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Beyond calcineurin inhibitors: emerging agents in kidney transplantation.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Despite their effectiveness, calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) represent a major obstacle in the improvement of long-term graft survival in transplantation. The identification of new agents to implement CNI-free…

Leonardo Riella11/2013

Publications Reviews

T-cell co-stimulatory blockade in transplantation: two steps forward one step back!

INTRODUCTION: The concern about nephrotoxicity with calcineurin inhibitors led to the search of novel agents for immunosuppression. Based on the requirement of T-cell co-stimulatory signals to fully activated naïve T…

Leonardo Riella11/2013

Publications Research Articles

Serine protease inhibitor 6 plays a critical role in protecting murine granzyme B-producing regulatory T cells.

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a pivotal role in the maintenance of immune tolerance and hold great promise as cell therapy for a variety of immune-mediated diseases. However, the cellular…

Leonardo Riella09/2013

Publications Research Articles

Jagged2-signaling promotes IL-6-dependent transplant rejection.

The Notch pathway is an important intercellular signaling pathway that plays a major role in controlling cell fate. Accumulating evidence indicates that Notch and its ligands present on antigen-presenting cells…

Leonardo Riella06/2013

Publications Research Articles

B7h (ICOS-L) maintains tolerance at the fetomaternal interface.

In a successful pregnancy, the semiallogeneic fetus is not rejected by the maternal immune system, which implies tolerance mechanisms protecting fetal tissues from maternal immune attack. Here we report that…

Leonardo Riella06/2013

Publications Research Articles

Fever, dysuria and elevated serum creatinine in a kidney transplant recipient.

Fever, dysuria and elevated serum creatinine in a kidney transplant recipient. Batal I, Bijol V, Riella LV, Rennke HG. Am J Transplant. 2013 Mar;13(3):817-8.

Leonardo Riella03/2013

Book Chapters Publications

Nutritional Therapy in the Surgical Patient with Renal Insufficiency

Riella LV, Riella CV. “Nutritional Therapy in the Surgical Patient with Renal Insufficiency,” In: Campos AC. Chapter 66, 1st Edition, Editora Rúbio 2013; Chapter 66; Pages 619-626.

Leonardo Riella01/2013

Book Chapters Publications

Living donation – The gold standard

Riella LV, Chandraker A “Living donation – The gold standard,” In: Kandaswamy and Mamode Abdominal Transplantation; the State of the Art. 1st Edition, Blackwell 2013, 1st Edition; Pages 9-24.

Leonardo Riella01/2013

Editorials/Perspectives Publications

LITERATURE Watch: implications for transplantation.

LITERATURE Watch: implications for transplantation. Riella L, Bromberg JS. Am J Transplant. 2013 Jan;13(1):3. Download PDF

Leonardo Riella01/2013

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