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Contents Volume 6 Issue 1 March 24, 2016

Review

New approaches to increase intestinal length: Methods used for intestinal regeneration and bioengineering

Ali Shirafkan, Mauro Montalbano, Joshua McGuire, Cristiana Rastellini, Luca Cicalese

World J Transplant 6(1):1-9. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.1

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High-risk corneal allografts: A therapeutic challenge

Tian Yu, Vijayalakshmi Rajendran, May Griffith, John V Forrester, Lucia Kuffová

World J Transplant 6(1):10-27. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.10

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Proteomics for rejection diagnosis in renal transplant patients: Where are we now?

Wilfried Gwinner, Jochen Metzger, Holger Husi, David Marx

World J Transplant 6(1):28-41. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.28

Abstract (1758) | Core Tip (1571) | Full Article (HTML) (5933) | Figures (1-4) (677) | Tables (1-2) (655) | Full Article (PDF)-1772K (805) | Audio-569K (39) | Peer-Review Report-69K (348) | Answering Reviewers-85K (403) | Received: 08/14/2015 | Revised: 11/02/2015 | Accepted: 01/07/2016 | RCA | PubMed Central | PubMed | CrossRef | Google Scholar | Times Cited (28) | Total Visits (19502) | Similar Articles (24) | Timeline of Article Publication (1) | Article Quality Tracking (0) | Cite |

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Immunological aspects of liver cell transplantation

Felix Oldhafer, Michael Bock, Christine S Falk, Florian W R Vondran

World J Transplant 6(1):42-53. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.42

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Update on the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in renal transplantation

Maria Messina, Ester Gallo, Alberto Mella, Fabiola Pagani, Luigi Biancone

World J Transplant 6(1):54-68. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.54

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Survival of encapsulated islets: More than a membrane story

Uriel Barkai, Avi Rotem, Paul de Vos

World J Transplant 6(1):69-90. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.69

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Key psychosocial challenges in vascularized composite allotransplantation

Martin Kumnig, Sheila G Jowsey-Gregoire

World J Transplant 6(1):91-102. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.91

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Renal transplantation with expanded criteria donors: Which is the optimal immunosuppression?

Vassilis Filiopoulos, John N Boletis

World J Transplant 6(1):103-114. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.103

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Continuous internal counterpulsation as a bridge to recovery in acute and chronic heart failure

Christos D Kontogiannis, Konstantinos Malliaras, Chris J Kapelios, Jay W Mason, John N Nanas

World J Transplant 6(1):115-124. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.115

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Post-transplant dyslipidemia: Mechanisms, diagnosis and management

Arnav Agarwal, G V Ramesh Prasad

World J Transplant 6(1):125-134. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.125

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Minireviews

Kidney transplantation in obese patients

Minh-Ha Tran, Clarence E Foster, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Hirohito Ichii

World J Transplant 6(1):135-143. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.135

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Overview of extended release tacrolimus in solid organ transplantation

Neha Patel, Abigail Cook, Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Megan A Rech, Joshua Rusinak, Lynley Heinrich

World J Transplant 6(1):144-154. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.144

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Donor to recipient sizing in thoracic organ transplantation

Michael Eberlein, Robert M Reed

World J Transplant 6(1):155-164. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.155

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in solid organ transplant recipients: The current scientific knowledge

Volker Assfalg, Norbert Hüser

World J Transplant 6(1):165-173. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.165

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Imaging-based diagnosis of acute renal allograft rejection

Gerold Thölking, Katharina Schuette-Nuetgen, Dominik Kentrup, Helga Pawelski, Stefan Reuter

World J Transplant 6(1):174-182. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.174

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Immunosuppressive potency of mechanistic target of rapamycin inhibitors in solid-organ transplantation

Alberto Baroja-Mazo, Beatriz Revilla-Nuin, Pablo Ramírez, José A Pons

World J Transplant 6(1):183-192. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.183

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Pentamidine in Pneumocystis jirovecii prophylaxis in heart transplant recipients

Adem Ilkay Diken, Ozlem Erçen Diken, Onur Hanedan, Seyhan Yılmaz, Ata Niyazi Ecevit, Emir Erol, Adnan Yalçınkaya

World J Transplant 6(1):193-198. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.193

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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for auto immune rheumatic diseases

Subramanian Ramaswamy, Sandeep Jain, Vinod Ravindran

World J Transplant 6(1):199-205. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.199

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Basic Study

Interaction between castanospermine an immunosuppressant and cyclosporin A in rat cardiac transplantation

Adrian D Hibberd, David A Clark, Paul R Trevillian, Patrick Mcelduff

World J Transplant 6(1):206-214. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.206

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Retrospective Study

New Nodule-Newer Etiology

Atul C Mehta, Juan Wang, Sami Abuqayyas, Puneet Garcha, Charles Randy Lane, Wayne Tsuang, Marie Budev, Olufemi Akindipe

World J Transplant 6(1):215-219. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.215

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Incidence and risk factors for early renal dysfunction after liver transplantation

Patricia Wiesen, Paul B Massion, Jean Joris, Olivier Detry, Pierre Damas

World J Transplant 6(1):220-232. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.220

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Retrospective Cohort Study

Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation: A decade nationwide analysis

Reza Fazlalizadeh, Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh, Aram N Demirjian, David K Imagawa, Clarence E Foster, Jonathan R Lakey, Michael J Stamos, Hirohito Ichii

World J Transplant 6(1):233-238. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.233

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Single vs dual (en bloc) kidney transplants from donors ≤ 5 years of age: A single center experience

Yousef Al-Shraideh, Umar Farooq, Hany El-Hennawy, Alan C Farney, Amudha Palanisamy, Jeffrey Rogers, Giuseppe Orlando, Muhammad Khan, Amber Reeves-Daniel, William Doares, Scott Kaczmorski, Michael D Gautreaux, Samy S Iskandar, Gloria Hairston, Elizabeth Brim, Margaret Mangus, Robert J Stratta

World J Transplant 6(1):239-248. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.239

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Case Report

Recurrence of lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Nine years after a bilateral lung transplantation

Khawaja S Zaki, Zahra Aryan, Atul C Mehta, Olufemi Akindipe, Marie Budev

World J Transplant 6(1):249-254. Published online Mar 24, 2016. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v6.i1.249

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