Differentiation between allograft rejection and cyclosporin nephrotoxicity in renal-transplant recipients. 1985

D H Taube, and G H Neild, and D G Williams, and J S Cameron, and B Hartley, and C S Ogg, and C J Rudge, and K I Welsh

In a retrospective study of 60 renal-transplant patients immunosuppressed with cyclosporin no specific clinical features differentiated allograft dysfunction responsive to anti-rejection therapy from dysfunction responsive to reduction in cyclosporin dosage. Histologically, allograft dysfunction responsive to anti-rejection therapy was strongly associated with diffuse interstitial infiltration by mononuclear cells, oedema, and haemorrhage, vascular endothelial-cell proliferation, and infiltration of arterial walls by mononuclear cells. Arteriolar medial hypertrophy and hyalinosis were more commonly found in biopsy specimens from allografts with dysfunction responsive to reduction in cyclosporin dose than in those with dysfunction responsive to anti-rejection therapy and those with stable or improving function. Whole-blood cyclosporin concentrations were significantly lower in patients with dysfunction reversed by anti-rejection therapy than in those with dysfunction reversed by reduction in cyclosporin dose or in those with stable function. There was, however, considerable overlap between these groups, so that individual cyclosporin measurements were of little diagnostic value.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D007674 Kidney Diseases Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues. Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D008775 Methylprednisolone A PREDNISOLONE derivative with similar anti-inflammatory action. 6-Methylprednisolone,Medrol,Metipred,Urbason,6 Methylprednisolone
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003524 Cyclosporins A group of closely related cyclic undecapeptides from the fungi Trichoderma polysporum and Cylindocarpon lucidum. They have some antineoplastic and antifungal action and significant immunosuppressive effects. Cyclosporins have been proposed as adjuvants in tissue and organ transplantation to suppress graft rejection. Cyclosporines
D006084 Graft Rejection An immune response with both cellular and humoral components, directed against an allogeneic transplant, whose tissue antigens are not compatible with those of the recipient. Transplant Rejection,Rejection, Transplant,Transplantation Rejection,Graft Rejections,Rejection, Graft,Rejection, Transplantation,Rejections, Graft,Rejections, Transplant,Rejections, Transplantation,Transplant Rejections,Transplantation Rejections
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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