History of kidney transplantation: a journey of progression and evolution for success

Ekamol Tantisattamo; Umberto Maggiore; Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

doi:10.1007/s40620-022-01453-3

History of kidney transplantation: a journey of progression and evolution for success

J Nephrol. 2022 Sep;35(7):1783-1786. doi: 10.1007/s40620-022-01453-3.

Authors

Ekamol Tantisattamo^#^{1

2

3}, Umberto Maggiore^#⁴, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli^#⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
² Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA, USA.
³ Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Multi-Organ Transplant Center, William Beaumont Hospital, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁵ Nephrologie, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Avenue Roubillard 186, 72000, Le Mans, France. gbpiccoli@yahoo.it.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: End-stage kidney disease; Kidney transplantation; Long-term allograft outcomes; Organ procurement; Organ shortage; Personalized precision medicine; Tolerance.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Graft Survival
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / surgery
Kidney Transplantation*
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement*