Methods The Kidney Transplant Working Group, a subcommittee of the Canadian Society of
Transplantation (CST), was asked to prepare eligibility criteria for renal transplantation by …

Objective To examine risk of malignancy and death in patients with kidney transplant who
receive the immunosuppressive drug sirolimus. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis …

With improved survival rates in solid organ transplantation there has been an increased
focus on long-term outcomes following transplant, including physical function, health-related …

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) associates with increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
Hypertension leads to LVH in adults, but its role in the pathogenesis of LVH in children is …

Despite more than two decades of use, the optimal maintenance dose of tacrolimus for
kidney transplant recipients is unknown. We hypothesized that HLA class II de novo donor-…

The NAPRTCS transplant registry has collected clinical information on children undergoing
kidney transplantation since 1987 and now includes information on 11 603 kidney …

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the main cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and
progresses faster in males than in females. We identify sex-based differences in kidney …

Results A total of 522 children, median age 10 years (interquartile range, 7, 14 years) with
nonglomerular CKD were followed for a median of 4.4 years. The mean baseline GFR in the …

ABSTRACT. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) overexpression using gene transfer protects rat livers
against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. This study evaluates the effects of Ad-HO-1 gene …

The NAPRTCS has collected clinical information on children undergoing renal transplantation
since 1987 and now includes information on 12 920 renal transplants in 11 870 patients. …