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2024

Author(s) Vinson AJ, Zhang X, Dahhou M, Süsal C, Döhler B, Melk A, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Cardinal H, Wong G, Francis A, Pilmore H, Foster BJ
Title A Multinational Cohort Study Examining Sex Differences in Excess Risk of Death With Graft Function After Kidney Transplant.
Source Transplantation, 12 pages, 2024 [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000004915

2023

Author(s) Benning L, Morath C , Fink A , Rudek M , Speer C , Kälble F, Nusshag C , Beimler J , Schwab C, Waldherr R , Zeier M, Süsal C, Tran TH
Title Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Indication Biopsy—Results of a Prospective Single-Center Trial.
Source Transpl Int 36:11899, 2023 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/ti.2023.11899
Author(s) Melk A, Sugianto RI, Zhang X, Dahhou M, Döhler B, Süsal C, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Wong G, Foster BJ
Title Influence of donor sex and age on graft outcome in kidney transplantation.
Source Nephrol Dial Transplant, 2023 [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1093/ndt/gfad181
Author(s) Schaier M, Morath C, Wang L, Kleist C, Opelz G, Tran TH, Scherer S, Pham L, Ekpoom N, Süsal C, Ponath G, Kälble F, Speer C, Benning L, Nusshag C, Mahler CF, Pego da Silva L, Sommerer C, Hückelhoven-Krauss A, Czock D, Mehrabi A, Schwab C, Waldherr R, Schnitzler P, Merle U, Schwenger V, Krautter M, Kemmner S, Fischereder M, Stangl M, Hauser IA, Kälsch AI, Krämer BK, Böhmig GA, Müller-Tidow C, Reiser J, Zeier M, Schmitt M, Terness P, Schmitt A, Daniel V
Title Five-year follow-up of a phase I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation.
Source Front Immunol 14:1089664, 12 pages, 2023 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1089664
Author(s) Vinson AJ, Zhang X, Dahhou M, Süsal C, Döhler B, Melk A, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Cardinal H, Wong G, Francis A, Pilmore H, Foster BJ
Title A multinational cohort study uncovered sex differences in excess mortality after kidney transplant.
Source Kidney Int 103:1131-1143, 2023 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1016/j.kint.2023.01.022
Author(s) Kühn T, Speer C, Morath C, Bartenschlager M, Kim H, Beimler J, Buylaert M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reineke M, Töllner M, Klein K, Blank A, Parthé S, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Bartenschlager R, Tran TH, Schaier M, Benning L
Title Immune Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Previous Nonresponder Kidney Transplant Recipients After Short-term Withdrawal of Mycophenolic Acid 1 and 3 Months After an Additional Vaccine Dose.
Source Transplantation 107:1139-1150, 2023 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000004516
Author(s) Morath C, Schaier M, Ibrahim E, Wang L, Kleist C, Opelz G, Süsal C, Ponath G, Aly M, Alvarez C, Kälble F, Speer C, Benning L, Nusshag C, da Silva LP, Sommerer C, Hückelhoven-Krauss A, Czock D, Mehrabi A, Schwab C, Waldherr R, Schnitzler P, Merle U, Tran TH, Scherer S, Boehmig G, Müller-Tidow C, Reiser J, Schmitt A, Zeier M, Schmitt M, Terness P, Daniel V
Title Induction of Long-lasting Regulatory B Lymphocytes by Modified Immune Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Source J Am Soc Nephrol 34:160-174, 2023 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1681/ASN.2022020210

2022

Author(s) Töllner M, Speer C, Benning L, Bartenschlager M, Nusshag C, Morath C, Zeier M, Süsal C, Schnitzler P, Schmitt W, Bergner R, Bartenschlager R, Lorenz HM, Schaier M
Title Impaired Neutralizing Antibody Activity against B.1.617.2 (Delta) after Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients Receiving Anti-CD20 Therapy.
Source J Clin Med. 2022 Mar 21;11(6):1739 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3390/jcm11061739
Author(s) Sommer W, Avsar M, Aburahma K, Salman J, Kaufeld KT, Rojas SV, Meyer AL, Chichelnitskiy E, Süsal C, Kreusser MM, Verboom M, Hallensleben M, Bara C, Blasczyk R, Falk C, Karck M, Haverich A, Ius F, Warnecke G
Title Heart transplantation across preformed donor-specific antibody barriers using a perioperative desensitization protocol.
Source Am J Transplant. 2022 Aug;22(8):2064-2076 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/ajt.17060
Author(s) Benning L, Morath C, Kühn T, Bartenschlager M, Kim H, Beimler J, Buylaert M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reineke M, Töllner M, Schaier M, Klein K, Blank A, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Bartenschlager R, Tran TH, Speer
Title Humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in previous non-responder kidney transplant recipients after short-term withdrawal of mycophenolic acid.
Source C.Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Aug 18;9:958293 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.958293
Author(s) Coemans M, Verbeke G, Döhler B, Süsal C, Naesens M
Title Bias by censoring for competing events in survival analysis.
Source BMJ. 2022 Sep 13;378:e071349 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-071349
Author(s) Echterdiek F, Döhler B, Latus J, Schwenger V, Süsal C
Title Influence of calcineurin inhibitor choice on outcomes in kidney transplant recipients aged ≥60 y: A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Transplantation 106:e212-e218, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000004060
Author(s) Vinson AJ, Zhang X, Dahhou M, Süsal C, Döhler B, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Cardinal H, Melk A, Wong G, Francis A, Pilmore H, Foster BJ
Title Age-dependent sex differences in graft loss after kidney transplantation.
Source Transplantation, July 2022 - Volume 106 - Issue 7 - p 1473-1484 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000004026
Author(s) Carapito R, Aouadi I, Verniquet M, Untrau M, Pichot A, Beaudrey T, … Süsal C and Bahram S
Title The MHC class I MICA gene is a histocompatibility antigen in kidney transplantation.
Source Nat Med. 2022 May;28(5):989-998 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1038/s41591-022-01725-2
Author(s) Benning L, Morath C, Bartenschlager M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Buylaert M, Schaier M, Beimler J, Klein K, Grenz J, Reichel P, Hidmark A, Ponath G, Töllner M, Reineke M, Rieger S, Tönshoff B, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Bartenschlager R, Speer C
Title Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in kidney transplant recipients after standard COVID-19 vaccination.
Source Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 17:98-106, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.2215/CJN.11820921
Author(s) Benning L, Klein K, Morath C, Bartenschlager M, Kim H, Buylaert M, Reineke M, Töllner M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reichel P, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Bartenschlager R, Schaier M, Speer C
Title Neutralizing antibody activity against the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant before and after a third BNT162b2 vaccine dose in hemodialysis patients.
Source Front Immunol 13:840136, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.840136
Author(s) Benning L, Morath C, Bartenschlager M, Reineke M, Töllner M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reichel P, Schaier M, Klein K, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Bartenschlager R, Speer C
Title Neutralizing antibody activity against the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant 8 months after two-dose vaccination with BNT162b2 in health care workers.
Source Clin Microbiol Infect, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2022.01.011
Author(s) Benning L, Morath C, Bartenschlager M, Kim H, Reineke M, Beimler J, Buylaert M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reichel P, Töllner M, Schaier M, Klein K, Benes V, Rausch T, Rieger S, Stich M, Tönshoff B, Weidner N, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Süsal C, Tran TH, Bartenschlager R, Speer C
Title Neutralizing antibody response against the B.1.617.2 (delta) and the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variants after a third mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose in kidney transplant recipients.
Source Am J Transplant, 2022 Jul;22(7):1873-1883 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/ajt.17054
Author(s) Baghai Arassi M, Gauche L, Schmidt J, Höcker B, Rieger S, Süsal C, Tönshoff B, Fichtner A
Title Association of intraindividual tacrolimus variability with de novo donor-specific HLA antibody development and allograft rejection in pediatric kidney transplant recipients with low immunological risk.
Source Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Oct;37(10):2503-2514 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1007/s00467-022-05426-3
Author(s) Vietzen H, Döhler B, Tran TH, Süsal S, Halloran P, Eskandary F, Herz C, Mayer K, Kozakowski N, Wahrmann M, Ely S, Haindl S, Puchhammer-Stöckl E, Böhmig GA
Title Deletion of the natural killer cell receptor NKG2C encoding KLR2C gene and kidney transplant outcome.
Source Front Immunol 13:829228, 14 pages, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.829228
Author(s) Morath C, Hayek SS, Döhler B, Nusshag C, Sommerer C, Zeier M, Reiser J and Süsal C
Title Soluble urokinase receptor and mortality in kidney transplant recipients.
Source Transpl Int 35:10071, 8 pages, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/ti.2021.10071
Author(s) Živcic-Cosic S, Süsal C, Döhler B, Katalinic N, Markic D, Orlic L, Racki S, Španjol J, Trobonjaca Z
Title Kidney transplants from elderly donors: The experience of a reference center in Croatia.
Source Exp Clin Transplant 20:19-27, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.6002/ect.2021.0366
Author(s) Engels G, Döhler B, Tönshoff B, Oh J, Kruchen A, Müller I, Süsal C
Title Maternal versus paternal living kidney transplant donation is associated with lower rejection in young pediatric recipients: A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Pediatr Transplant 26:e14154, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/petr.14154
Author(s) Lozanovski V, Unterrainer C, Döhler B, Süsal C, Mehrabi A
Title Outcome of extended right lobe liver transplants.
Source Liver Transpl 28:807-818, 2022 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1002/lt.26374

2021

Author(s) Kälble F, Süsal C, Pego da Silva L, Speer C, Benning L, Nusshag C, Pham L, Tran H, Schaier M, Sommerer C, Beimler J, Mehrabi A, Zeier M, Morath C
Title Living donor kidney transplantation in patients with donor-specific HLA antibodies after desensitization with immunoadsorption.
Source Front Med (Lausanne) 8:781491, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.781491
Author(s) Houben P, Schimmack S, Unterrainer C, Döhler B, Mehrabi A, Süsal C
Title Rare malignant indications for liver transplantation: A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Front Surg 8:678392, 7 pages, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fsurg.2021.678392
Author(s) Wahrmann M, Döhler B, Arnold M-L, Scherer S, Mayer KA, Haindl S, Haslacher H, Böhmig GA, Süsal C
Title Functional Fc gamma receptor gene polymorphisms and long-term kidney allograft survival.
Source Front Immunol 12:724331, 8 pages, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.724331
Author(s) Tang C, Unterrainer C, Fink A, Cinca S, Ruhenstroth A, Scherer S, Morath C, Zeier M, Mehrabi A, Süsal C, Tran TH
Title Analysis of de novo donor-specific HLA-DPB1 antibodies in kidney transplantation.
Source HLA 98:423-430, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/tan.14422
Author(s) Speer C, Benning L, Töllner M, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Reichel P, Schaier M, Bartenschlager M, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Suesal C, Morath C, Bartenschlager R
Title LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Neutralizing antibody response against variants of concern after vaccination of dialysis patients with BNT162b2.
Source Kidney Int 100:700-702, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1016/j.kint.2021.07.002
Author(s) Speer C, Göth D, Benning L, Buylaert M, Schaier M, Grenz J, Nusshag C, Kälble F, Kreysing M, Reichel P, Töllner M, Hidmark A, Ponath G, Schnitzler P, Zeier M, Suesal C, Morath C, Klein K
Title Early humoral responses of hemodialysis patients after COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2.
Source Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 16:1073-1082, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.2215/CJN.03700321
Author(s) Echterdiek F, Latus J, Döhler B, Schwenger V, Süsal C
Title Influence of cold ischemia time on the outcome of kidney transplants from donors aged 70 years and above - A Collaborative Transplant Study Report.
Source Transplantation 105:2461-2469, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000003629
Author(s) Ibrahim EH, Aly M, Morath C, Sayed DM, Ekpoom N, Opelz G, Süsal C, Daniel V
Title Relationship of transitional regulatory B and regulatory T cells and immunosuppressive drug doses in stable renal transplant recipients.
Source Immun Inflamm 9:1252–1271, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1002/iid3.473
Author(s) Ibrahim EH, Aly MG, Opelz G, Morath C, Zeier M, Süsal C, Sayed DM, Hassan E, Ekpoom N, Daniel V
Title Higher CD19+CD25+ Bregs are independently associated with better graft function in renal transplant recipients.
Source BMC Nephrol 22:180, 13 pages, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1186/s12882-021-02374-2
Author(s) Emmerich F, Zschiedrich S, Reichenbach-Braun C, Süsal C, Minguet S, Pauly MC, Seidl M
Title Low pre-transplant Caveolin-1 serum soncentrations are associated with acute cellular tubulointerstitial rejection in kidney transplantation.
Source Molecules 26:2648, 11 pages, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3390/molecules26092648
Author(s) Fichtner A, Süsal C, Höcker B, Rieger S, Waldherr R, Westhoff JH, Sander A, Dragun D, Tönshoff B
Title Association of non-HLA antibodies against endothelial targets and donor-specific HLA antibodies with antibody-mediated rejection and graft function in pediatric kidney transplant recipients.
Source Pediatr Nephrol 36:2473-2484, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1007/s00467-021-04969-1
Author(s) Morath C, Schmitt A, Schmitt M, Kleist C, Opelz G, Süsal C, Müller-Tidow C, Speer C, Zeier M, Terness P, Daniel V, Schaier M
Title Cell therapy for inducing tolerance after kidney transplantation.
Source Nephrologe 16:145–153, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1007/s11560-021-00493-3
Author(s) Unterrainer C, Döhler B, Niemann M, Lachmann N, Süsal C
Title Can PIRCHE-II matching outmatch traditional HLA matching?
Source Front Immunol 12:631246, 9 pages, 2021 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.631246

2020

Author(s) Gold A, Fichtner A, Choukair D, Schmitt CP, Süsal C, Dragun D, Tönshoff B
Title BRIEF REPORT
Kidney re-transplantation in a child across the barrier of persisting angiotensin II type I receptor antibodies.
Source Pediatr Nephrol, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1007/s00467-020-04879-8
Author(s) Süsal C, Mueller TF, Legendre C, Schemmer P
Title EDITORIAL
Transplantation of marginal organs — immunological aspects and therapeutic perspectives.
Source Front Immunol 11:612576, 3 pages, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.612576
Author(s) Echterdiek F, Latus J, Döhler B, Schwenger V, Süsal C
Title Impact of HLA compatibility in recipients of kidneys from expanded criteria donors: A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Int J Immunogenet 48:201-210, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/iji.12512
Author(s) Gold A, Tönshoff B, Döhler B, Süsal C
Title Association of graft survival with tacrolimus exposure and late intra-patient tacrolimus variability in pediatric and young adult renal transplant recipients – An international CTS registry analysis.
Source Transpl Int 33:1681-1692, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/tri.13726
Author(s) Morath C, Döhler B, Kälble F, Pego da Silva L, Echterdiek F, Schwenger V, Živcic-Cosic S, Katalinic N, Kuypers D, Benöhr P, Haubitz M, Ziemann M, Nitschke M, Emmerich F, Pisarski P, Karakizlis H, Weimer R, Ruhenstroth A, Scherer S, Tran TH, Mehrabi A, Zeier M, Süsal C
Title Pre-transplant HLA antibodies and delayed graft function in the current era of kidney transplantation.
Source Front Immunol 11:1886, 10 pages, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.01886
Author(s) Lozanovski VJ, Döhler B, Weiss KH, Mehrabi A, Süsal C
Title The differential influence of cold ischemia time on outcome after liver transplantation for different indications – who is at risk? A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Front Immunol 11:892, 11 pages, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.00892
Author(s) Süsal C, Kumru G, Döhler B, Morath C, Baas M, Lutz J, Unterrainer C, Arns W, Aubert O, Bara C, Beiras-Fernandez A, Böhmig GA, Bösmüller C, Diekmann F, Dutkowski P, Hauser I, Legendre C, Lozanovski VJ, Melk A, Minor T, Mueller TF, Pisarski P, Rostaing L, Schemmer P, Schneeberger S, Schwenger V, Sommerer C, Tönshoff B, Viebahn R, Viklicky O, Weimer R, Weiss KH, Zeier M, Živcic-Cosic S, Heemann U
Title Should kidney allografts from old donors be allocated only to old recipients?
Source Transpl Int 33:849-857, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/tri.13628
Author(s) Houben P, Döhler B, Weiß K, Mieth M, Mehrabi A, Süsal C
Title Differential influence of donor age depending on the indication for liver transplantation – A Collaborative Transplant Study report.
Source Transplantation 104:779-787, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000002970
Author(s) Noble J, Jouve T, Malvezzi P, Süsal C, Rostaing L
Title REVIEW
Transplantation of marginal organs: Immunological aspects and therapeutic perspectives in kidney transplantation.
Source Front Immunol 10:3142, 9 pages, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2019.03142
Author(s) Morath C, Süsal C
Title COMMENTARY
Three is not enough.
Source Transplant Int 33:612-614, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1111/tri.13597
Author(s) Kumru Sahin G, Unterrainer C, Süsal C
Title REVIEW
Critical evaluation of a possible role of HLA epitope matching in kidney transplantation.
Source Transplant Rev (Orlando) 34:100533, 8 pages, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1016/j.trre.2020.100533
Author(s) Morath C, Schmitt A, Kleist C, Daniel V, Opelz G, Süsal C, Ibrahim EH, Kälble F, Speer C, Nusshag C, Pego da Silva L, Sommerer C, Wang L, Ni M, Hückelhoven-Krauss A, Czock D, Merle U, Mehrabi A, Sander A, Hackbusch M, Eckert C, Waldherr R, Schnitzler P, Müller-Tidow C, Hoheisel JD, Mustafa SA, Alhamdani MS, Bauer AS, Reiser J, Zeier M, Schmitt M, Schaier M, Terness P
Title Phase-I trial of donor-derived modified immune cell infusion in kidney transplantation.
Source J Clin Invest 130:2364-2376, 2020 Abstract Full Text
doi:10.1172/JCI133595


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