COVID-19 and kidney disease: insights from epidemiology to inform clinical practice

V Mahalingasivam, G Su, M Iwagami… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies have aimed to address the
challenges faced by patients with kidney disease and their caregivers. These studies …

Heart transplantation: focus on donor recovery strategies, left ventricular assist devices, and novel therapies

MG Crespo-Leiro, MR Costanzo… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Heart transplantation is advocated in selected patients with advanced heart failure in the
absence of contraindications. Principal challenges in heart transplantation centre around an …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular immunity predominates over humoral immunity after homologous and heterologous mRNA and vector-based COVID-19 vaccine regimens in solid …

T Schmidt, V Klemis, D Schub, S Schneitler… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Knowledge on the immunogenicity of vector-based and mRNA-vaccines in solid organ
transplant recipients is limited. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells and antibodies were …

[HTML][HTML] Temporary antimetabolite treatment hold boosts SARS-CoV-2 vaccination–specific humoral and cellular immunity in kidney transplant recipients

E Schrezenmeier, H Rincon-Arevalo, A Jens… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transplant recipients exhibit an impaired protective immunity after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination,
potentially caused by mycophenolate (MPA) immunosuppression. Recent data from patients …

Real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in solid organ and islet transplant …

CJ Callaghan, L Mumford, RMK Curtis… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background. The clinical effectiveness of vaccines against severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in immunosuppressed solid organ and islet …

[PDF][PDF] SARS‐CoV‐2 infections among patients with liver disease and liver transplantation who received COVID‐19 vaccination

AM Moon, GJ Webb, I García‐Juárez… - Hepatology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many safe and effective severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
vaccinations dramatically reduce risks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …

SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in solid‐organ transplant recipients: What the clinician needs to know

M Giannella, LC Pierrotti, I Helanterä… - Transplant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccines have been developed at an
unparalleled speed, with 14 SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccines currently authorized. Solid‐organ …

[HTML][HTML] The risk and consequences of breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in solid organ transplant recipients relative to non-immunosuppressed controls

AJ Vinson, AJ Anzalone, J Sun, R Dai… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clinical outcomes in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with breakthrough COVID
(BTCo) after two doses of mRNA vaccination compared to the non-immunocompromised …

COVID-19 mortality may be reduced among fully vaccinated solid organ transplant recipients

M Sandoval, DT Nguyen, HJ Huang, SG Yi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at increased risk for morbidity and
mortality from COVID-19 due to their immunosuppressed state and reduced immunogenicity …

Non-invasive monitoring for rejection in kidney transplant recipients after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

A Al Jurdi, RB Gassen, TJ Borges, Z Solhjou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Studies have shown reduced antiviral responses in kidney transplant recipients
(KTRs) following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, but data on post-vaccination alloimmune …