Immunosuppressive agents and infectious risk in transplantation: managing the “net state of immunosuppression”

MB Roberts, JA Fishman - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Successful solid organ transplantation reflects meticulous attention to the details of
immunosuppression, balancing risks for graft rejection against risks for infection. The “net …

Viruses, friends, and foes: The case of Torque Teno Virus and the net state of immunosuppression

N Redondo, D Navarro, JM Aguado… - Transplant Infectious …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New reliable biomarkers are needed to improve individual risk assessment for post‐
transplant infection, acute graft rejection and other immune‐related complications after solid …

A randomized clinical trial of anti–IL-6 antibody clazakizumab in late antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection

K Doberer, M Duerr, PF Halloran… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Late antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is a leading cause of transplant
failure. Blocking IL-6 has been proposed as a promising therapeutic strategy. Methods We …

Strategies for long-term preservation of kidney graft function

T Wekerle, D Segev, R Lechler, R Oberbauer - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Kidney transplantation has become a routine procedure in the treatment of patients with
kidney failure, and requires collaboration of experts from different disciplines, such as …

Integrated immunologic monitoring in solid organ transplantation: the road toward torque Teno virus-guided immunosuppression

P Jaksch, I Görzer, E Puchhammer-Stöckl… - Transplantation, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Potent immunosuppressive drugs have been introduced into clinical care for solid organ
transplant recipients. It is now time to guide these drugs on an individual level to optimize …

Torque teno virus load as marker of rejection and infection in solid organ transplantation–A systematic review and meta‐analysis

AL Van Rijn, R Roos, FW Dekker… - Reviews in Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Balancing immunosuppression to prevent rejection in solid organ transplant (SOT)
recipients remains challenging. Torque teno virus (TTV), a commensal non‐pathogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Torque teno virus for risk stratification of graft rejection and infection in kidney transplant recipients—a prospective observational trial

K Doberer, M Schiemann, R Strassl… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The nonpathogenic and ubiquitous torque teno virus (TTV) is associated with
immunosuppression in solid organ transplant recipients. Studies in kidney transplant …

Quantification of torque teno virus viremia as a prospective biomarker for infectious disease in kidney allograft recipients

R Strassl, M Schiemann, K Doberer… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Drug-induced immunosuppression following kidney transplantation is crucial to
prevent allograft rejection, but increases risk for infectious disease. Tailoring of drug dosing …

A multicentre, patient-and assessor-blinded, non-inferiority, randomised and controlled phase II trial to compare standard and torque teno virus-guided …

F Haupenthal, J Rahn, F Maggi, F Gelas, P Bourgeois… - Trials, 2023 - Springer
Background Immunosuppression after kidney transplantation is mainly guided via plasma
tacrolimus trough level, which cannot sufficiently predict allograft rejection and infection. The …

[HTML][HTML] Torque-Teno virus viral load as a potential endogenous marker of immune function in solid organ transplantation

O Rezahosseini, CH Drabe, SS Sørensen… - Transplantation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Solid organ transplantation (SOT) recipients receive immunosuppressive therapy to avoid
rejection of the transplanted organ. Immunosuppressive therapy increases the risk of …