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Calculated PRA (CPRA): The New Measure of Sensitization for Transplant Candidates by Cecka, J. M.

“…The ways we measure whether a patient is sensitized to HLA antigens and to what extent sensitization affects access to transplantation have changed remarkably…”
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Calculated PRA: Initial Results Show Benefits for Sensitized Patients and a Reduction in Positive Crossmatches by Cecka, J. M., Kucheryavaya, A. Y., Reinsmoen, N. L., Leffell, M. S.

“…The calculated panel reactive antibody (CPRA), which is based upon unacceptable HLA antigens listed on the waitlist form for renal transplant candidates,…”
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Prospective Registry‐Based Observational Cohort Study of the Long‐Term Risk of Malignancies in Renal Transplant Patients Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil by Robson, R., Cecka, J.M., Opelz, G., Budde, M., Sacks, S.

“…This large prospectively conducted observational cohort study examined the risk of lymphoma and other malignancies with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in de novo…”
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Inflammation in Areas of Tubular Atrophy in Kidney Allograft Biopsies: A Potent Predictor of Allograft Failure by Mannon, R. B., Matas, A. J., Grande, J., Leduc, R., Connett, J., Kasiske, B., Cecka, J. M., Gaston, R. S., Cosio, F., Gourishankar, S., Halloran, P. F., Hunsicker, L., Rush, D.

“…The Banff scoring schema provides a common ground to analyze kidney transplant biopsies. Interstitial inflammation (i) and tubulitis (t) in areas of viable…”
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Pathological and Clinical Characterization of the ‘Troubled Transplant’: Data from the DeKAF Study by Gourishankar, S., Leduc, R., Connett, J., Cecka, J. M., Cosio, F., Fieberg, A., Gaston, R., Halloran, P., Hunsicker, L., Kasiske, B., Rush, D., Grande, J., Mannon, R., Matas, A.

“…We are studying two cohorts of kidney transplant recipients, with the goal of defining specific clinicopathologic entities that cause late graft dysfunction:…”
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Histopathologic Clusters Differentiate Subgroups Within the Nonspecific Diagnoses of CAN or CR: Preliminary Data from the DeKAF Study by Matas, A. J., Leduc, R., Rush, D., Cecka, J. M., Connett, J., Fieberg, A., Halloran, P., Hunsicker, L., Cosio, F., Grande, J., Mannon, R., Gourishankar, S., Gaston, R., Kasiske, B.

“…The nonspecific diagnoses ‘chronic rejection’‘CAN’, or ‘IF/TA’ suggest neither identifiable pathophysiologic mechanisms nor possible treatments. As a first…”
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Living unrelated donor kidney transplantation by Gjertson, David W., Cecka, J. Michael

“…Living unrelated donor kidney transplantation. Living unrelated donors remain an underutilized resource, despite their high graft survival rates. In this…”
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Deleterious effects of delayed graft function in cadaveric renal transplant recipients independent of acute rejection by SHOSKES, D. A, CECKA, J. M

“…In cadaveric renal transplantation, delayed graft function (DGF) correlates with poor long-term graft survival; however, whether its effects are independent of…”
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Should Pediatric Patients Wait for HLA‐DR‐Matched Renal Transplants? by Gritsch, H. A., Veale, J. L., Leichtman, A. B., Guidinger, M. K., Magee, J. C., McDonald, R. A., Harmon, W. E., Delmonico, F. L., Ettenger, R. B., Cecka, J. M.

“…Graft survival rates from deceased donors aged 35 years or less among all primary pediatric kidney transplant recipients in the United States between 1996 and…”
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High Survival Rates of Kidney Transplants from Spousal and Living Unrelated Donors by Terasaki, Paul I, Cecka, J. Michael, Gjertson, David W, Takemoto, Steven

“…Evidence of unexpectedly high rates of survival of kidney grafts from spouses and other living unrelated donors in patients with end-stage renal disease has…”
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Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors Whose Hearts Have Stopped Beating by Cho, Yong W, Terasaki, Paul I, Cecka, J. Michael, Gjertson, David W

“…At the end of 1996, more than 34,000 patients undergoing dialysis were on the national waiting list for kidney transplants, but only about 8600 cadaveric…”
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HLA High‐Resolution Typing for Sensitized Patients: A Solution in Search of a Problem? by Cecka, J. M., Reed, E. F., Zachary, A. A.

“…This editorial challenges the view that more is better when it comes to the level of HLA testing for organ donors for sensitized patients, as proposed by…”
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Kidney paired donation in the presence of donor-specific antibodies by Blumberg, Jeremy M, Gritsch, Hans A, Reed, Elaine F, Cecka, J M, Lipshutz, Gerald S, Danovitch, Gabriel M, McGuire, Suzanne, Gjertson, David W, Veale, Jeffrey L

“…Incompatible donor/recipient pairs with broadly sensitized recipients have difficulty finding a crossmatch-compatible match, despite a large kidney paired…”
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The hyperfiltration hypothesis in human renal transplantation by Terasaki, P I, Koyama, H, Cecka, J M, Gjertson, D W

“…The hyperfiltration hypothesis postulates that kidneys with reduced renal mass will progress toward failure due to hypertrophy of the remaining nephron to meet…”
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Paul I. Terasaki, PhD, 1929–2016 by Cecka, J. M., Gjertson, D. W., Reed, E. F.

“…Paul Terasaki was a pioneer of transplantation and had a global following. His career, which spanned >50 years, included accomplishments and discoveries that…”
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Outcome statistics of renal transplants with an emphasis on long-term survival by Cecka, J M

“…Remarkable increases in cadaveric renal transplant survival rates have been seen following improvements in areas such as immunosuppression, organ preservation,…”
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Significance of the donor age effect on kidney transplants by Terasaki, P I, Gjertson, D W, Cecka, J M, Takemoto, S, Cho, Y W

“…The shortage of cadaveric donor kidneys for transplantation has forced a re-evaluation of the limits on donor age acceptability. However, as more kidneys from…”
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Kidney Transplantation from Living Unrelated Donors by Cecka, J. Michael

“…Kidney transplant candidates increasingly are looking to their relatives, spouses, and even friends for a better chance at transplantation. The wait for a…”
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HLA matching for organ transplantation... Why not? by Cecka, J. M.

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Why Are Nearly Half of Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidneys Not Transplanted? by Cecka, J. M., Gritsch, H. A.

“…In the face of a growing demand for kidney transplants among older patients, we discard more than 40% of older deceased donor kidneys that were recovered for…”
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