Public Health Dispatch for March
Check out March's Public Health Dispatch: From the CDC and WHO, "Human-to-human rabies transmission via solid organ transplantation from a donor with undiagnosed rabiesβUnited States, October 2024-February 2025," by Marcus R. Pereira
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Figure 1 HLA topography drives convergent allo-B-cell and antibody responses in transplantation.
Don't miss our March Literature Watch, "Rewriting the rule of alloimmunity: A blueprint for B cell-driven transplant outcomes ," by Alexandra F. Sharland and Natasha M. Rogers
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AJT March issue
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AJT Highlights March 2026 Podcast
New AJT Highlights episode now available!
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Figure 1 Flowchart integrating ADA 2025 screening recommendations, ATP III criteria, and OGTT-based risk stratification for future diabetes risk among living kidney donor candidates.
Online & in press! "Personal Viewpoint: Risk stratification and counseling of living kidney donor candidates with prediabetes," by Achkar et al
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AJT Associate Editor, Michael Collins
Please join us in welcoming new Associate Editor, Michael Collins!
Figure 2 The distributional shift in the kidney donor risk index (KDRI) of donors whose kidneys were recovered in 2012, 2018, and 2024.
Don't miss, "The rapidly shifting calibration between kidney donor risk index, kidney donor profile index, and graft survival: Is it time to stop moving the goalposts?" by Chiang et al in our latest issue!
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Figure 1 There were 12 991 deceased donor kidneys recovered from adults aged >18 years in 2013 and 28 473 in 2023-2024.
In our February issue, check out "Could a simple flick of the switch increase deceased donor kidney utilization?," by Gill et al
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"Human leukocyte antigen sensitization from red cell transfusions: Rate and risk factors in renal and nonrenal patients requiring transfusion," by McComish et al
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"A new principle to attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation," by Biglarnia et al
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"Erythropoietin prolongs graft survival in mice by counteracting trained immunity," by Bin et al
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"Lung transplantation from a 94-year-old donor: A debate on biological versus chronological age," by van Slambrouck et al
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"International Liver Transplantation Society/Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe guidelines for cardiovascular assessment before liver transplantation, " by Weiss et al
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Dr. Deirdre Sawinski
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Deirdre Sawinski to the editorial board as Associate Editor!
Public Health Dispatch for February 2026
Check out February's Public Health Dispatch: From the CDC and WHO, "Will the flu vaccine work this year? Concerns about Influenza subclade K," by Marcus R. Pereira
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Don't miss our February Literature Watch, "Short-term glyco-editing during machine perfusion permits ABO-incompatible transplantation in a human decedent model," by Cravedi et al
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AJT February issue cover
The February issue is available here!
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Figure 1 Study overview
"Circulating tumor necrosis factor Ξ± in deceased donors promotes kidney injury and associates with inferior short- and long-term graft function and survival," by Fawaz et al is online & in press!
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Figure 2 Transplant renal artery stenosis
Must-read article on "Advancements in imaging modalities for post-kidney transplant monitoring: A focus on contrast-enhanced ultrasound," by Bodard et al.
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Figure 2 Risk of bias for randomized controlled studies (ROB2)
Don't miss one of our latest articles titled, "Feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of prehabilitation programs in patients awaiting liver transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis," by Abow-Mohamed et al.
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Associate Editor, Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis
Please join us in welcoming our new Associate Editor, Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis
Figure 2 Algorithm proposed by the experts for rapid coronary artery disease risk assessment in asymptomatic critically ill patients who are emergently listed.
Online & in press! "International Liver Transplantation Society/Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe guidelines for cardiovascular assessment before liver transplantation," by Weiss et al
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Lidia Einsfeld, PharmD, MSc
Congratulations to AJT Associate Editor Lidia Einsfeld on receiving the 2026 ISHLT Visiting Scholarship!
Sheβs the only Latin American & non-physician selected for this awardβa major milestone for global representation in transplantation.
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Figure 1 TLI+ATS preconditioning generated mixed donor chimerism in C57BL/6 mice but not in NOD mice.
Check out "Combined nonmyeloablative total lymphoid irradiation and low-dose total body irradiation enhances donor chimerism and leads to islet allograft acceptance," by Pathak et al in our January issue!
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