Personalized Medicine in Kidney Transplantation
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Medicine, Cell, and Organism Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Kidney transplantation remains the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease, yet challenges such as organ shortage, graft rejection, and long-term complications persist. Personalized medicine offers a transformative approach by tailoring prevention, diagnosis, and treatment/management strategies to individual patient parameters, including genetic, immunological, and clinical profiles and medication tolerance/side effects.
The evolution of kidney transplantation has been marked by significant milestones, from early surgical techniques to the advent of donor matching and immunosuppressive therapies. Recent advancements in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics have paved the way for integrating personalized medicine into transplant care, enhancing precision and patient outcomes.
This Special Issue aims to explore the latest developments and applications of personalized medicine in kidney transplantation. It seeks to cover a broad range of topics, including biomarker discovery, pharmacogenomics, donor–recipient matching, immune monitoring, and novel therapeutic interventions, with a focus on improving graft survival and patient quality of life.
We invite submissions that highlight innovative research in personalized medicine for kidney transplantation, such as the use of machine learning algorithms for risk prediction, the development and evaluation of personalized immunosuppressive regimens, and the exploration of novel biomarkers for early detection of rejection, recurrent disease, or tolerance and efforts to expand access to kidney transplant.
We welcome original research articles and reviews that contribute to the understanding and advancement of personalized medicine in kidney transplantation. Submissions should provide insights into the clinical translation of personalized approaches, address current challenges, and propose future directions for research and practice.
Dr. Jon Von Visger
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- kidney transplantation
- personalized medicine
- renal disease
- nephrology
- graft survival
- immunosuppressive therapy
- recurrent disease
- patient survival
- access to transplant
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