- Renal cell carcinoma treatment
- Renal and related cancers
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Hernia repair and management
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
- Testicular diseases and treatments
National Institutes of Health
2020-2025
National Cancer Institute
2020-2025
University of Southern California
2022
University of Michigan
2016-2020
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
2016-2019
Iowa City Public Library
2019
Giorgio Cini Foundation
2019
Canadian Urological Association
2019
Michigan Medicine
2018
Urology of Indiana
2017
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from immune-mediated destruction of insulin-producing β-cells. The killing β-cells is not currently measurable; β-cell functional studies routinely used are affected by environmental factors such as glucose and cannot distinguish death dysfunction. Moreover, it known whether immune therapies affect killing. We developed an assay to identify measuring relative levels unmethylated INS DNA in serum measure a clinical trial teplizumab. studied 43 patients with...
Abstract Perioperative injuries to an allograft exacerbate graft rejection, which in humans is primarily mediated by effector memory T cells. IL-6 transcripts human coronary artery segments rapidly increase posttransplantation into immunodeficient mouse hosts compared with those of pretransplant specimens and fall dramatically 30 d. Adoptive transfer PBMCs allogeneic the 2 d postoperatively results cell infiltrates intimal expansion 4 wk later. Ab neutralization reduces magnitude total...
Results from prior studies show contradictory evidence in determining whether utilization of renal ischemia during partial nephrectomies (PN) results worse functional outcomes. Data assessing a large cohort patients with no PN are lacking. The purpose this study was to evaluate the use and type affects A retrospective review 742 undergoing were assessed split into 4 cohorts: (n = 455), cold 63), warm time (WIT) < 30 minutes 164), WIT ≥ 60). Twelve-month relative glomerular filtration rate...
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, aggressive malignancy that generally conveys poor prognosis. Currently, surgical resection considered the lone curative treatment modality. In addition, low prevalence of ACC has limited effective clinical trial design to develop evidence-based approaches therapy. The proper role radio- and chemotherapy for still being defined. Similarly, molecular pathogenesis remains be fully characterized. Despite these challenges, progress been made in several...
Abstract Atherosclerosis of native coronary arteries and graft arteriosclerosis in transplanted hearts are characterized by activation innate adaptive immune responses. Nucleic acids generated infections or cell death have been detected within arteriosclerotic lesions, it is known that microbial synthetic nucleic evoke inflammatory responses cultured vascular cells. In this study, we report model RNA, but not DNA, instigated robust cytokine chemokine production from intact human containing...
You have accessJournal of UrologyKidney Cancer: Localized: Surgical Therapy V1 Apr 2017MP72-06 MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF INCIDENTAL PATHOLOGIC T3A UPSTAGING IN CLINICAL T1 RENAL CELL CARCINOMA FOLLOWING PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY Christopher M. Russell, Amir H. Lebastchi, Juan Chipollini, Adam Niemann, Rohit Mehra, Todd Morgan, David C. Miller, Ganesh S. Palapattu, Khaled Hafez, J. Stuart Wolf, Wade Sexton, Philippe E. Spiess, and Alon Z. Weizer RussellChristopher Russell More...
We aimed to assess post-interventional and 36-month follow-up results of a single-center, single-arm, in-bore phase I trial focal laser ablation (FLA) guided by multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI).
Locoregional anesthesia, conscious sedation, and exploration via a limited incision have become well-accepted approach for the treatment of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism image-localized, presumed single-gland disease. However, to our knowledge, this minimally invasive technique has never been investigated in multigland disease.To extrapolate locoregional perform bilateral who hyperplasia.Retrospective analysis at tertiary academic referral center 100 consecutive undergoing...
You have accessJournal of UrologyProstate Cancer: Detection & Screening II1 Apr 2017PD07-03 MICHIGAN PROSTATE SCORE (MIPS): AN ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL URINARY BIOMARKER PANEL FOR THE PREDICTION CANCER AND ITS IMPACT ON BIOPSY RATES Amir H. Lebastchi, Christopher M. Russell, Alexander Helfand, Takahiro Osawa, Javed Siddiqui, Rabia Arul Chinnaiyan, Priya Kunju, Rohit Mehra, Debbie Snyder, Scott A. Tomlins, Jont T. Wei, and Todd Morgan LebastchiAmir Lebastchi More articles by this author ,...