Professor of Pathology

Director NKF cyberNephrology

Director, Experimental Pathology

Publications

The Banff 2007 Working Classification of Skin-Containing Composite Tissue Allograft Pathology

Am J Transplant. 2008 Jul;8(7):1396-400.

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Banff 07 Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology: Updates and Future Directions

Am J Transplant. 2008 Apr;8(4):753-60. Epub 2008 Feb 19.

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Antibody-Mediated Rejection with a Striking Interstitial Monocyte/Macrophage Infiltration in a Renal Allograft Under FTY720 Treatment

Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Jan;51(1):127-30.

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The Banff 97 Classification

The Banff 97 Working Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology. (Kidney International, 1999)

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Hooking-Up, Physical Forces,

Hooking-Up, Physical Forces, Optimism and Dark Energy: Imagery, Hope, and Health.

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Since 2000

Sis B, Grynoch R, Murray AG, Campbell P, Solez K. Antibody-mediated rejection with a striking interstitial monocyte/macrophage infiltration in a renal allograft under FTY720 treatment. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Jan;51(1):127-30.

Solez K., Making global transplantation pathology standards truly global. Am J Transplant. 2007 Dec;7(12):2834.

Mueller TF, Reeve J, Jhangri GS, Mengel M, Jacaj Z, Cairo L, Obeidat M, Todd G, Moore R, Famulski KS, Cruz J, Wishart D, Meng C, Sis B, Solez K, Kaplan B, Halloran PF.  The Transcriptome of the Implant Biopsy Identifies Donor Kidneys at Increased Risk of Delayed Graft Function. Am J Transplant. Nov; 7(11): 2483-2495 , 2007

Sis B, Campbell PM, Mueller T, Hunter C, Cockfield SM, Cruz J, Meng C, Wishart D, Solez K, Halloran PF.  Transplant glomerulopathy, late antibody-mediated rejection and the ABCD tetrad in kidney allograft biopsies for cause. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jul;7(7):1743-52.

Flechner SM, Goldfarb D, Solez K, Modlin CS, Mastroianni B, Savas K, Babineau D, Kurian S, Salomon D, Novick AC, Cook DJ.  Kidney transplantation with sirolimus and mycophenolate mofetil-based immunosuppression: 5-year results of a randomized prospective trial compared to calcineurin inhibitor drugs. Transplantation. 2007 Apr 15;83(7):883-92.

Azhir A, Riopel J, Solez K, Grynoch R, Sis B. Osseous and myeloid metaplasia in a failed renal allograft. Kidney Int. 2007 Apr;71(8):829-30.

Vanbelleghem H, Vanholder R, Levin NW, Becker G, Craig JC, Ito S, Lau J, Locatelli F, Zoccali C, Solez K, Hales M, Lameire N, Eknoyan G. The Kidney Disease: improving Global Outcomes website: comparison of guidelines as a tool for harmonization. Kidney Int. 2007 May;71(10):1054-61.

Solez K, Colvin RB , Racusen LC , Sis B, Halloran PF et.al. Banff'05 Meeting Report: Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Allograft Injury and Elimination of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy ('CAN').  Am J Transplant. 2007 Mar;7(3):518-26.

H. Vanbelleghem, R. Vanholder, N. W. Levin, G. Becker, J. C Craig, S. Ito, J. Lau, F. Locatelli, C. Zoccali, K. Solez, M. Hales, N. Lameire, G. Eknoyan   The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) website: comparison of guidelines as a tool for harmonization. Kidney International 2007 May;71(10):1054-61.

S. M. Flechner, MD, D. Goldfarb, MD, K. Solez, MD , Charles S. Modlin, MD et. al. Kidney Transplantation with Sirolimus and MMF Based Immunosuppression: 5-Year Results of a randomized prospective trial compared to calcineurin inhibitor drugs. Transplantation. 2007 Apr 15;83(7):883-92.

Sis B, Dadras F, Khoshjou F, Cockfield S, Mihatsch MJ, Solez K. Reproducibility studies on arteriolar hyaline thickening scoring in calcineurin inhibitor-treated renal allograft recipients.Am J Transplant. 2006 Jun;6(6):1444-50.

Vincenti F, Larsen C, Durrbach A, Wekerle T, Nashan B, Blancho G, Lang P, Grinyo J, Halloran PF, Solez K, Hagerty D, Levy E, Zhou W, Natarajan K, Charpentier B; Belatacept Study Group. Costimulation blockade with belatacept in renal transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 25;353(8):770-81.

Solez K, Hales M, Katz SM. Electronic strategies for information and research: cyberNephrology/cyberMedicine in the emerging world. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005 Sep;(98):S89-94.

Dirks JH, de Zeeuw D, Agarwal SK, Atkins RC, Correa-Rotter R, D'Amico G, Bennett PH, El Nahas M, Valdes RH, Kaseje D, Katz IJ, Naicker S, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Schieppati A, Shaheen F, Sitthi-Amorn C, Solez K, Viberti G, Remuzzi G, Weening JJ; International Society of Nephrology Commission for the Global Advancement of Nephrology Study Group 2004.   Prevention of chronic kidney and vascular disease: toward global health equity--the Bellagio 2004 Declaration. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005 Sep;(98):S1-6.

Flechner SM, Kurian SM, Solez K, Cook DJ, Burke JT, Rollin H, Hammond JA, Whisenant T, Lanigan CM, Head SR, Salomon DR. De novo kidney transplantation without use of calcineurin inhibitors preserves renal structure and function at two years.  Am J Transplant. 2004 Nov;4(11):1776-85.

Racusen LC, Halloran PF, Solez K. Banff 2003 meeting report: new diagnostic insights and standards. Am J Transplant. 2004 Oct;4(10):1562-6.

Vongwiwatana A, Gourishankar S, Campbell PM, Solez K , Halloran PF. Peritubular capillary changes and C4d deposits are associated with transplant glomerulopathy but not IgA nephropathy. Am J Transplant. 2004 Jan;4(1):124-9.

Solez K. Introduction: Disaster management and communications as viewed from 2003--taking the long view. Adv Ren Replace Ther. 2003 Apr;10(2):85-6. No abstract available.

Racusen LC, Colvin RB, Solez K , Mihatsch MJ, Halloran PF, et.al. Antibody-mediated rejection criteria - an addition to the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft rejection.  Am J Transplant. 2003 Jun;3(6):708-14.

Racusen LC, Solez K, Colvin R. Fibrosis and atrophy in the renal allograft: interim report and new directions. Am J Transplant. 2002 Mar;2(3):203-6.

Matas AJ, Solez K . From first principles--tubulitis in protocol biopsies and learning from history.  Am J Transplant. 2001 May;1(1):4-5.

Gough J, Rush D, Jeffery J, Nickerson P, McKenna R, Solez K, Trpkov K. Reproducibility of the Banff schema in reporting protocol biopsies of stable renal allografts.   Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Jun;17(6):1081-4.

Solez K, Daugirdas J, Gregory MC, Frohnert PP, Bhowmik DM, Jha V, Cosyns JP. Is "Chinese herbs nephropathy" a prejudicial term? Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Nov;38(5):1141-2.

Solez K , Racusen LC. Role of the renal biopsy in acute renal failure.  Contrib Nephrol. 2001;(132):68-75.

Halloran PF, Miller LW, Urmson J, Ramassar V, Zhu LF, Kneteman NM, Solez K , Afrouzian M. IFN-gamma alters the pathology of graft rejection: protection from early necrosis. J Immunol. 2001 Jun 15;166(12):7072-81.

Halloran PF, Afrouzian M, Ramassar V, Urmson J, Zhu LF, Helms LM, Solez K, Kneteman NM. Interferon-gamma acts directly on rejecting renal allografts to prevent graft necrosis. Am J Pathol. 2001 Jan;158(1):215-26.

Ivanyi B, Fahmy H, Brown H, Szenohradszky P, Halloran PF, Solez K. Peritubular capillaries in chronic renal allograft rejection: a quantitative ultrastructural study.  Hum Pathol. 2000 Sep;31(9):1129-38.

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