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14-3-3sigma expression is an independent prognostic parameter for poor survival in colorectal carcinoma patients

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A Novel Microsurgical Model for Heterotopic, En Bloc Chest Wall, Thymus, and Heart Transplantation in Mice

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A modified heterotopic swine hind limb transplant model for translational vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) research

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A novel laser-Doppler flowmetry assisted murine model of acute hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion for free flap research

scientific article published in 2013

A novel rat microsurgical model to study the immunological characteristics of male genital tissue in the context of penile transplantation

scientific article published on 07 March 2020

A short course of Tofacitinib sustains the immunoregulatory effect of CTLA4-Ig in presence of inflammatory cytokines and promotes long-term survival of murine cardiac allografts

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Abstract 105: a non-suture cuff technique for lymph-vein anastomosis in a rat model.

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Abstract 128: Poly-caprolactone Nanofiber Nerve Wrap Improves Nerve Regeneration and Rodent Functional Outcomes after Delayed Nerve Repair.

scientific article published in April 2018

Abstract 15: Growth Hormone Enhanced Recovery After Chronic Denervation Injury: Augmenting Axonal Regeneration, Promoting Motor Reinnervation, and Improving Muscle Function.

scientific article published in April 2017

Abstract 49: A Modified Approach to Induce Differentiation of Muscle-Derived Stem Cells into Schwann Cell-Like Cells: Implications for Remyelination Therapy.

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Abstract 51: Correlative Metrics of Adherence to Immunosuppression in Upper Extremity Transplant Recipients - Pittsburgh Experience.

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Abstract: Muscle-Derived Stem Cells Are Capable of Transformation into Cells with Schwann Cell-Like Phenotypes.

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Abstract: Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Utilizing Muscle Derived Stem Cell Augmented Scaffolds: Preliminary Studies to Create an Optimized in vitro Construct

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Achievements and challenges in composite tissue allotransplantation

scientific article published on 09 May 2011

Alemtuzumab in solid organ transplantation and in composite tissue allotransplantation

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An immunocompetent mouse model of human glioblastoma

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

An overview of psychosocial assessment procedures in reconstructive hand transplantation

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Ancillary procedures necessary for translational research in experimental craniomaxillofacial surgery

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Anesthetic management in upper extremity transplantation: the Pittsburgh experience

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Animal models for basic and translational research in reconstructive transplantation

scientific article published on March 2012

Antibody-mediated rejection in hand transplantation

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Antitumoral activity of interferon-gamma involved in impaired immune function in cancer patients

scientific article published on August 2006

Are B cells agreeable to veto?

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Biomarker discovery in transplantation--proteomic adventure or mission impossible?

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Blood product utilization in human upper-extremity transplantation: challenges, complications, considerations, and transfusion protocol conception

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CTLA4Ig promotes the induction of hematopoietic chimerism and tolerance independently of Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase

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Cardiac Arrest Disrupts Caspase-1 and Patterns of Inflammatory Mediators Differently in Skin and Muscle Following Localized Tissue Injury in Rats: Insights from Data-Driven Modeling

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Case series on defense mechanisms in patients for reconstructive hand transplantation: consideration on transplant defense concept

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Characterization, prophylaxis, and treatment of infectious complications in craniomaxillofacial and upper extremity allotransplantation: a multicenter perspective

scientific article published on April 2014

Clinical implementation of a procedure to prepare bone marrow cells from cadaveric vertebral bodies

scientific article published on November 2011

Clinical relevance of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase for alloimmunity and transplantation

scientific article published on February 2008

Cold ischemia contributes to the development of chronic rejection and mitochondrial injury after cardiac transplantation

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Combining Theoretical and Experimental Techniques to Study Murine Heart Transplant Rejection

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Complete hepatic ischemia due to torsion of a large accessory liver lobe: first case to require transplantation.

scientific article published in April 2005

Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

article published in 2011

Composite tissue allotransplantation: hand transplantation and beyond.

scientific article published on March 2010

Composite tissue transplantation

scientific article published on January 2013

Concomitant face and hand transplantation: perfect solution or perfect storm?

scientific article published on September 2011

Correction: Monocytes Loaded with Indocyanine Green as Active Homing Contrast Agents Permit Optical Differentiation of Infectious and Non-Infectious Inflammation.

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

Crucial role for neuronal nitric oxide synthase in early microcirculatory derangement and recipient survival following murine pancreas transplantation

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Current concepts and systematic review of vascularized composite allotransplantation of the abdominal wall

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Cutaneous collateral axonal sprouting re-innervates the skin component and restores sensation of denervated Swine osteomyocutaneous alloflaps

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Cytomegalovirus mismatch as major risk factor for delayed graft function after pancreas transplantation

scientific article published on September 2010

Cytomegalovirus-related complications in human hand transplantation

scientific article published in August 2005

Desensitization and Prevention of Antibody-mediated Rejection in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation by Syngeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Diagnosing skin rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation: advances and challenges

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Donor age negatively affects the immunoregulatory properties of both adipose and bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells.

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

Efficacy of Single-Agent Immunosuppressive Regimens in a Murine Model of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Emerging technologies in organ preservation, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: a blessing or curse for transplantation?

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Enhanced degradation of tryptophan in patients on hemodialysis

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Establishing cephalometric landmarks for the translational study of Le Fort-based facial transplantation in Swine: enhanced applications using computer-assisted surgery and custom cutting guides

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Estradiol enhances murine cardiac allograft rejection under cyclosporin and can be antagonized by the antiestrogen tamoxifen

scientific article published in August 2002

Evaluation of microvascular anastomosis using real-time, ultra-high-resolution, Fourier domain Doppler optical coherence tomography

scientific article published on April 2015

Ex Vivo Model of Human Penile Transplantation and Rejection: Implications for Erectile Tissue Physiology

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Exploring cell-based tolerance strategies for hand and face transplantation

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Expression and prognostic impact of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in oral squamous cell carcinomas.

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Facial transplantation: the first 9 years

scientific article published on 27 April 2014

Favoring the risk-benefit balance for upper extremity transplantation--the Pittsburgh Protocol

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Functional abdominal wall reconstruction using an innervated abdominal wall vascularized composite tissue allograft: a cadaveric study and review of the literature

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Functional outcome after hand and forearm transplantation: what can be achieved?

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Growth Hormone Therapy Accelerates Axonal Regeneration, Promotes Motor Reinnervation, and Reduces Muscle Atrophy following Peripheral Nerve Injury.

scientific article published in June 2016

Hand allotransplantation

scientific article published on February 2010

Helping hands: caring for the upper extremity transplant patient

scientific article published on September 2011

Hemiface allotransplantation in the mouse.

scientific article published in April 2012

Hemolytic uremic syndrome following Campath-1H induction

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Histomorphometric evaluation of ischemia-reperfusion injury and the effect of preservation solutions histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate and University of Wisconsin in limb transplantation

scientific article published in October 2014

IDO-Mediated Tryptophan Degradation in the Pathogenesis of Malignant Tumor Disease

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Identification of the activating cytotoxicity receptor NKG2D as a senescence marker in zero-hour kidney biopsies is indicative for clinical outcome.

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Immunologic Aspects and Rejection in Solid Organ Versus Reconstructive Transplantation

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Immunology of vascularized composite allografts

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Immunomodulatory effects of adipose-derived stem cells: fact or fiction?

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Impact of donor-specific antibodies in reconstructive transplantation

scientific article published on September 2013

Implications of IFN-gamma-mediated tryptophan catabolism on solid organ transplantation

scientific article published on April 2007

Induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in vascular smooth muscle cells by interferon-gamma contributes to medial immunoprivilege

scientific article published in October 2007

Influence of immunosuppressive agents on tryptophan degradation and neopterin production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

scientific article published in July 2011

Injectable bioadhesive hydrogels with innate antibacterial properties

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Insights from computational modeling in inflammation and acute rejection in limb transplantation

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Intracellular signaling pathways control mitochondrial events associated with the development of ischemia/ reperfusion-associated damage

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Ischemia/reperfusion injury in vascularized tissue allotransplantation: tissue damage and clinical relevance

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Laparoscopically implanted gastric pacemaker after kidney-pancreas transplantation: treatment of morbid obesity and diabetic gastroparesis

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Lessons to be learned from a complicated case of rhino-cerebral mucormycosis in a renal allograft recipient

scientific article published on 27 August 2003

Long-Term outcome after hand and forearm transplantation

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

MEMS-based handheld fourier domain Doppler optical coherence tomography for intraoperative microvascular anastomosis imaging

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Mechanisms and mediators of inflammation: potential models for skin rejection and targeted therapy in vascularized composite allotransplantation

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Mechanisms of rejection in vascular composite allotransplantation

scientific article published on 18 November 2017

Meeting Report of the 13th Congress of the International Society of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

Microvascular anastomosis guidance and evaluation using real-time three-dimensional Fourier-domain Doppler optical coherence tomography

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Minimizing immunosuppression in hand transplantation

scientific article published on September 2012

Mitochondrial ischemia-reperfusion injury of the transplanted rat heart: improved protection by preservation versus cardioplegic solutions

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Monocytes loaded with indocyanine green as active homing contrast agents permit optical differentiation of infectious and non-infectious inflammation

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Mouse Hind Limb Transplantation: A New Composite Tissue Allotransplantation Model Using Nonsuture Supermicrosurgery

scientific article published on December 27, 2010

Mouse Model for Pancreas Transplantation Using a Modified Cuff Technique

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

Murine Full-thickness Skin Transplantation

scientific article published on 2 January 2017

Murine cervical heart transplantation model using a modified cuff technique

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Muscle-derived stem cells: important players in peripheral nerve repair

scientific article published on 28 October 2018

NO AUGMENTATION OF INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE (IDO) ACTIVITY THROUGH BELATACEPT TREATMENT IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS.

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Nasal Unit Transplantation: A Cadaveric Anatomical Feasibility Study.

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Near-infrared lymphography as a minimally invasive modality for imaging lymphatic reconstitution in a rat orthotopic hind limb transplantation model

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Neopterin, a prognostic marker in human malignancies

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Nitric oxide-mediated regulation of ferroportin-1 controls macrophage iron homeostasis and immune function in Salmonella infection

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Orthotopic Hind Limb Transplantation in the Mouse

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Orthotopic hind-limb transplantation in rats

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Outcomes after hand and upper extremity transplantation

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Overcoming cross-gender differences and challenges in Le Fort-based, craniomaxillofacial transplantation with enhanced computer-assisted technology

scientific article published on October 2013

Overexpression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in human inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published in October 2004

Penile Allotransplantation for Complex Genitourinary Reconstruction

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Penile transplantation: an emerging option for genitourinary reconstruction

scientific article published on 28 January 2017

Percutaneous portal vein embolisation in preparation for extended hepatic resection of primary nonresectable liver tumours

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Potential applications of global protein expression analysis (proteomics) in morbid obesity and bariatric surgery

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Preliminary development of a workstation for craniomaxillofacial surgical procedures: introducing a computer-assisted planning and execution system

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Preoperative Anemia and Postoperative Outcomes in Immediate Breast Reconstructive Surgery: A Critical Analysis of 10,958 Patients from the ACS-NSQIP Database

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Prevention of lethal murine pancreas ischemia reperfusion injury is specific for tetrahydrobiopterin

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Proteomic profiling of acute cardiac allograft rejection

scientific article published in August 2009

Proteomics in transplantation

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Proteomics--a blessing or a curse? Application of proteomics technology to transplant medicine

scientific article published on September 2011

Real-time three-dimensional Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography video image guided microsurgeries

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Reply: Reconstruction of Large Abdominal Wall Defects Using Neurotized Vascular Composite Allografts

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Review of the early diagnoses and assessment of rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Standardizing skin biopsy sampling to assess rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation

scientific article published on 03 March 2013

Stem cell-based approaches to improve nerve regeneration: potential implications for reconstructive transplantation?

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Steroid- and ATG-resistant rejection after double forearm transplantation responds to Campath-1H.

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Surgical and technical aspects of hand transplantation: is it just another replant?

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

T regulatory cells and transplantation tolerance

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Taming inflammation by targeting cytokine signaling: new perspectives in the induction of transplantation tolerance

scientific article published on January 2014

Targeting the Kv1.3 potassium channel for immunosuppression in vascularized composite allotransplantation - a pilot study

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Technical aspects of the recipient operation in hand transplantation

scientific article published on 2 August 2011

Tetrahydro-4-aminobiopterin attenuates dendritic cell-induced T cell priming independently from inducible nitric oxide synthase

scientific article published in June 2005

Tetrahydrobiopterin compounds prolong allograft survival independently of their effect on nitric oxide synthase activity

scientific article published in February 2006

Tetrahydrobiopterin protects the kidney from ischemia-reperfusion injury

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

The Ethics of Hand Transplantation: A Systematic Review

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The effect of chondroitinase on nerve regeneration following composite tissue allotransplantation.

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

The misuse of the terminology "standard of care" hampers innovations in surgery

scientific article published on December 2014

The neck as a preferred recipient site for vascularized composite allotransplantation in the mouse

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The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine

scientific article published on June 2017

The psychological assessment of candidates for reconstructive hand transplantation

scientific article published on 26 March 2012

The use of luminex assays to measure cytokines.

scientific article published in April 2015

Therapeutic augmentation of the growth hormone axis to improve outcomes following peripheral nerve injury

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Trends in immunosuppression after pancreas transplantation: what is in the pipeline?

scientific article published on February 2013

Upper-extremity transplantation using a cell-based protocol to minimize immunosuppression

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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induction of Muscle-Derived Stem Cells Enhances Vascular Phenotype While Preserving Myogenic Potential

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Vascularized composite allotransplantation

scientific article published in December 2013

World experience after more than a decade of clinical hand transplantation: update on the Innsbruck program

scientific article published on 02 October 2011