe Angelelli

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A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada by Margaret A Fearon, Vito Scalia, Mary Huang, Irene Dines, Momar Ndao, Philippe Lagacé-Wiens

“…However, vertical transmission and transmission through blood transfusion and organ transplantation is well documented. Increasing immigration from endemic countries to North America has prompted blood operators, including Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec, to initiate blood donor testing for Chagas antibody. …”
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Review of the Early Diagnoses and Assessment of Rejection in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation by Ravi Starzl, Gerald Brandacher, W. P. Andrew Lee, Jaime Carbonell, Wensheng Zhang, Jonas Schnider, Vijay Gorantla, Stefan Schneeberger, Xin Xiao Zheng

“…This paper provides a historically oriented introduction to the field of organ transplantation and the evolution of VCA.…”
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Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications by Ru Dai, Zongjie Wang, Roya Samanipour, Kyo-in Koo, Keekyoung Kim

“…Therefore, tissue-engineered ASCs are recognized as an attractive substitute for tissue and organ transplantation. In this paper, we review the characteristics of ASCs, as well as the biomaterials and tissue engineering methods used to proliferate and differentiate ASCs in a 3D environment. …”
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New directions in the fight against antibiotic resistance by Mihai Folescu, Eugenia Dumitrescu, Florin Muselin, Alexandru Octavian Doma, Daiana Ionela Cocoș, Larisa Ardelean, Romeo Teodor Cristina

“…Antibiotics have transformed medicine, enabling effective treatments for infections that were once fatal and supporting significant advancements such as surgery and organ transplants. However, the growing spread of resistance reduces their effectiveness, making the discovery of new drugs crucial in the ongoing battle against human pathogens. …”
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The Need for Inducing Tolerance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation by Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Hong Xu, Larry D. Bozulic, David D. Song, Suzanne T. Ildstad

“…The experience in VCA has thus far been very similar to solid organ transplantation in terms of the morbidity associated with long-term immunosuppression. …”
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Lymphocytes in Placental Tissues: Immune Regulation and Translational Possibilities for Immunotherapy by Tom Erkers, Arwen Stikvoort, Michael Uhlin

“…Increasing the understanding of immune modulation during pregnancy can give valuable insight into other established fields such as allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and solid organ transplantation. In these settings, lymphocytes are key components that contribute to inflammation and rejection of either patient or donor tissues following transplantation. …”
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The Public Health Service “Increased Risk” 2020 Policy Change Has not Improved Organ Utilization in the United States: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Dane C. Paneitz, MD, MPH, Stanley B. Wolfe, MD, MPH, Duc Giao, BA, Shannon N. Tessier, PhD, Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH, Nahel Elias, MD, Seyed Alireza Rabi, MD, PHD, Eriberto Michel, MD, David A. D’Alessandro, MD, Asishana A. Osho, MD, MPH

“…The organ utilization rate for each donor was determined by dividing the number of organs transplanted by the total number of organs available for procurement. …”
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Techniques for Melon Grafting by Wenjing Guan, Xin Zhao

“…Cost, along with the desire to customize scion cultivars and the need to produce organic transplants, has led many small and organic growers to choose to graft plants by themselves. …”
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Laparoscopic Reversal of Hartmann’s Procedure: State of the Art 20 Years after the First Reported Case by Adriana Toro, Annalisa Ardiri, Maurizio Mannino, Antonio Politi, Andrea Di Stefano, Zia Aftab, Abdelrahman Abdelaal, Maria Concetta Arcerito, Andrea Cavallaro, Marco Cavallaro, Gaetano Bertino, Isidoro Di Carlo

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Techniques for Melon Grafting by Wenjing Guan, Xin Zhao

“…Cost, along with the desire to customize scion cultivars and the need to produce organic transplants, has led many small and organic growers to choose to graft plants by themselves. …”
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Late and Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Main Barrier to Long Term Graft Survival by Qiquan Sun, Yang Yang

“…Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is an important cause of graft loss after organ transplantation. It is caused by anti-donor-specific antibodies especially anti-HLA antibodies. …”
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Human Liver-Derived Stem Cells Improve Fibrosis and Inflammation Associated with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Stefania Bruno, Maria Beatriz Herrera Sanchez, Chiara Pasquino, Marta Tapparo, Massimo Cedrino, Ciro Tetta, Giovanni Camussi

“…Cell therapy may be regarded as a feasible alternative to whole organ transplantation to treat end-stage liver diseases. …”
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Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Eric P. Arruda, Kevin M. Higgins

“…Other etiological factors include immune suppression, organ transplantation, and polyoma virus infection. MCC has a propensity to spread to regional lymphatics with a high locoregional recurrence rate. …”
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Belatacept and regulatory T cells in transplantation: synergistic strategies for immune tolerance and graft survival by Gil-Ran Kim, Kyung-Ho Nam, Je-Min Choi

“…Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have been a cornerstone in solid organ transplantation for many years; however, their prolonged use is linked to significant adverse effects, most notably nephrotoxicity. …”
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New Potential Weapons for Refractory Scleritis in the Era of Targeted Therapy by Claudia Fabiani, Jurgen Sota, Maite Sainz-de-la-Maza, Laura Pelegrín, Giacomo Emmi, Giuseppe Lopalco, Florenzo Iannone, Lorenzo Vannozzi, Silvana Guerriero, Maria Chiara Gelmi, Donato Rigante, Gian Marco Tosi, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Luca Cantarini

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Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Invasive Candidiasis in Adults by Eric J Bow, Gerald Evans, Jeff Fuller, Michel Laverdière, Coleman Rotstein, Robert Rennie, Stephen D Shafran, Don Sheppard, Sylvie Carle, Peter Phillips, Donald C Vinh

“…Over the past few years, a new and broader understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of C/IC has emerged and has been coupled with the availability of new antifungal agents and defined strategies for targeting groups at risk including, but not limited to, acute leukemia patients, hematopoietic stem cell transplants and solid organ transplants, and critical care unit patients. Accordingly, these guidelines have focused on patients at risk for C/IC, and on approaches of prevention, early therapy for suspected but unproven infection, and targeted therapy for probable and proven infection.…”
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A walk through the development of human leukocyte antigen typing: from serologic techniques to next-generation sequencing by Haeyoun Choi, Eun-Jeong Choi, Hyoung-Jae Kim, In-Cheol Baek, Aegyeong Won, Su Jin Park, Tai-Gyu Kim, Yeun-Jun Chung

“…Given that the MHC represents the most polymorphic region in the human genome, HLA typing is crucial in organ transplantation. It significantly influences graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and the overall patient outcome by mediating the discrimination between self and nonself. …”
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When Operating on Dead People Saves Lives: Benefits of Surgical Organ Donor Intensivists by Kristin Long, Cynthia Talley, Rebecca B. Yarrison, Andrew Bernard

“…Solid organ transplantation has emerged as a life-saving treatment for many patients suffering from end-stage organ failure. …”
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The Crosstalk between Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and Immune Cells: To Establish Immune Tolerance in Transplantation by Chao Zhang, Shuo Wang, Cheng Yang, Ruiming Rong

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