LITERATURE Watch: implications for transplantation. Riella L, Bromberg JS. Am J Transplant. 2013 Jan;13(1):3. Download PDF
Leonardo Riella01/2013
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Dyslipidemia is a common finding after renal transplantation and a significant risk factor in the development of coronary…
Leonardo Riella08/2012
Stem cell therapy in kidney transplantation. Riella LV, Chandraker A. JAMA. 2012 Jul 11;308(2):130.
Leonardo Riella07/2012
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acute rejection remains a problem in renal transplantation. This study sought to determine the utility of a noninvasive cytokine assay in screening of acute rejection. DESIGN, SETTING,…
Leonardo Riella06/2012
Blockade of the B7:CD28 costimulatory pathway has emerged as a promising therapy to prevent allograft rejection. However, results from the belatacept phase III clinical trial demonstrated a higher rejection rate…
Leonardo Riella04/2012
Transplant glomerulitis is associated with suboptimal graft function. To understand its pathogenesis and to assess the parameters of potential prognostic value, we immunostained 25 paraffin-embedded allograft biopsies showing glomerulitis for…
Leonardo Riella01/2012
Fetomaternal tolerance has been shown to depend both on regulatory T cells (Tregs) and negative signals from the PD1-PDL1 costimulatory pathway. More recently, IL-17-producing T cells (Th17) have been recognized…
Leonardo Riella11/2011
The Notch signaling pathway has been recently shown to contribute to T cell differentiation in vitro. However, the in vivo function of Notch signaling in transplantation remains unknown. In this…
Leonardo Riella11/2011