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    Tacrolimus intrapatient variability in BK virus nephropathy and chronic calcineurin toxicity in kidney transplantation
    (2021) Turgut, Didem; Sayin, Burak; Soy, Ebru Ayvazoglu; Topcu, Deniz İlhan; Ozdemir, Binnaz Handan; Haberal, Mehmet; 0000-0002-3462-7632; 0000-0002-0993-9917; 35017328; AAJ-8097-2021; AAC-5566-2019
    Intrapatient variability (IPV) in tacrolimus has been increasingly acknowledged as a risk factor for poor graft survival after kidney transplantation. Although past studies have mainly accounted for IPV in acute or chronic rejection states as due to underimmunosuppression, this is not yet clear. So far, tacrolimus IPV for BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) and chronic calcineurin inhibitor toxicity (CNIT) has not been investigated. Here, we evaluated IPV in tacrolimus for BKVN and chronic CNIT, which are mainly considered as overimmunosuppression states. In this caseucontrol study, kidney allograft biopsies conducted between 1998 and 2018 were included, with patients grouped by biopsy results as BKVN alone group, CNIT alone group, and normal graft function (control group). IPV was estimated as mean absolute deviation. Our study groups included 25 kidney transplant recipients with BKVN alone, 91 patients with CNIT alone, and 60 patients with normal 5-year graft survival (control group). In analyses of IPV in tacrolimus six months before graft biopsy, IPV was highest in the BKVN group (P = 0.001). The BKVN group also had the highest IPV in tacrolimus at 12 months after biopsy (P = 0.001), with all pairwise comparisons statistically different between groups. At 12 months after biopsy, five patients (20%) in the BKVN group and 10 patients (10.9%) in the CNIT group had graft loss. Among other risk factors, BKVN and chronic CNIT are consequences related to high IPV. Quantification of IVP for tacrolimus in clinical practice would help to optimize kidney transplant outcomes.
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    Risk Factors and Treatment Options for Persistent Hyperparathyroidism After Kidney Transplantation
    (2020) Kirnap, Nazli Gulsoy; Kirnap, Mahir; Sayin, Burak; Akdur, Aydincan; Tutuncu, Neslihan Bascil; Haberal, Mehmet; 0000-0002-8726-3369; 0000-0002-3462-7632; 0000-0002-1816-3903; 0000-0001-8287-6572; 31924405; AAA-3068-2021; AAJ-8097-2021; ABG-5027-2020; J-3707-2015
    Background. Kidney transplantation (KT) corrects secondary hyperparathyroidism. However, persistent hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) may be observed in some patients post-KT. This study aims to evaluate the risk factors and treatment options for pHPT. Materials and methods. The study population comprises 1054 patients who underwent KT between January 2001 and May 2019. Serum samples were analyzed for calcium (Ca), phosphorus, creatinine, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Results. The prevalence of pHPT following KT is 14%. Ninety pHPT patients were compared with 550 non-pHPT patients. The median duration of pre-KT dialysis was longer, and pre-KT serum Ca, P, and iPTH levels were significantly higher in the pHPT group than the non-HPT group. The pHPT of 46 patients (51%) received medical treatment. The remaining 44 patients (49%) had parathyroidectomy (PTx) if symptoms or signs (or both) of pHPT continued. Subtotal PTx was performed in 35 patients, and minimally invasive PTx was performed in 9 patients. Conclusion. Based on our study results, the most important risk factors for post-KT pHPT are long dialysis duration and high pre-KT iPTH levels. In patients who underwent KT, if pHPT lasts longer than 1 year, surgical treatment is the recommended approach. Based on our experience, the treatment method to be performed in pHPT should be 3+1/2 PTx.
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    Incidence and Immunologic Analysis of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Hemodialysis Patients: A Single-Center Experience
    (2020) Arslan, Hande; Musabak, Ugur; Soy, Ebru H. Ayvazoglu; Azap, Ozlem Kurt; Sayin, Burak; Akcay, Sule; Haberal, K. Murat; Akdur, Aydincan; Yildirim, Sedat; Haberal, Mehmet; 0000-0001-8287-6572; 0000-0003-1511-7634; 0000-0002-5735-4315; 0000-0002-0993-9917; 0000-0002-8726-3369; 0000-0002-3171-8926; 0000-0002-8360-6459; 0000-0002-3462-7632; 0000-0002-8211-4065; 32519618; J-3707-2015; AAU-1810-2020; AAF-4610-2019; AAC-5566-2019; AAA-3068-2021; AAK-4089-2021; AAB-5175-2021; AAJ-8097-2021; R-9398-2019
    Objectives: COVID-19 is a great threat to the modern world and significant threat to immunocompromised patients, including patients with chronic renal failure. We evaluated COVID-19 incidence among our hemodialysis patients and investigated the most probable immune mechanisms against COVID-19. Materials and Methods: Baskent University has 21 dialysis centers across Turkey, with 2420 patients on hemodialysis and 30 on peritoneal dialysis. Among these, we retrospectively evaluated 602 patients (257 female/345 male) with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis as renal replacement therapy; 7 patients (1.1%) were infected with SARS-CoV-2. We retrospectively collected patient demographic characteristics, clinical data, and immunological factors affecting the clinical course of the disease. We divided patients into groups and included 2 control groups ( individuals with normal renal functions): group I included COVID-19-positive patients with normal renal function, group II included COVID-19-positive hemodialysis patients, group III included COVID-19-negative hemodialysis patients, and group IV included COVID-19-negative patients with normal renal function. Lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood and typing of human leukocyte antigens were analyzed in all groups, with killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes analyzed only in COVID-19-positive patients and healthy controls. Results: No deaths occurred among the 7 COVID-19-positive hemodialysis patients. Group I patients were significantly older than patients in groups II and III ( P = .039, P = .030, respectively) but not significantly different from group IV (P = .060). Absolute counts of natural killer cells in healthy controls were higher than in other groups (but not significantly). Activated T cells were significantly increased in both COVID-19-positive groups versus COVID-19-negative groups. Groups showed significant differences in C and DQ loci with respect to distribution of alleles in both HLA classes. Conclusions: Although immunocompromised patients are at greater risk for COVID-19, we found lower COVID-19 incidence in our hemodialysis patients, which should be further investigated in in vitro and molecular studies.
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    ASSESSMENT OF MIDDLE EAR MECHANICS, INTERNAL EAR ACOUSTICAL EMISSION MEASUREMENTS AND HEARING IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
    (2020) Oz, Isilay; Soy, Ebru H. Ayvazoglu; Sayin, Burak; Ozluoglu, Levent; Haberal, Mehmet
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    INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF NEW ONSET DIABETES AFTER SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: BASKENT UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
    (2020) Kaban, Gokturk; Iyidir, Ozlem Turhan; Sayin, Burak; Turgut, Didem; Karakaya, Emre; Haberal, Mehmet A.
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    CLINICAL FEATURES AND SENSITIZATION RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS AWAITING KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
    (2020) Erdogmus, Siyar; Celebi, Zeynep Kendi; Sayin, Burak; Acar, F. Nurhan Ozdemir; Karakaya, Emre; Haberal, Mehmet A.
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    CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOME OF HERPES ZOSTER IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: A SINGLE CENTER CASE SERIES
    (2020) Altunel, Cemile Tugba; Seckin, Deniz; Sayin, Burak; Sezgin, Atilla; Akdur, Aydincan; Haberal, Mehmet A.
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    PAIRED KIDNEY EXCHANGE TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIENCE IN OUR CENTER
    (2020) Soy, Ebru H. Ayvazoglu; Akdur, Aydincan; Sayin, Burak; Karakayali, Feza; Moray, Gokhan; Haberal, Mehmet A.