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Jacques Pirenne

Jacques Pirenne

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
23359
World Ranking
19062
National Ranking
241

Overview

Jacques Pirenne is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant presence in the field of medicine, with a strong focus on surgery and transplantation. Their research spans several subfields, including hepatology, transplantation, epidemiology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, liver disease and transplantation, clinical nutrition and gastroenterology, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, organ donation and transplantation, as well as transplantation methods and outcomes.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacques Pirenne, key publications include:

  • Oxygenated versus standard cold perfusion preservation in kidney transplantation (COMPARE): a randomised, double-blind, paired, phase 3 trial (2020, The Lancet)
  • Protective Role of Tacrolimus, Deleterious Role of Age and Comorbidities in Liver Transplant Recipients With Covid-19: Results From the ELITA/ELTR Multi-center European Study (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • COVID-19 in an international European liver transplant recipient cohort (2020, Gut)
  • A multicentre outcome analysis to define global benchmarks for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation (2021, Journal of Hepatology)
  • Utilization of livers donated after circulatory death for transplantation - An international comparison (2023, Journal of Hepatology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pirenne include Laurens J. Ceulemans, Diethard Monbaliu, Ina Jochmans, Tim Vanuytsel, and Emilio Canovai.

Jacques Pirenne's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Transplantation
  • Intestinal failure.
  • Transplant International
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • American Journal of Transplantation

This publication record aligns with Pirenne's main focus on transplantation and hepatology within the broader medical field. Their body of work contributes to advancing knowledge on organ transplantation techniques, outcomes, and related clinical challenges.

Best Publications

  • Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation

    Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Mark-Hugo J. Maathuis;Juergen Treckmann

  • A randomized trial of normothermic preservation in liver transplantation

    David Nasralla;Constantin C Coussios;Hynek Mergental;M Zeeshan Akhtar

  • EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Liver transplantation

    Patrizia Burra;Andrew Burroughs;Ivo Graziadei;Jacques Pirenne

  • Portal vein thrombosis in adults undergoing liver transplantation: risk factors, screening, management, and outcome.

    M A Yerdel;B Gunson;D Mirza;K Karayalçin

  • Direct stimulation of cytokines (IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-2, IFN-gamma and GM-CSF) in whole blood. I. Comparison with isolated PBMC stimulation.

    D. De Groote;P.F. Zangerle;Y. Gevaert;M.F. Fassotte

  • The clinicopathological and prognostic relevance of cytokeratin 7 and 19 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma. A possible progenitor cell origin

    Anne Durnez;Chris Verslype;Frederik Nevens;Johan Fevery

  • Sirolimus Use in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Phase 3 Trial

    Edward K. Geissler;Andreas A. Schnitzbauer;Andreas A. Schnitzbauer;Carl Zülke;Philipp E. Lamby

  • Histological diversity in cholangiocellular carcinoma reflects the different cholangiocyte phenotypes

    Mina Komuta;Olivier Govaere;Vincent Vandecaveye;Jun Akiba

  • 2018 annual report of the European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR) – 50‐year evolution of liver transplantation

    René Adam;Vincent Karam;Valérie Cailliez;John G. O Grady

  • Machine perfusion versus cold storage for the preservation of kidneys donated after cardiac death: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

    Ina Jochmans;Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Henri G. D. Leuvenink

  • Practical Recommendations for Long-term Management of Modifiable Risks in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients: A Guidance Report and Clinical Checklist by the Consensus on Managing Modifiable Risk in Transplantation (COMMIT) Group.

    James M. Neuberger;Wolf O. Bechstein;Dirk R.J. Kuypers;Patrizia Burra

  • Glypican-3 expression distinguishes small hepatocellular carcinomas from cirrhosis, dysplastic nodules, and focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules.

    Louis Libbrecht;Tamara Severi;David Cassiman;Sara Vander Borght

  • Pretransplant predictors of posttransplant adherence and clinical outcome: an evidence base for pretransplant psychosocial screening.

    Fabienne Dobbels;Johan Vanhaecke;Lieven Dupont;Frederik Nevens

  • Prospective multicenter clinical trial of immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in stable adult liver transplant recipients

    Carlos Benítez;María-Carlota Londoño;Rosa Miquel;Tommaso-Maria Manzia

  • Focal lesions in cirrhotic explant livers: pathological evaluation and accuracy of pretransplantation imaging examinations.

    Louis Libbrecht;Didier Bielen;Chris Verslype;Dirk Vanbeckevoort

  • Delayed introduction of reduced-dose tacrolimus, and renal function in liver transplantation: the 'ReSpECT' study.

    JM Neuberger;RD Mamelok;P Neuhaus;Jacques Pirenne

  • Keratin 19: a key role player in the invasion of human hepatocellular carcinomas

    Olivier Govaere;Mina Komuta;Johannes Berkers;Bart Spee

  • Machine perfusion versus cold storage for preservation of kidneys from expanded criteria donors after brain death

    Juergen Treckmann;Cyril Moers;Jacqueline M. Smits;Anja Gallinat

  • Outcomes of liver transplantation for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: A European Liver Transplant Registry study

    Debashis Haldar;Debashis Haldar;Barbara Kern;Barbara Kern;James Hodson;Matthew James Armstrong

  • Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation Editorial Comment

    C. Moers;J. M. Smits;M. H. Maathuis;J. Treckmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Tania Roskams
Tania Roskams KU Leuven
Dirk Kuypers
Dirk Kuypers KU Leuven
Rutger J. Ploeg
Rutger J. Ploeg University of Oxford
René Adam
René Adam University of Paris-Saclay

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