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The histopathological changes associated with allograft rejection and drug toxicity in renal transplant recipients maintained on FK506: Clinical significance and comparison with cyclosporine

Randhawa, PS and Shapiro, R and Jordan, ML and Starzl, TE and Demetris, AJ (1993) The histopathological changes associated with allograft rejection and drug toxicity in renal transplant recipients maintained on FK506: Clinical significance and comparison with cyclosporine. American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 17 (1). 60 - 68. ISSN 0147-5185

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Abstract

The histopathological changes in 51 renal allograft biopsies from patients immunosuppressed with FK506 were compared with those seen in 30 needle biopsies obtained from patients on cyclosporine. The frequency and severity of rejection episodes were similar in both groups. Tubular vacuolation and myocyte vacuolation were found to be useful morphological markers to monitor short-term drug toxicity associated with both drugs. Long-term administration of FK506 led to striped interstitial fibrosis and arteriolar hyalinosis, similar to that previously documented for cyclosporine. One case each of hemolytic uremic syndrome and necrotizing arteriopathy was noted in patients receiving FK506. FK506 and cyclosporine are structurally unrelated compounds; hence the parallelism observed in their nephrotoxicity profile suggests that the interactions of these drugs with renal tissue involves the operation of two different initial signal-transducing mechanisms, ultimately activating the same final metabolic pathways.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Randhawa, PS
Shapiro, R
Jordan, ML
Starzl, TEtes11@pitt.eduTES11
Demetris, AJ
Centers: Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Date: 12 January 1993
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Volume: 17
Number: 1
Page Range: 60 - 68
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1097/00000478-199301000-00007
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 0147-5185
Other ID: uls-drl:31735062113182, Starzl CV No. 1529
Date Deposited: 08 Apr 2010 17:26
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2019 01:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4915

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