Technical
Publications
Minnie Sarwal, MD, MRCP, DCH, Ph.D.
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
- Melk A, Mansfiled E, Hseish S, Solez K, Grimm P, Halloran P and Sarwal MM. The Transcriptosome of Human Renal Aging. Kid. Int. 2005.
- Sarwal M, Chua M-S, Kambham N, Hsieh S-C, Satterwhite T, Masek M, Salvatierra O: Molecular heterogeneity in acute renal allograft rejection identified by DNA microarray profiling. N Engl J Med 2003;349:123-136.
- Lee BP, Mansfield E, Hsieh SC, Hernandez-Boussard T, Chen W, Thomson CW, Ford MS, Bosinger SE, Der S, Zhang ZX, Zhang M, Kelvin DJ, Sarwal MM, Zhang L. Expression profiling of murine double-negative regulatory T cells suggest mechanisms for prolonged cardiac allograft survival. J Immunol. 2005, 15;174(8):4535-44.
- Brouard S, Mansfield E, Hseish S, Zhang M, Soulilou JP and Sarwal MM. Idenitification of a peripheral blood gene expression profile specific for sponatneous tolerance in renal transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine , 2006, (accepted).
- Sarwal MM. Farewell to Steroids in Pediatric Transplantation. Am. J. Transplantation, 2006 (in press).
- Weintraub L and Sarwal MM. Application of Genomics to Clinical Transplantation. Transplant International, 2006 (in press).
- Sarwal MM. The Bio-Napster Approach to Transplantation. Transplantation, 2006 (in press).
- Ettenger R and Sarwal MM. Mycophenolate mofetil in pediatric renal transplantation. 2005;Transplantation, 80(2 Suppl):S201-10.
- Sarwal MM. Steroid elimination is coming of age. Pediatric Transplantation, 2005, epub.
- Nagarajan S, Enns GM, Millan MT, Winter S, Sarwal MM. Management of methylmalonic acidaemia by combined liver-kidney transplantation. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2005;28(4):517-24.
- Mansfield E, Nagarajan S, Hseish S, Salvatierra O, Sarwal MM. Atypical transplant renal artery stenosis with EPO therapy. Am. J Transplantation, 2006. (in press).
- Kleta R, Kaskel F, Dohil R, Goodyer P, Guay-Woodford LM, Harms E, Ingelfinger JR, Koch VH, Langman CB, Leonard MB, Mannon RB, Sarwal M, Schneider JA, Skovby F, Sonies BC, Thoene JG, Trauner DA, Gahl WA; NIH Office of Rare Diseases. First NIH/Office of Rare Diseases Conference on Cystinosis: past, present, and future.Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Apr;20(4):452-4.
- Vidhun JR, Sarwal MM. Corticosteroid avoidance in pediatric renal transplantation. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 ;20(3):418-26.
- Aavik E, Mahapatra A, Boldrick J, Chen X, Barry C, Dutoit D, Sarwal M, Hayry P. Correlation between gene expression and morphological alterations in baboon carotid after balloon dilatation injury. FASEB J. 2005 Jan;19(1):130-2.
- Nagarajan S, Friedrich T, Garcia M, Kambham N, Sarwal MM. Gastrointestinal leukocytoclastic vasculitis: an adverse effect of sirolimus.Pediatr Transplant. 2005 Feb;9(1):97-100.
- Salvatierra O, Sarwal M. Vulnerability of small pediatric recipients
to laparoscopic living donor kidneys
Am J Transplant. 2005 Feb;5(2):201-2. - DiDomenico P, Berry G, Bass D, Fridge J, Sarwal M. Noncirrhotic portal hypertension in association with juvenile nephropathic cystinosis: case presentation and review of the literature. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2004;27(5):693-9.
- Li L, Chaudhuri A, Salvatierra O, Sarwal MM. Sub-clincial CMV and EBV Viremia are risk factors for renal allograft dysfunction. Am J Transplantation, 2006, (submitted).
- Mansfield E and Sarwal M: Arraying the orchestration of allograft pathology. Am J Transplant. 2004;4(6):853-62.
- Sarwal M, Vidhun J, Alexander S, Millan M and Salvatierra O: Continued Superior Outcomes of Steroid-Free Immunosuppression in Pediatric Renal Transplantation. Transplantation. 2003 15;76(9):1331-9.
- Vidhun J, Masciandro J, Varich L, Salvatierra O, Sarwal M: Safety and risk startification of percutaneous biopsies of adult-sized renal allografts in infant and older pediatric recipients. Transplantation 2003;76(3):552-557.
- Millan MT, Berquist WEE, So SK, Sarwal MM et al. 100% patient & kidney allograft survival with liver and kidney transplantation in infants with pr. Hyperoxaluria. Transplantation. 2003 27;76(10):1458-63.
- Chua M, Barry C, Chen X, Salvatierra O, Sarwal M: Molecular profiling of anemia in acute renal allograft rejection using DNA microarrays. Amer J of Transplantation 2003;3:17-22.
- Chua MS, Mansfield E, Sarwal M: Applications of microarrays to renal transplantation: progress and possibilities. Front Biosci 2003;8:S913-923.
- Chua MS, Sarwal M: Microarrays: new tools for transplantation research. Pediatr Nephrol 2003;18(4):319-217.
- Satterwhite T, Chua M-S, Hsieh S-C, Chang S, Scandling J, Salvatierra O, Sarwal M: Increased expression of cytotoxic effector molecules: Different interpretations for steroid-based and steroid-free immunosuppression. Pediatr Transplantation 2003;7:53-58.
- Shaw RJ, Palmer
L, Blasey C, Sarwal M. A typology of non-adherence in pediatric renal transplant
recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2003;7(6):489-93.
28. Hayry P, duToit D, Sarwal M, Aavik E, Hoffren A, Vamvakopoulos J: Rational drug design: making drugs that make a difference. Transplant Proc 2002;346:2000-2002. - Chua M, Sarwal M: an overview of gene expression profiling in renal transplantation. Graft 2002; 5:223-231.
- Sarwal M, Jani K, Chang S, Huie P, Salvatierra O, Wang Z, Clayberger C, Sibley R, Krensky A, Pavlakis M: Granulysin identifies steroid resistance in human transplant rejection.Human Immunology 2001; 62:21-31.
- Yorgin PD, Belson A, Sanchez J, Al Uzri AY, Sarwal M, Bloch DA, Oehlert J, Salvatierra O, Alexander SR: Unexpectedly high prevalence of posttransplant anemia in pediatric and young adult renal transplant recipients. Am J Kidney Dis 2002; 40(6):1306-1318.
- Sarwal M, Yorgin P, Alexander S, Major C, Granucci L, Costaglio C, Millan M, Belanger N, Orlandi P, Salvatierra O: Promising early outcomes with a novel steroid free immunosuppression protocol in pediatric renal transplantation. Transplantation (Rapid Communication) 2000; 72:13-21.
- Sarwal M, Bartsch L, Salvatierra O: Posterior urethral valves with renal insufficiency: the choice of management is critical. Nephrology Rounds 2000; 3:1-6.
- Sarwal M, Chang S, Barry C, Chen X, Alizadeh A, Salvatierra O, Brown P: Novel molecular approaches in acute allograft rejection. Transpl Proceedings 2000; 33:297-298.
- Hayry P, Aavik E, Sarwal M, du Toit D, Vamvakopoulos J.Chronic rejection: prospects for therapeutic intervention in fibroproliferative vascular disease. Exp. Clin Transplant, 2003 Jun;1(1):35-8.
- Salvatierra O, Sarwal M: Renal perfusion of infant recipients with adult sized kidneys is a critical risk factor. Transplantation 2000; 70:412-413.
- Sarwal M, Cecka M, Millan M, Salvatierra O: Adult-sized kidneys without ATN provide exceedingly superior long term graft outcomes for infants and small children: a single center and UNOS analysis. Transplantation 2000; 70:1728-1736.
- Millan M, Sarwal M, Yorgin P, Orlandi P, So S, Salvatierra O: 100% 2-year graft survival can be attained in high risk infant recipients of kidney allografts. Archives of Surgery 1999; 135:1063-10691.
- Salvatierra O, Sarwal M, Alexander S, Lemley K, Yorgin P, Al-Uzri A, Lu A, Millan M, Alfrey E: A new, unique and simple method for ureteral implantation in kidney recipients with small, defunctionalized bladders. Transplantation (Rapid Communication) 1999; 68:731-738.
- Salvatierra O, Singh T, Shifrin R, Conley S, Alexander S, Tanney D, Sarwal M, Herfkens R: Successful transplantation of adult sized kidneys into infants requires high aortic blood flow. Transplantation (Rapid Communication) 1998; 66:819-823.
- Sarwal M, Sontag J, Lieu H, Brenner S, Wilkie T: G protein alpha subunit multigene family in the Japanese puffer fish Fugu rubripes: PCR from a compact vertebrate genome. Genome Research 1996; 6(12):1207-1215.
- Wapensky T, Alexander S and Sarwal MM: Postdialysis albumin: a better nutrition marker in pediatric hemodialysis patients? J Ren Nutr. 2004;14(1):45-51
BOOK CHAPTERS:
- Sarwal M, Krensky A: Costimulation In Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation. 2000, Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation.
- Vamvakoupolous J, Einari Aavik, Danie Du Toit, Hayry P and Sarwal Minnie. Transplant Arteriopathy- Pthogeneisis, Pathology and Prospects of Treatment. 2003, Principles of Molecular Cardiology.
- Busque S, Roozrakh H and Sarwal MM. Nanotechnology in Transplantation, 2004, Nanotechnology.
- Sarwal MM and Salvatierra O. Preparing the Pediatric patient for transplantation. 2005, Pediatric Dialysis.
- Alemi F and Sarwal MM. Genomics. 2005, Measuring Immunity.
- Shah S and Sarwal MM. Genomics in transplantation, 2005, Clinical Transplants.
- Sarwal MM. Chipping into the Human Genome, 2005, Immunological Reviews.
ABSTRACTS:
Over 300 sumbitted and accepted.

