Project description:Ischemia reperfusion induced injury contributes to poor lung transplant outcomes.Microarrays were used to study the biological response of human lungs to the ischemia reperfusion process. Samples were collected from lung transplant cases at Toronto General Hospital. Lungs were donation after brain death (DBD)
Project description:Ischemia reperfusion induced injury contributes to poor lung transplant outcomes. We used microarrays to study the biological response of human lungs to the ischemia reperfusion process. Samples were collected from lung transplant cases at Toronto General Hospital. Lungs were donation after brain death (DBD)
Project description:The Australian Chronic Allograft Dysfunction (AUSCAD) study is an ongoing single centre cohort study at Westmead hospital in Australia. In this section of the study, we aimed to identify biomarkers for allograft rejection in kidney transplant recipients, 3-months after their transplant. Our study recruited 123 patients, each having protocol renal allograft biopsies taken 3-months post transplantation.
Project description:The Australian Chronic Allograft Dysfunction (AUSCAD) study is an ongoing single centre cohort study at Westmead hospital in Australia. In this section of the study, we aimed to identify biomarkers for rejection phenotypes in kidney transplant recipients, 3-months after their transplant. Our study recruited 70 patients, each having whole blood taken at the time of their 3-month protocol biopsy.
Project description:Mass spectrometry-based proteomics was carried out on Naso- and oropharyngeal swabs collected from infants and children presenting to hospital with both mild and severe respiratory illnesses as well as age-matched control children who were well and sampled from home.
Project description:The Australian Chronic Allograft Dysfunction (AUSCAD) study is an ongoing single centre cohort study at Westmead hospital in Australia. In this section of the study, we aimed to identify biomarkers for chronic allograft dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients. Our study recruited 136 patients, each having protocol renal allograft biopsies taken pre transplantation.
Project description:The primary hypothesis is that a comprehensive transitional care program based on the premise of a patient-centered medical home versus routine care reduces emergency room visits and hospital readmissions without increasing costs among cancer patients undergoing surgery at a large safety-net hospital.
Project description:Calcified aortic valve leaflets (CAVs) were explanted from patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, affiliated to Tongji Medical College. Control non-calcified aortic valves with normal echocardiographic analyses were obtained during heart transplant procedures. RNA was extracted from valve leaflets and gene expression evaluated using the Arraystar Human mRNA Array. This study aimed to perform the expression analysis of mRNA on human aortic valves.
