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T M Hughes

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PubMed1998

Ten-year experience in transplantation of A2 kidneys into B and O recipients.

BACKGROUND: This article summarizes our 10-year multicenter experience with transplantation of 50 blood group A2 and A2B kidneys into B and O patients. METHODS: Since 1986, we have transplanted kidneys from 46 cadaver donors and 4 living donors who were blood group A2 (47 donors) or A2B (3 donors) into 19 B and 31 O patients. In 1991, we began allocating these kidneys preferentially to B and O recipients who were selected based on a history of low (< or =4) anti-A IgG isoagglutinin titers. Immunosuppression was no different from that used in ABO-compatible grafts. RESULTS: The 1-month function rate before thus selecting the patients was 68% (19/28), but is now 94% (17/18). Two-year cadaver-donor graft survival with this selection method is 94%, compared with 88% for 640 concurrent and consecutive ABO-compatible transplants (log-rank, 0.15). All four living-related transplants are still functioning, with a mean follow-up of 71 months. Since we began allocating A2 kidneys preferentially to B and O recipients, the percentage of the B patients who received A2 or A2B kidneys has increased from 29% (8/28) to 55% (10/18). CONCLUSIONS: Transplantation of A2 or A2B kidneys into B and O patients is clinically equivalent to that of ABO-compatible transplantation when recipients are selected by low pretransplant anti-A titer histories. This approach increases access of blood group B recipients to kidneys.

ABO Blood-Group System↗
PubMed1998

Angiographic embolisation in pelvic fracture.

Pelvic angiography is accepted in the control of haemorrhage due to pelvic fracture. The technique is reported to be effective in patients bleeding from small arterial branches of the internal iliac artery. Despite its widespread use, complications of the technique are scarcely reported. We reviewed all patients having undergone this intervention at our institution over a 10 year period. The technique was applicable in a minority of pelvic fracture cases. Sepsis was common in patients subsequently undergoing internal fixation of the pelvic fracture. Angiographic embolisation may be useful in controlling haemorrhage due to pelvic fracture. However, standardized parameters of a successful intervention are yet to be defined. Caution must be exercised when using this technique, particularly when proceeding to internal fixation of the pelvic ring.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

Osteoprotegerin: a novel secreted protein involved in the regulation of bone density.

A novel secreted glycoprotein that regulates bone resorption has been identified. The protein, termed Osteoprotegerin (OPG), is a novel member of the TNF receptor superfamily. In vivo, hepatic expression of OPG in transgenic mice results in a profound yet nonlethal osteopetrosis, coincident with a decrease in later stages of osteoclast differentiation. These same effects are observed upon administration of recombinant OPG into normal mice. In vitro, osteoclast differentiation from precursor cells is blocked in a dose-dependent manner by recombinant OPG. Furthermore, OPG blocks ovariectomy-associated bone loss in rats. These data show that OPG can act as a soluble factor in the regulation of bone mass and imply a utility for OPG in the treatment of osteoporosis associated with increased osteoclast activity.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1994

Long-term impaired neutrophil migration in mice overexpressing human interleukin-8.

The proinflammatory chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8/NAP-1) has been implicated in recruiting neutrophils to sites of acute and chronic tissue inflammation. In transgenic mice, elevated serum IL-8 levels ranging from 1 to 118 ng/ml were correlated with proportional increases in circulating neutrophils and proportional decreases in L-selectin expression on the surface of blood neutrophils. No change in the expression of the beta 2-integrins Mac-1 and LFA-1 was apparent on peripheral blood neutrophils of the IL-8 transgenic mice. Additionally, L-selectin expression on bone marrow neutrophils and neutrophil precursors was normal in all transgenic lines. IL-8 transgenic mice demonstrated an accumulation of neutrophils in the microcirculation of the lung, liver and spleen. Moreover, there was no evidence of neutrophil extravasation, plasma exudation or tissue damage in any IL-8 transgenic mice. Neutrophil migration into the inflamed peritoneal cavity was severely inhibited in IL-8 transgenic mice, but not in nontransgenic littermates. The IL-8 transgenic mice should serve as useful models for studying the putative role of neutrophils in mediating tissue damage in models of inflammation, such as hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury, cecal puncture and ligation, and glomerulonephritis.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Young's syndrome: an often unrecognized correctable cause of obstructive azoospermia.

Young's syndrome consists of azoospermia owing to bilateral epididymal obstruction in patients with chronic sinus and pulmonary infections. Azoospermia may be corrected by vasoepididymostomy in these patients but postoperative fertility rates are yet to be determined. Because the infertility of Young's syndrome potentially is remediable with vasoepididymostomy and because the syndrome is observed commonly by surgeons outside of this country, we report 2 cases to illustrate what may be a frequently unrecognized and potentially correctable cause of azoospermia.

Adult↗