Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

Original article

Impact of calcineurin inhibitors on rat glioma cells viability: Jeong Hun Seong, Woo Yeong Park, Jin Hyuk Paek, Sung Bae Park, Seungyeup Han, Kyo-Cheol Mun, Kyubok Jin; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2019;36(2):105-108. Published online January 21, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2019.00108

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Background
Although kidney transplantation outcomes have improved dramatically after using calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), CNI toxicity continues to be reported and the mechanism remains uncertain. Here, we investigated the neurotoxicity of CNIs by focusing on the viability of glioma cells.
Methods
Glioma cells were treated with several concentrations of CNIs for 24 hours at 37 ℃ and their cell viability was evaluated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay.
Results
Exposure to 0, 0.25, 0.5, 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0 mM concentrations respectively showed 100%, 64.3%, 61.3%, 68.1%, 62.4%, and 68.6% cell viability for cyclosporine and 100%, 38.6%, 40.8%, 43.7%, 37.8%, and 43.0% for tacrolimus. The direct toxic effect of tacrolimus on glioma cell viability was stronger than that of cyclosporine at the same concentration.
Conclusion
CNIs can cause neurological side effects by directly exerting cytotoxic effects on brain cells. Therefore, we should carefully monitor the neurologic symptoms and level of CNIs in kidney transplant patients.

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Tacrolimus-Induced Neurotoxicity After Transplant: A Literature Review
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Case Reports

Chronic hepatitis C healed by peginterferon-α and rivabirin treatment after kidney transplantation.: Min Gue Seok, Tae Hee Lee, Sung Ro Yun, Won Min Hwang, Se Hee Yoon, In Soo Choe, Seong Joo Kang, Ju Young Hong, Dae Sung Kim; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2016;33(2):150-154. Published online December 31, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2016.33.2.150

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Abstract PDF: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is present in a high proportion of patients with kidney transplantation. Compared with uninfected kidney transplant recipients, HCV infected kidney recipient have higher prevalence of liver disease and worse allograft survival after transplantation. Interferon monotherapy before transplantation is standard therapy for HCV-infected kidney transplant candidates. If HCV infection is discovered after transplantation, interferon monotherapy is considered due to the limited critical situation. However, in this patient, who was a kidney recipient, HCV infection was treated after kidney transplantation with peginterferon-α and rivabirin. As a result, the patient achieved sustained virologic response.

A Case of Pleural Endometriosis Presented as Right Sided Hemothorax in a Patient Who Underwent Kidney Transplantation.: Eun Hye Shin, Bo Mi Shin, Yeon Jung Ha, Il Young Jang, Ji Won Jung, Hyung Jin Cho, Su Kil Park; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2013;30(2):145-148. Published online December 31, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2013.30.2.145

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Abstract PDF: Thoracic endometriosis is an uncommon disease that has four main forms: catamenial pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemoptysis, and pulmonary nodules. Since the growth of endometrial tissue depends on the presence of estrogen, thoracic endometriosis usually occurs in menstruating women between 25 and 35 years of age. Menstrual disturbances are common in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, they could be reversed after kidney transplantation. Therefore, previously asymptomatic endometriosis may become symptomatic after kidney transplantation. A 49-year-old woman with CKD underwent kidney transplantation. A month later, she experienced dyspnea, and hemothorax in her right hemithorax. However, there was no evidence of infectious diseases and malignancy in thoracentesis, pleural biopsy, and computed chest tomography (CT). The serum and pleural fluid levels of his carbohydrate antigen 125 were elevated. Hemothorax secondary to pleural endometriosis was suspected. We tried hormonal therapy, and the hemothorax disappeared. At the sixth-month follow-up, there was no recurrence of hemothorax.

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