Chong AS, Rothstein DM, Safa K, Riella LV. Minireview on Outstanding Questions in Transplantation: B Cells, Alloantibodies, and Humoral Rejection. Am J Transplant. 2019 Feb 25. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15323. Abstract Over…
Leonardo Riella03/2019
Risk factors associated with post-kidney transplant malignancies: an article from the Cancer-Kidney International Network. Authors Sprangers B, Nair V, Launay-Vacher V, Riella LV, Jhaveri KD. Abstract In kidney transplant recipients,…
Leonardo Riella08/2018
Belatacept in kidney transplantation - past and future perspectives. Authors: Siddiqui Z, Tedesco-Silva H, Riella LV. Abstract Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are used widely for maintenance immunosuppression in renal transplant recipients.…
Leonardo Riella08/2018
Abstract Chronic allograft injury (CAI) remains one of the biggest challenges in transplantation as it directly affects long-term allograft survival, an area in which the scientific and transplantation community has…
Leonardo Riella07/2017
Abstract Although gene-environment interactions have been investigated for many years to understand people’s susceptibility to autoimmune diseases or cancer, a role for environmental factors in modulating alloimmune responses and transplant…
Leonardo Riella07/2017
Abstract Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are used widely for maintenance immunosuppression in renal transplant recipients. However, their side effect profile has led researchers to attempt to find safer alternatives that can…
Leonardo Riella07/2017
Authors Rimda Wanchoo, Leonardo V. Riella, Nupur N. Uppal, Carlos A. Lopez, Vinay Nair, Craig Devoe, Kenar D. Jhaveri Abstract The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in several cancers is expanding; however, their use in patients with cancer and an organ transplant…
Leonardo Riella01/2017
Abstract The incidence of malignancy is greater in kidney transplant recipients compared to the general population, though the higher risk is not equally distributed to all types of cancers. In…
Leonardo Riella01/2017
Abstract Improving long-term graft survival remains one of the critical challenges facing kidney transplantation since a great portion of kidney grafts are lost by 10years after transplantation. Understanding the causes…
Leonardo Riella12/2016