Contemporary Perspectives on Improving Long-Term Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation

Dear Colleagues,

Despite significant improvements in short-term kidney transplant survival rates, long-term graft survival rates continue to be suboptimal. In recent years, many studies have concentrated on modifying aspects of transplantation which can lead to improved graft survival rates.

Aim and scope:

We are seeking high-quality articles that demonstrate changes in transplant outcomes related to any of the factors described below.

What kind of papers:

Ideally, papers will include good-quality cohort data (preferably national), comparative studies, literature reviews, meta-analyses, or original research such as machine perfusion.

Topics of interest:

Donor criteria:

• Age, cardiovascular risk, diabetes, cause of death, acute kidney injury, living donor (including from sharing scheme), deceased donor (DCD, DBD), smoking, and hypertension.

Operator technique and system issues:

• Resulting in prolonged cold and warm ischemic times or delayed graft function.

Recipient criteria:

• Anti-HLA immunization, immunological matching, as well as age and size mismatch;
• Immunosuppression regime, adherence, and rejection;
• Cardiovascular risk management—including hypertension, diabetes, raised cholesterol, and obesity;
• Infection—including CMV and other viral or bacterial infections;
• Native kidney disease recurrence;
• Experimental/scientific: machine perfusion with and without treatment.

Dr. Nicos Kessaris
Dr. Elham Asgari
Guest Editors

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• cardiovascular risk
• infection
• anti-HLA immunization
• immunological matching
• immunosuppression, cancer
• disease recurrence