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ReviewAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2021

The potential of ex vivo lung perfusion on improving organ quality and ameliorating ischemia reperfusion injury.

Jasper Iske, Christopher A Hinze, Jawad Salman, Axel Haverich, Stefan G Tullius, Fabio Ius

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Review in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Clinical transplantation and research · 2024
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  17. Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Lung Transplantation.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jasper IskeDepartment of Cardiothoracic-, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8647-3092
Christopher A HinzeDepartment of Cardiothoracic-, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Jawad SalmanDepartment of Cardiothoracic-, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7172-2946
Axel HaverichDepartment of Cardiothoracic-, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Stefan G TulliusDivision of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fabio IusDepartment of Cardiothoracic-, Transplant, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Senescent cells drive mt-DNA accumulation and inflamm-agingR01AG064165 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TULLIUS, STEFAN GUNTHER · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG064165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allogeneic lung transplantation (LuTx) is considered the treatment of choice for a broad range of advanced, progressive lung diseases resistant to conventional treatment regimens. Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) occurring upon reperfusion of the explanted, ischemic lung during implantation remains a crucial mediator of primary graft dysfunction (PGD) and early allo-immune responses. Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) displays an advanced technique aiming at improving lung procurement and preservation. Indeed, previous clinical trials have demonstrated a reduced incidence of PGD following LuTx utilizing EVLP, while long-term outcomes are yet to be evaluated. Mechanistically, EVLP may alleviate donor lung inflammation through reconditioning the injured lung and diminishing IRI through storing the explanted lung in a non-ischemic, perfused, and ventilated status. In this work, we review potential mechanisms of EVLP that may attenuate IRI and improve organ quality. Moreover, we dissect experimental treatment approaches during EVLP that may further attenuate inflammatory events deriving from tissue ischemia, shear forces or allograft rejection associated with LuTx.

Indexed as

Lung TransplantationPrimary Graft DysfunctionReperfusion InjuryHumansLungOrgan PreservationPerfusionex vivo lung perfusiongraft functionischemia reperfusion injurylung transplantation

Identifiers

PMID34355495
PMCPMC8925042
OpenAlexW3189827893

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