Leonardo Riella

Blog Rejection

Alemtuzumab for refractory rejection: what is the data?

For severe or refractory rejections, thymoglobulin/ATG is commonly employed in combination with steroids and B-cell targeted therapies when indicated. However, alemtuzumab could be more effective then thymoglobulin since it depletes…

Leonardo Riella09/2015

Blog Recipient Evaluation

Stress test in renal transplant candidates: is it really predictive?

One controversial aspect in the evaluation of potential kidney recipients is the performance of stress tests for risk stratification. With the cost of stress tests ranging from U$2,500-5,000 and the long waiting…

Leonardo Riella09/2015

Blog Living Kidney Donor

What is the expected kidney function of a patient after donating a kidney?

A 31 year-old healthy male donated his kidney to his mother who had IgA nephropathy. Prior to donation, his creatinine was 1.08 mg/dl. One year after donation, his creatinine is…

Leonardo Riella08/2015

Editorials/Perspectives Publications

Testing for High-Risk APOL1 Alleles in Potential Living Kidney Donors

Accurate risk assessment is critical when evaluating potential living kidney donors. High-risk kidney APOL1 variants have been associated with end-stage renal disease of multiple causes among African Americans, though the predictive power…

Leonardo Riella07/2015

Allograft Dysfunction Blog Recurrent Disease Post-Transplant

Recurrence of Kappa monoclonal gammopathy after kidney transplantation

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis on kidney biopsy. Monoclonal gammopathies generally arise from the development of an abnormal clone of B-cell lineage. The monoclonal protein can be intact immunoglogulin (often associated with free…

Leonardo Riella06/2015

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Upcoming Talk April 2024: International Symposium of Organ Transplantation, Curitiba, Brazil

Leonardo Riella10/2014

Alemtuzumab for refractory rejection: what is the data?

Stress test in renal transplant candidates: is it really predictive?

What is the expected kidney function of a patient after donating a kidney?

Testing for High-Risk APOL1 Alleles in Potential Living Kidney Donors

Recurrence of Kappa monoclonal gammopathy after kidney transplantation

Upcoming Talk April 2024: International Symposium of Organ Transplantation, Curitiba, Brazil

Congrats to TANGO group, especially Frank Hullekes and Ruchama Verhoeff, in leading our publications from the TANGO study on recurrence of glomerular disease

Congrats to Rodrigo Gassen for his publication on the impact of ATG on follicular helper cells AJT

Congrats to Orhan Efe, Rodrigo Gassen, Thiago Borges and Ayman Al Jurdi for getting grants funded!

Upcoming Talk Nov 8th 2023: Houston Methodist

Upcoming Talk May 2024: NKF 2024 Spring Clinical Meeting, Long Beach, CA

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