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Phillip Ruiz is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery, transplantation, genetics, immunology, and nephrology.

Their research covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Diabetes and Associated Disorders
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

Phillip Ruiz has published numerous papers in respected venues. Significant recent publications include:

  • "Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: A double-blind, phase 1/2a, randomized controlled trial," 2021, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • "Human SLE variant NCF1-R90H promotes kidney damage and murine lupus through enhanced Tfh2 responses induced by defective efferocytosis of macrophages," 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "The anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody AT-1501 promotes islet and kidney allograft survival and function in nonhuman primates," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Pilot study to determine the safety and feasibility of deceased donor liver natural killer cell infusion to liver transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma," 2021, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
  • "Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells modulate TNF and soluble TNF Receptor 2 (sTNFR2) in COVID-19 ARDS patients," 2021, PubMed

They frequently co-author with several researchers, notably:

  • Camillo Ricordi
  • Shari Messinger
  • Rodrigo Vianna
  • Giacomo Lanzoni
  • Elina Linetsky

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Asclepius International Journal of Scientific Health Science
  • PubMed
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Transplantation

Best Publications

  • Comparison of allogeneic vs autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells delivered by transendocardial injection in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: The POSEIDON randomized trial

    Joshua M. Hare;Joel E. Fishman;Gary Gerstenblith;Darcy L. DiFede Velazquez

  • Circulating urokinase receptor as a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    Changli Wei;Shafic El Hindi;Jing Li;Alessia Fornoni

  • Angiotensin II causes hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy through its receptors in the kidney.

    Steven D. Crowley;Susan B. Gurley;Maria J. Herrera;Phillip Ruiz

  • 2016 Comprehensive Update of the Banff Working Group on Liver Allograft Pathology: Introduction of Antibody-Mediated Rejection.

    A J Demetris;C Bellamy;S G Hübscher;J O'Leary

  • The Banff 2007 working classification of skin-containing composite tissue allograft pathology.

    L. C. Cendales;J. Kanitakis;S. Schneeberger;S. Schneeberger;C. Burns

  • Transplantation of the abdominal wall

    David M Levi;Andreas G Tzakis;Tomoaki Kato;Juan Madariaga

  • Inflammation-driven carcinogenesis is mediated through STING.

    Jeonghyun Ahn;Tianli Xia;Hiroyasu Konno;Keiko Konno

  • Angiotensin II regulates cellular immune responses through a calcineurin-dependent pathway

    Chandra Nataraj;Michael I. Oliverio;Roslyn B. Mannon;Peter J. Mannon

  • Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: A double-blind, phase 1/2a, randomized controlled trial.

    Giacomo Lanzoni;Elina Linetsky;Diego Correa;Shari Messinger Cayetano

  • Lymphocyte responses exacerbate angiotensin II-dependent hypertension

    Steven D. Crowley;Young Soo Song;Eugene E. Lin;Robert Griffiths

  • 100 Multivisceral Transplants at a Single Center

    Andreas G. Tzakis;Tomoaki Kato;David M. Levi;Werviston DeFaria

  • Recurrence of type 1 diabetes after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation, despite immunosuppression, is associated with autoantibodies and pathogenic autoreactive CD4 T-cells

    Francesco Vendrame;Antonello Pileggi;Elsa Laughlin;Gloria Allende

  • Donor-specific B-cell tolerance after ABO-incompatible infant heart transplantation.

    Xiaohu Fan;Andrew Ang;Stacey M. Pollock-BarZiv;Anne I. Dipchand

  • Histological criteria for the identification of acute cellular rejection in human small bowel allografts: results of the pathology workshop at the VIII International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium

    P Ruiz;A Bagni;R Brown;G Cortina

  • Diagnostic testing of vitrectomy specimens.

    Janet L. Davis;Daniel M. Miller;Phillip Ruiz

  • A randomized long-term trial of tacrolimus/sirolimus versus tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclosporine (NEORAL)/sirolimus in renal transplantation. II. Survival, function, and protocol compliance at 1 year.

    Gaetano Ciancio;George W. Burke;Jeffrey J. Gaynor;Adela Mattiazzi

  • Liver transplantation with cavoportal hemitransposition in the presence of diffuse portal vein thrombosis.

    Andreas G. Tzakis;Preben Kirkegaard;Antonio D. Pinna;Elio Jovine

  • Intrinsic Self-DNA Triggers Inflammatory Disease Dependent on STING

    Jeonghyun Ahn;Phillip Ruiz;Glen N. Barber

  • Mechanisms of the proteinuria induced by Rho GTPases

    Liming Wang;Mathew J. Ellis;Jose A. Gomez;William Eisner

  • High-dose donor bone marrow infusions to enhance allograft survival : The effect of timing

    Camillo Ricordi;Theodore Karatzas;Jose Nery;Marc Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas G. Tzakis
Andreas G. Tzakis Cleveland Clinic
David Roth
David Roth University of Miami
Camillo Ricordi
Camillo Ricordi University of Miami
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller Northwestern University
Thomas M. Coffman
Thomas M. Coffman Duke University
Antonio Daniele Pinna
Antonio Daniele Pinna University of Bologna
David S. Pisetsky
David S. Pisetsky Duke University
Gary S. Gilkeson
Gary S. Gilkeson Medical University of South Carolina
Eugene R. Schiff
Eugene R. Schiff University of Miami
Janet L. Davis
Janet L. Davis University of Miami

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