Michael Abecassis

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1 Urinary-cell mRNA profile and acute cellular rejection in kidney allografts. N Engl J Med 2013 7.40
2 The international position on laparoscopic liver surgery: The Louisville Statement, 2008. Ann Surg 2009 5.33
3 Radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma using Yttrium-90 microspheres: a comprehensive report of long-term outcomes. Gastroenterology 2009 3.57
4 Safety and efficacy of 90Y radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with and without portal vein thrombosis. Hepatology 2008 3.52
5 Alpha-fetoprotein response after locoregional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: oncologic marker of radiologic response, progression, and survival. J Clin Oncol 2009 3.43
6 Chimerism and tolerance without GVHD or engraftment syndrome in HLA-mismatched combined kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Sci Transl Med 2012 3.27
7 Evaluation of 300 minimally invasive liver resections at a single institution: less is more. Ann Surg 2007 2.67
8 Radioembolization results in longer time-to-progression and reduced toxicity compared with chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology 2010 2.35
9 Unresectable solitary hepatocellular carcinoma not amenable to radiofrequency ablation: multicenter radiology-pathology correlation and survival of radiation segmentectomy. Hepatology 2014 2.14
10 A comprehensive risk assessment of mortality following donation after cardiac death liver transplant - an analysis of the national registry. J Hepatol 2011 1.94
11 Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma: role of cyst fluid analysis and surgical management in the laparoscopic era. Surgery 2004 1.89
12 Imaging response in the primary index lesion and clinical outcomes following transarterial locoregional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. JAMA 2010 1.84
13 Laparoscopic liver surgery: Shifting the management of liver tumors. Hepatology 2006 1.58
14 Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of everolimus in de novo liver transplant recipients: 12- and 36-month results. Liver Transpl 2006 1.56
15 Systemic immunoregulatory and proteogenomic effects of tacrolimus to sirolimus conversion in liver transplant recipients. Hepatology 2012 1.56
16 Validation of a current definition of early allograft dysfunction in liver transplant recipients and analysis of risk factors. Liver Transpl 2010 1.56
17 Living kidney donor follow-up: state-of-the-art and future directions, conference summary and recommendations. Am J Transplant 2011 1.51
18 Comparative effectiveness of liver transplant strategies for end-stage liver disease patients on renal replacement therapy. Liver Transpl 2014 1.50
19 Tolerance induction in HLA disparate living donor kidney transplantation by donor stem cell infusion: durable chimerism predicts outcome. Transplantation 2013 1.50
20 Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology 2004 1.45
21 Radiologic-pathologic correlation of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with internal radiation using yttrium-90 microspheres. Hepatology 2009 1.44
22 Role of the EASL, RECIST, and WHO response guidelines alone or in combination for hepatocellular carcinoma: radiologic-pathologic correlation. J Hepatol 2010 1.25
23 Radiographic response to locoregional therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma predicts patient survival times. Gastroenterology 2011 1.25
24 Radiologic-pathologic correlation of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with chemoembolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2009 1.18
25 Dual-echo, chemical shift gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging to quantify hepatic steatosis: Implications for living liver donation. Liver Transpl 2003 1.12
26 Radiation lobectomy: time-dependent analysis of future liver remnant volume in unresectable liver cancer as a bridge to resection. J Hepatol 2013 1.08
27 The economic impact of MELD on liver transplant centers. Am J Transplant 2005 1.05
28 Quality of life for donors after living donor liver transplantation: a review of the literature. Liver Transpl 2010 0.98
29 A randomized, multicenter study comparing steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C. Liver Transpl 2011 0.97
30 Alpha-fetoprotein response correlates with EASL response and survival in solitary hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial therapies: a subgroup analysis. J Hepatol 2012 0.96
31 Laparoscopic liver resection. J Am Coll Surg 2005 0.95
32 Radiological-pathological analysis of WHO, RECIST, EASL, mRECIST and DWI: Imaging analysis from a prospective randomized trial of Y90 ± sorafenib. Hepatology 2013 0.95
33 Genomic biomarkers correlate with HLA-identical renal transplant tolerance. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013 0.94
34 Establishment of murine cytomegalovirus latency in vivo is associated with changes in histone modifications and recruitment of transcriptional repressors to the major immediate-early promoter. J Virol 2008 0.92
35 Mortality in candidates waiting for combined liver-intestine transplants exceeds that for other candidates waiting for liver transplants. Liver Transpl 2003 0.91
36 Extrahepatic metastases occur in a minority of hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with locoregional therapies: analyzing patterns of progression in 285 patients. Hepatology 2012 0.91
37 Immunoregulatory profiles in liver transplant recipients on different immunosuppressive agents. Hum Immunol 2009 0.91
38 Preoperative evaluation of the entire hepatic vasculature in living liver donors with use of contrast-enhanced MR angiography and true fast imaging with steady-state precession. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2003 0.89
39 Should the liver transplant criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma be different for deceased donation and living donation? Liver Transpl 2011 0.88
40 Donation after cardiac death liver transplantation: time for policy to catch up with practice. Liver Transpl 2012 0.88
41 Renal ischemia/reperfusion injury activates the enhancer domain of the human cytomegalovirus major immediate early promoter. Am J Transplant 2005 0.87
42 Biphasic recruitment of transcriptional repressors to the murine cytomegalovirus major immediate-early promoter during the course of infection in vivo. J Virol 2010 0.87
43 Clinical Trials for Immunosuppression in Transplantation; The Case for Reform and Change in Direction. Transplantation 2017 0.87
44 Radiation segmentectomy: a novel approach to increase safety and efficacy of radioembolization. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010 0.86
45 Transcriptional reactivation of murine cytomegalovirus ie gene expression by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A in latently infected cells despite lack of methylation of the major immediate-early promoter. J Gen Virol 2007 0.85
46 Bile duct injuries 12 years after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg 2003 0.85
47 Epigenetic control of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation. Viruses 2013 0.85
48 Aasld guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 2017 0.83
49 Intragraft TNF receptor signaling contributes to activation of innate and adaptive immunity in a renal allograft model. Transplantation 2009 0.83
50 Hemodynamic evaluation before liver transplantation: insights into the portal hypertensive syndrome. J Clin Gastroenterol 2007 0.82
51 Impact of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease on intestinal transplant waitlist dynamics. J Am Coll Surg 2007 0.82
52 Defining long-term outcomes with living donor liver transplantation in North America. Ann Surg 2015 0.82
53 Frequency and significance of acute heart failure following liver transplantation. Am J Cardiol 2008 0.81
54 Transplant tourism and unregulated black-market trafficking of organs. Am J Transplant 2009 0.80
55 Treating and downstaging hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe with yttrium-90 radioembolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2011 0.80
56 ACE gene D/D genotype as a risk factor for chronic nephrotoxicity from calcineurin inhibitors in liver transplant recipients. Transplantation 2006 0.79
57 Simulation modeling of the impact of proposed new simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation policies. Transplantation 2015 0.78
58 The renal benefit of mycophenolate mofetil after liver transplantation. Clin Transplant 2010 0.78
59 TNF receptor independent activation of the cytomegalovirus major immediate early enhancer in response to transplantation. Transplantation 2008 0.78
60 HLA identical non-chimeric and HLA disparate chimeric renal transplant tolerance. Clin Transpl 2013 0.78
61 Alemtuzumab induction in non-hepatitis C positive liver transplant recipients. Liver Transpl 2011 0.77
62 TNF-alpha signaling is not required for in vivo transcriptional reactivation of latent murine cytomegalovirus. Transplantation 2009 0.77
63 Making dollars and sense out of liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2009 0.76
64 Mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy in liver transplant recipients. Clin Transplant 2011 0.76
65 Pretransplant Portal Vein Recanalization-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Complete Obliterative Portal Vein Thrombosis. Transplantation 2015 0.76
66 To kidney or not to kidney, when … is the question. Liver Transpl 2012 0.75
67 Is antifibrinolytic drug use in liver transplantation associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events? Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007 0.75
68 Living donor liver transplant for malignancy. Transplantation 2005 0.75
69 Split liver sharing in the United States. Am J Transplant 2005 0.75
70 Biomarker Guidelines for High-Dimensional Genomic Studies in Transplantation: Adding Method to the Madness. Transplantation 2017 0.75