The greater omentum is a highly vascularized anatomical structure in the peritoneal cavity. Its main components are connective, adipose and vascular cells, along with specialized immune cells. The omentum functions as a site for fat accumulation, it has adhesive properties to control traumatized and inflamed tissues, and a function in local hemostasis, immune responses, and revascularization. O...

RATIONALE The chronic rejection of lung allografts is attributable to progressive small airway obstruction. OBJECTIVES To determine precisely the site and nature of this type of airway obstruction. METHODS Lungs from patients with rejected lung allografts treated by a second transplant (n = 7) were compared with unused donor (control) lungs (n = 7) using multidetector computed tomography (M...

1. Kumar AR, Li Q, Hudson WA, et al. A role for MEIS1 in MLL-fusion gene leukemia. Blood. 2009;113(8):1756-1758. 2. Molecular Signatures Database. http://www.broad.mit.edu/gsea/msigdb/ index.jsp. Accessed January 5, 2010. 3. Subramanian A, Tamayo P, Mootha VK, et al. Gene set enrichment analysis: a knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S...

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common cancer after kidney transplantation in the Middle East countries.1 The prevalence of KS in comparison with other tumors is also quite higher in Iranian recipients.1,2 However, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin is the most common posttransplant malignancy in other reports.1,3,4 Its incidence following kidney transplantation has steadily increased due to t...

OBJECTIVES to analyze the occurrence and predisposing factors for surgical site infection in patients submitted to heart transplantation, evaluating the relationship between cases of infections and the variables related to the patient and the surgical procedure. METHOD retrospective cohort study, with review of the medical records of patients older than 18 years submitted to heart transplanta...

This article is presented in form of a current literature review on bacterial complications the early post-liver transplantation period and promising areas for studying effect flora patients after liver transplantation. The paper describes problem emergence, spread, pathogenesis various complications, as well concepts complication’s impact results ventilatorassociated pneumonia are given. A the...

conclusions alternariasis or similar cases may be increased due to the increased number of immunosuppressed patients. from this point of view, skin lesions in these patients must be planned and microbiologically evaluated considering the molds. case presentation we reported a case of wound infection induced by alternaria spp. in a renal transplant patients. the main interest in this case was th...