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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of end-stage liver disease worldwide and the most common indication for liver transplantation in the United…
Authors: Patrizia Burra
Source: Seminars in liver disease. 2009 Feb
View Full TextBACKGROUND & AIMS: This study extends our previously reported observations that various immunological factors are associated with the occurrence of hi…
Authors: Luca Saverio Belli, Patrizia Burra, Francesca Poli, Alberto Battista Alberti, Enrico Silini, Claudio Zavaglia, Stefano Fagiuoli, Daniela Prando, Alejandro Espadas de Arias, Sara Boninsegna,…
Source: Gastroenterology. 2006 Mar
View Full TextBACKGROUND & AIMS: Myofibroblasts of bone marrow origin have recently been found in a number of parenchymal organs such as the gut and kidney. We have…
Authors: Stuart J Forbes, Francesco P Russo, Virginia Rey, Patrizia Burra, Massimo Rugge, Nicholas A Wright, Malcolm R Alison
Source: Gastroenterology. 2004 Apr
View Full TextBACKGROUND: Blood group O candidates remain on the waiting list for a liver transplant for a longer time than candidates of other blood groups. Herein…
Authors: Michele Barone, Alfonso W Avolio, Alfredo Di Leo, Patrizia Burra, Antonio Francavilla
Source: Transplantation. 2008 Mar 27
View Full TextBACKGROUND/AIMS: We performed a randomized trial on pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Peg-IFNalpha) monotherapy vs Peg-IFNalpha and ribavirin in non-cirrh…
Authors: Mario Angelico, Alessandra Petrolati, Raffaella Lionetti, Ilaria Lenci, Patrizia Burra, Maria Francesca Donato, Manuela Merli, Mario Strazzabosco, Giuseppe Tisone
Source: Journal of hepatology. 2007 Jun
View Full TextBACKGROUND: One of the major issues in transplantation is to find a strategy to overcome the scarcity of human organs. One of the interventions under …
Authors: Enrico Rubaltelli, Patrizia Burra, Daniele Canova, Giacomo Germani, Silvia Tomat, Ermanno Ancona, Emanuele Cozzi, Rino Rumiati
Source: Xenotransplantation. 2009 May
View Full TextBACKGROUND/AIMS: To assess the effect of long-term maintenance of steroids on HCV recurrence after liver transplantation (LT), that is still controver…
Authors: Marco Vivarelli, Patrizia Burra, Giuliano La Barba, Daniele Canova, Marco Senzolo, Alessandro Cucchetti, Antonia D'Errico, Maria Guido, Roberto Merenda, Daniele Neri,…
Source: Journal of hepatology. 2007 Dec
View Full Text1. The goal of liver transplantation is not only to ensure the survival of patients but also to offer patients the opportunity to achieve a good balan…
Authors: Patrizia Burra
Source: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2009 Nov
View Full TextBACKGROUND: The microcirculation was assessed in the livers of human decay accelerating factors (hDAF) and wild-type transgenic rats by fluorescent in…
Authors: Silvia Tomat, Francesco Paolo Russo, Maria Guido, Georgios Kechagias, Annalisa Masier, Chiara Calore, Giustina De Silvestro, Ignacio Anegon, Emanuele Cozzi, Fiorella Calabrese,…
Source: Xenotransplantation. 2009 Mar
View Full TextBACKGROUND: Despite being still at the experimental level, xenotransplantation may become an effective strategy to overcome the scarcity of human orga…
Authors: Enrico Rubaltelli, Patrizia Burra, Valentina Sartorato, Daniele Canova, Giacomo Germani, Silvia Tomat, Ermanno Ancona, Emanuele Cozzi, Rino Rumiati
Source: Xenotransplantation. 2008 May
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