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The IK assay combined with other biomarkers can be used to identify kidney transplant patients at high risk of rejection and infection. ""ABO-incompatibility is a major obstacle to expanding exiguous donor pools in adult liver transplantation, especially in countries where grafts from deceased donors are uncommon. We present our preliminary results of ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using a new, simple protocol. Seven consecutive cases of ABO-I LDLT were managed by the same protocol including pre-operative administration of a single dose of rituximab (375?mg/m2) followed by three to five sessions of plasma exchange before LDLT without portal infusion therapy. The triple immunosuppression http://www.selleckchem.com/products/PD-0332991.html protocol consisted of tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and steroids, with mycophenolate mofetil starting seven?d before LDLT. Splenectomy was performed for all cases. All patients are alive (100% survival) with a mean follow-up of 852?d (715�C990?d). Neither antibody-mediated nor hyperacute rejection were encountered. There was only one episode of mild acute cellular rejection, for which steroid augmentation was effective. The median preformed isoagglutinin antibody titer before plasma exchange was 256, while the median antibody titer immediately before LDLT was 16. In conclusion, adult ABO-I LDLT results were excellent �C comparable or even superior to those of ABO-compatible LDLT. ABO-I adult LDLT has now become a more applicable modality without the need for an appropriate donor. ""Huppmann P, Neurohr C, Leuschner S, Leuchte H, Baumgartner R, Zimmermann G, Meis T, von Wulffen W, ?berfuhr P, Hatz R, Frey L, Behr J for the Munich Lung Transplant Group (MLTG). The Munich-LTX-Score: predictor for survival after lung transplantation. Clin Transplant 2012: 26: 173�C183. ? 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract:? Background:? The purpose of this study was to create a prognostic score calculated one?yr after LTX based on post-transplant factors inclusive of donor and recipient characteristics that could be used to predict long-term survival in patients after lung transplantation (LTX). Methods:? Uni- and multivariate analysis in 206 consecutive LTX patients identified independent risk factors for post-transplant mortality and onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Munich-LTX-Score is devised by summing up each identified risk factor. Results:? Multivariate analyses revealed acute rejection, lymphocytic bronchiolitis, donor age ��55?yr, and HLA-A?��?2-/DR?��?2 mismatch and single LTX to be independent negative predictors for long-term survival (p?