Levels of Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Failure Patients before and after Renal Transplantation

Chiara Leotta, Leah Hernandez, Lubomira Tothova, Samsul Arefin, Paola Ciceri, Mario Gennaro Cozzolino, Peter Barany, Milan Chromek, Peter Stenvinkel, Karolina Kublickiene, Peter Droge · 2023

Read Levels of Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Failure Patients before and after Renal Transplantation by Chiara Leotta, Leah Hernandez, Lubomira Tothova, Samsul Arefin, Paola Ciceri, Mario Gennaro Cozzolino, Peter Barany, Milan Chromek, Peter Stenvinkel, Karolina Kublickiene, Peter Droge (2023) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-10741614.txt.

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Chiara Leotta and co-authors track cell-free DNA around kidney transplant in this 2023 paper. DNA fragments float in blood and can signal organ stress or damage. One type comes from mitochondria and links to inflammation and early vessel aging.

Forty-four patients with kidney failure gave blood before transplant and two years after. Half had dialysis first, and half had conservative care instead. Mitochondrial DNA levels fell clearly after transplant, while other DNA types held steady. Dialysis patients started with higher total DNA levels than the other group. Patients with vessel scarring showed the sharpest post-transplant drops. The marker may help flag graft health without biopsy.

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CREATORChiara Leotta, Leah Hernandez, Lubomira Tothova, Samsul Arefin, Paola Ciceri, Mario Gennaro Cozzolino, Peter Barany, Milan Chromek, Peter Stenvinkel, Karolina Kublickiene, Peter Droge
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE46 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10741614

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