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ArticleWorld journal of transplantation2022

Vitamin D deficiency may predispose patients to increased risk of kidney transplant rejection.

Semih Buyukdemirci, Ebru Gok Oguz, Sanem Guler Cimen, Hatice Sahin, Sertac Cimen, Mehmet Deniz Ayli

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Article in World journal of transplantation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  3. [Association of serum vitamin D and acute renal graft dysfunction].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2025
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Semih BuyukdemirciDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey.
Ebru Gok OguzDepartment of Nephrology, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey.
Sanem Guler CimenDepartment of General Surgery, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey. sanem.cimen@sbu.edu.tr.
Hatice SahinDepartment of Nephrology, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey.
Sertac CimenDepartment of Urology, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey.
Mehmet Deniz AyliDepartment of Nephrology, Sağlık Bilimleri Universitesi, Ankara 65000, Altındağ, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVitamin D deficiency occurs in more than 80% of kidney transplant recipients. Its immunomodulatory effects can predispose transplant recipients to rejection and chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). This study determined the association between serum 25 (OH) vitamin D, biopsy-proven allograft rejection, and CAN rates.

aimTo determine the relationship between serum 25 (OH) vitamin D level and biopsy-proven allograft rejection and CAN rate in renal transplant recipients.

methodsAdult renal transplant recipients followed at the clinic between January 2013 and 2018 were included. Recipients requiring graft biopsy due to declined function, hematuria, and proteinuria were reviewed. The two groups were compared regarding collected data, including the biopsy results, immunologic parameters, vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), phosphorus, albumin levels, and graft function tests.

resultsFifty-two recipients who underwent graft biopsy met the inclusion criteria. In all, 14 recipients had a vitamin D level > 15 ng/mL (group 1)

conclusionThe serum 25 (OH) vitamin D level in kidney transplant recipients remained low. Although low serum vitamin D level emerged as a risk factor for rejection in univariate analysis, this finding was not confirmed by multivariate analysis. Prospective studies are required to determine the effect of serum vitamin D levels on allograft rejection.

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25 (OH) vitamin DChronic allograft nephropathyKidney transplantationRejectionVitamin D

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PMCPMC9516489

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