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12217256

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Kidney transplantation has seen a remarkable improvement in allograft survival rates and patient survival rates, and an equally remarkable reduction in acute rejection rates. Most attribute these changes to the introduction and widespread use of calcineurin inhibitors as part of the standard immunosuppressive regimen. Cyclosporine and tacrolimus are ideal immunosuppressive agents, much more effective and safe than the previous agents used. Especially ironic, however, for those caring for kidney transplant patients has been the finding that these breakthrough agents are toxic to the kidney and can cause hypertension. We can protect the transplanted kidney from rejection, but still damage it paradoxically by the protecting agent. Moreover, the prevalence of hypertension in transplant clinics has increased (from 40%-50% to up to 90%-100%) as these newer agents have gained widespread use. We remain uncertain of the mechanism whereby these agents cause hypertension, and therefore remain uncertain of the ideal treatment; however, the search for a mechanism has taken us from the organ level to intracellular effects of the agents. The fact that both agents cause nephrotoxicity suggests that a renal mechanism is at the heart of the hypertension.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1522-6417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypertensinogenic mechanism of the calcineurin inhibitors.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Nephrology, 35294-0006, USA. jcurtis@nrtc.uab.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review