Mesangial expansion (ME) is an understudied histologic lesion in renal allografts. This paper shows that ME is common and associated with alloimmune and nonalloimmune causes of graft loss. #OpenAccess #TXPForAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/58u26kbe

This study shows that CMV prophylaxis, although considered as a more expensive strategy, is more cost-effective than preemptive therapy for the prevention of CMV infections in renal transplant patients. #OpenAccess #TXPForAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/5aa9t5wn

The August issue of TransplantDirect is jam-packed with useful information for our diverse international transplantation readership. We welcome you to visit our Transplantation Direct website for full details in open-access. #OpenAccess #TransplantTwitter bit.ly/TXDissue

Patients aged 70 y and older had significantly lower survival with 82.9% at 1 y and 66.5% at 3 y compared with patients in 18-49 group and kidney graft survival was 80.9% at 1 y and 66.4% at 3 y. #OpenAccess #TXPForAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/kukfbrw9

Case Report: A case of severe DSA rebound associated with subclinical AMR by histology and molecular assessment, effectively reversed by a 6-month course of daratumumab. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/mr3ksnp2

Case report highlighting the use of hybrid dual graft liver transplant, merging domino donor and living donor grafts, presents a viable strategy to combat graft shortages. #OpenAccess #TXPForAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/mw9nnyw2

Here, Okumura et al. report that the use of NMP for LT from DCD donors is associated with improved posttransplant patient and graft survival. #TXPforAll #OpenAccess #Transplant tinyurl.com/za8nu89b

Organ allocation in the United States to non-US citizen, non-US residents who travel for transplant is discussed in this paper by Ann Nguyen et al. #TXPforAll #OpenAccess #Transplant tinyurl.com/4tr857w2

This study shows that the use of a demographic approach, including the period perspective, may improve the evaluation of the healthcare requirements of #livertransplantation programs. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/5n8tsn49

Kahan et al. demonstrate that plasmin improves survival and may reduce thrombotic burden in DCD #liver grafts with prolonged warm ischemic injury, meriting further study. Duke University #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #TransplantTwitter tinyurl.com/mfpbyysp

Heart liver transplantation in pediatric transplantation should often be considered in patients of end stage heart and liver disease, the complications of which are well manageable and offer hope of longevity to the children tinyurl.com/3ynyfjbc

Utility of educational video in raising awareness on organ donation in chinese/korean americans showed significant improvement in the mean knowledge score regarding organ donation tinyurl.com/yvpzcxxn

The discard rate of ECD kidneys is unacceptably high. Tedesco showed that machine perfusion for ECD kidneys is most often a dominant technology associated with an increase in the number of transplants #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Transplant tinyurl.com/bddyhey5

We present a case series of 4 patients who rapidly developed biopsy-proven nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) and portal hypertension after #livertransplantation with perfusion pump utilization. Duke University #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #TransplantTwitter tinyurl.com/35wb6baa

The paper by Kehara et al. shows that overall survival after COVID-19 infection in lung transplant recipients continues to improve; however, in-hospital mortality remains remarkably high. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Med #lungtransplantation tinyurl.com/49md4s2n

de Weert et al. from Erasmus MC Transplantation Institute report that renal transplant recipients with class II DSA, especially those directed against the HLA-DQ locus, are difficult to desensitise. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Med tinyurl.com/ms9ncvk7

This study shows that three-dimensional hands-on liver models have the advantage of tactile feedback and were rated favorably as a potential training tool. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #MedTwitter tinyurl.com/wzewczkm

In this low immunological risk cohort of HLA-identical kidney transplant recipients, there was no association between dialysis vintage and patient or graft survival. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #MedTwitter, Unifesp tinyurl.com/32ynf39p

The impact of normothermic ex situ heart perfusion (NEHP) for heart #transplantation is presented in this excellent paper by Johson et al from University of Michigan Medical School. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll #Med tinyurl.com/yr4r9shn