The Road to Tolerance: Molecular Biomarkers for Prediction and Diagnosis of Post-transplant Complications in Liver Transplantation
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 1770
Special Issue Editor
2. Liver Transplantation Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memotial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Interests: transplant immunology; liver biology; biomarker discovery; photobiomodulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liver transplantation is widely accepted as an effective therapeutic modality for end-stage liver diseases. The results of liver transplantation have improved due to the improvement of perioperative techniques and the introduction of immunosuppressive drugs. However, post-transplant complications are common in the early and long-term period and contribute to significant morbidity and mortality. Therefore, how we precisely predict/diagnose post-transplant complications such as early allograft dysfunction, biliary complications, infection, acute and chronic rejection, and disease recurrence (fatty liver/NASH, hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma) is a quite important issue for achieving the road to tolerance in liver transplantation. The scope of the Special Issue is to summarize potential biomarkers for prediction and diagnosis of post-transplant complications both in experimental and clinical liver transplantation, and we discuss the future perspectives for tolerance induction in liver transplantation. Original articles and comprehensive reviews in the topic that focus on molecular research are warmly welcomed.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Omics for biomarker discovery in liver transplantation;
- Current and future diagnostic tools in liver transplantation;
- Molecular mechanisms of rejection and tolerance in liver transplantation;
- Molecular mechanisms of disease recurrence after liver transplantation;
- Strategies for prevention of post-transplant complications in liver transplantation;
- Strategies for tolerance induction in liver transplantation.
Dr. Toshiaki Nakano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acute rejection
- animal models
- biliary complications
- chronic rejection
- cirrhosis
- fatty liver
- fibrosis
- hepatitis
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- jaundice
- NASH
- omics
- tolerance
