Preimplantation Kidney Biopsies of Extended Criteria Donors Have a Heavier Inflammatory Burden Than Kidneys From Standard Criteria Donors

Preimplantation Kidney Biopsies of Extended Criteria Donors Have a Heavier Inflammatory Burden Than Kidneys From Standard Criteria Donors

Background. Donors after brain death develop a systemic proinflammatory state that may predispose the kidneys to injury after transplantation. Because it is not known whether this inflammatory environment similarly affects the kidneys from expanded criteria donor (ECD) and standard criteria donors (...

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Main Authors: Camila M. Mazeti-Felicio, PhD, Heloisa C. Caldas, PhD, Ida M.M. Fernandes-Charpiot, MD, PhD, Camila Z. Dezotti, Maria A.S.F. Baptista, MD, PhD, Mario Abbud-Filho, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000671

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