SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2010 – 2023

  1. Xiao Y, Schroeter A, Martin F, Matsunaga T, Nakamori K, Roesel MJ, Habal M, Chong AS, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Sex as a biological variable: Mechanistic insights and clinical relevance in solid organ transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2023 Nov;23(11):1661-1672. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.07.022. PMID: 37543092.
  2. Iske J, Roesel MJ, Martin F, Schroeter A, Matsunaga T, Maenosono R, Tripathi U, Xiao Y, Nian Y, Caldarone BJ, Vondran FWR, Sage PT, Azuma H, Abdi R, Elkhal A, Pirtskhalava T, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Transplanting old organs promotes senescence in young recipients. Am J Transplant. 2023 Oct 31:S1600-6135(23)00803-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.10.013. PMID: 37913871.
  3. Iske J, Dedeilia A, Xiao Y, Martin F, Emmert MY, Sage PT, Abdi R, Zhou H, Tullius SG. The Impact of T-cell Aging on Alloimmunity and Inflammaging. Transplantation. 2023 Jun 30. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000004715. PMID: 37389638; PMCID: PMC10756935.
  4. Zhou H, Tullius SG. Targeting Cellular Senescence in Organ Transplantation. Transplantation. 2023 Jul 1;107(7):1413-1415. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004552. PMID: 37341715.
  5. Matsunaga T, Roesel MJ, Schroeter A, Xiao Y, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Preserving and rejuvenating old organs for transplantation: novel treatments including the potential of senolytics. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2022 Oct 1;27(5):481-487. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000001019. Epub 2022 Aug 9. PMID: 35950886; PMCID: PMC9490781.
  6. Schroeter A, Roesel MJ, Matsunaga T, Xiao Y, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Aging Affects the Role of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Alloimmunity. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 6;13:917972. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.917972. PMID: 35874716; PMCID: PMC9296838.
  7. Roesel MJ, Sharma NS, Schroeter A, Matsunaga T, Xiao Y, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Primary Graft Dysfunction: The Role of Aging in Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Front Immunol. 2022 May 24;13:891564. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.891564. PMID: 35686120; PMCID: PMC9170999.
  8. Quante M, Iske J, Uehara H, Minami K, Nian Y, Maenosono R, Matsunaga T, Liu Y, Azuma H, Perkins D, Alegre ML, Zhou H, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Taurodeoxycholic acid and valine reverse obesity-associated augmented alloimmune responses and prolong allograft survival. Am J Transplant. 2022 Feb;22(2):402-413. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16856. Epub 2021 Oct 17. PMID: 34551205; PMCID: PMC10614103.
  9. Zhou H, Tullius SG. Effects of obesity and weight-loss surgery shift the microbiome and impact alloimmune responses. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2021 Dec 1;26(6):603-608. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000920. PMID: 34714789; PMCID: PMC8562884.
  10. Martin F, Tullius SG. Immunosuppression after uterus transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2021 Dec 1;26(6):627-633. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000925. PMID: 34581290.
  11. Matsunaga T, Iske J, Schroeter A, Azuma H, Zhou H, Tullius SG. The potential of Senolytics in transplantation. Mech Ageing Dev. 2021 Dec;200:111582. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2021.111582. PMID: 34606875; PMCID: PMC10655132.
  12. Iske J, Seyda M, Heinbokel T, Maenosono R, Minami K, Nian Y, Quante M, Falk CS, Azuma H, Martin F, Passos JF, Niemann CU, Tchkonia T, Kirkland JL, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Senolytics prevent mt-DNA-induced inflammation and promote the survival of aged organs following transplantation. Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 27;11(1):4289. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18039-x. PMID: 32855397; PMCID: PMC7453018.
  13. Iske J, Hinze CA, Salman J, Haverich A, Tullius SG, Ius F. The potential of ex vivo lung perfusion on improving organ quality and ameliorating ischemia reperfusion injury. Am J Transplant. 2021 Aug 6. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16784. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34355495.
  14. Zhao J, Jiang L, Uehara M, Banouni N, Al Dulaijan BS, Azzi J, Ichimura T, Li X, Jarolim P, Fiorina P, Tullius SG, Madsen JC, Kasinath V, Abdi R. ACTH treatment promotes murine cardiac allograft acceptance. JCI Insight. 2021 Jul 8;6(13):143385. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.143385. PMID: 34236047.
  15. Heinbokel T, Quante M, Iske J, Nian Y, Maenosono R, Minami K, Liu Y, Azuma H, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. CTLA4-Ig prolongs graft survival specifically in young but not old mice. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jul 27. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16218. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32717114.
  16. Quante M, Iske J, Heinbokel T, Desai BN, Cetina Biefer HR, Nian Y, Krenzien F, Matsunaga T, Uehara H, Maenosono R, Azuma H, Pratschke J, Falk CS, Lo T, Sheu E, Tavakkoli A, Abdi R, Perkins D, Alegre ML, Banks AS, Zhou H, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Restored TDCA and valine levels imitate the effects of bariatric surgery. Elife. 2021 Jun 22;10:e62928. doi: 10.7554/eLife.62928. PMID: 34155969; PMCID: PMC8257250.
  17. Maenosono R, Nian Y, Iske J, Liu Y, Minami K, Rommel T, Martin F, Abdi R, Azuma H, Rosner BA, Zhou H, Milford E, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Recipient sex and estradiol levels affect transplant outcomes in an age-specific fashion. Am J Transplant. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16611. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34050595.
  18. Iske J, Matsunaga T, Zhou H, Tullius SG. Donor and Recipient Age-Mismatches: The Potential of Transferring Senescence. Front Immunol. 2021 Apr 28;12:671479. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.671479. PMID: 33995411; PMCID: PMC8113632.
  19. Nian Y, Iske J, Maenosono R, Minami K, Heinbokel T, Quante M, Liu Y, Azuma H, Yang J, Abdi R, Zhou H, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Targeting age-specific changes in CD4+ T cell metabolism ameliorates alloimmune responses and prolongs graft survival. Aging Cell. 2021 Feb;20(2):e13299. doi: 10.1111/acel.13299. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33497523; PMCID: PMC7884034.
  20. Matsunaga T, Azuma H, Tullius SG. Immunosuppression in vascularized composite allotransplant: the search for an effective and safe treatment continues. Transpl Int. 2020 Oct;33(10):1291-1293. doi: 10.1111/tri.13629. PMID: 32348589.
  21. Martin F, Tullius SG. The fate of donor cells in intestinal transplantation: friend or foe? Transpl Int. 2020 Sep;33(9):1010-1012. doi:  0.1111/tri.13623. PMID: 32311794.
  22. Iske J, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. The Fetal-Maternal Immune Interface in Uterus Transplantation. Trends Immunol. 2020 Mar;41(3):213-224. doi:
    10.1016/j.it.2020.01.006. PMID: 32109373.
  23. Minami K, Bae S, Uehara H, Zhao C, Lee D, Iske J, Fanger MW, Reder J, Morrison I, Azuma H, Wiens A, Van Keuren E, Houser B, ElKhal A, Kang PM, Tullius SG. Targeting of intragraft reactive oxygen species by APP-103, a novel polymer product, mitigates ischemia/reperfusion injury and promotes the survival of renal transplants. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jun;20(6):1527-1537. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15794. Epub 2020 Feb 22. PMID: 31991042.
  24. Maenosono R, Tullius SG. Saving Lives by Saving Kidneys for Transplant. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Aug 26. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2609. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31449283.
  25. Nian Y, Minami K, Maenesono R, Iske J, Yang J, Azuma H, ElKhal A, Tullius SG. Changes of T-cell Immunity Over a Lifetime. Transplantation. 2019 Nov;103(11):2227-2233. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002786. PMID: 31107822; PMCID: PMC6814521.
  26. Maurer MM, Sauer IM, Pratschke J, Tullius SG. First Healthy Baby After Deceased Donor Uterus Transplantation: Birth to a New Era? Transplantation. 2019 Apr;103(4):652-653. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002627. PMID: 30907853.
  27. Iske J, Nian Y, Maenosono R, Maurer M, Sauer IM, Tullius SG. Composite tissue allotransplantation: opportunities and challenges. Cell Mol Immunol. 2019 Apr;16(4):343-349. doi: 10.1038/s41423-019-0215-3. Epub 2019 Mar 6. PMID: 30842628; PMCID: PMC6462029.
  28. Lau A, Kennedy BK, Kirkland JL, Tullius SG. Mixing old and young: enhancing rejuvenation and accelerating aging. J Clin Invest. 2019 Jan 2;129(1):4-11. doi: 10.1172/JCI123946. Epub 2019 Jan 2. PMID: 30601138; PMCID: PMC6307961.
  29. Tullius SG, Rabb H. Improving the Supply and Quality of Deceased-Donor Organs for Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2018 Aug 16;379(7):693-694. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1808003. PMID: 30110594.
  30. Lau A, Scully RE, Brännström M, Tullius SG. Living Donors: Caring for the Trailblazers of Progress in Transplantation. Transplantation. 2018 Nov;102(11):e461. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002398. PMID: 30086094.
  31. Tullius SG, Rabb H. Improving the Supply and Quality of Deceased-Donor Organs for Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 17;378(20):1920-1929. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1507080. PMID: 29768153.
  32. Lau A, West L, Tullius SG. The Impact of Sex on Alloimmunity. Trends Immunol. 2018 May;39(5):407-418. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2018.01.008. Epub 2018 Mar 22. PMID: 29576409.
  33. Rodriguez Cetina Biefer H, Heinbokel T, Uehara H, Camacho V, Minami K, Nian Y, Koduru S, El Fatimy R, Ghiran I, Trachtenberg AJ, de la Fuente MA, Azuma H, Akbari O, Tullius SG, Vasudevan A, Elkhal A. Mast cells regulate CD4 T-cell differentiation in the absence of antigen presentation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Dec;142(6):1894-1908.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.038. Epub 2018 Feb 20. PMID: 29470999; PMCID: PMC6454881.
  34. Uehara M, Solhjou Z, Banouni N, Kasinath V, Xiaqun Y, Dai L, Yilmam O, Yilmaz M, Ichimura T, Fiorina P, Martins PN, Ohori S, Guleria I, Maarouf OH, Tullius SG, McGrath MM, Abdi R. Ischemia augments alloimmune injury through IL-6-driven CD4+ alloreactivity. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 6;8(1):2461. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20858-4. PMID: 29410442; PMCID: PMC5802749.
  35. Brännström M, Dahm Kähler P, Greite R, Mölne J, Díaz-García C, Tullius SG. Uterus Transplantation: A Rapidly Expanding Field. Transplantation. 2018 Apr;102(4):569-577. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002035. PMID: 29210893.
  36. Postalcioglu M, Kaze AD, Byun BC, Siedlecki A, Tullius SG, Milford EL, Paik JM, Abdi R. Association of Cold Ischemia Time With Acute Renal Transplant Rejection. Transplantation. 2018 Jul;102(7):1188-1194. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002106. PMID: 29346257; PMCID: PMC6023749.
  37. Tasigiorgos S, Kollar B, Krezdorn N, Bueno EM, Tullius SG, Pomahac B. Face transplantation-current status and future developments. Transpl Int. 2018 Jul;31(7):677-688. doi: 10.1111/tri.13130. Epub 2018 Feb 23. PMID: 29421860.
  38. Slegtenhorst BR, Fajardo Ramirez OR, Zhang Y, Dhanerawala Z, Tullius SG, García-Cardeña G. A Mechano-Activated Cell Reporter System as a Proxy for Flow-Dependent Endothelial Atheroprotection. SLAS Discov. 2018 Sep;23(8):869-876. doi: 10.1177/2472555218761101. Epub 2018 Mar 2. PMID: 29498892.
  39. Kumar S, Witt RG, Tullius SG, Malek SK. Hand-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal donor nephrectomy: A single-institution experience of over 500 cases-Operative technique and clinical outcomes. Clin Transplant. 2018 Jun;32(6):e13261. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13261. Epub 2018 May 12. PMID: 29663498.
  40. Haberal M, Cantarovich M, Muller E, Fung JJ, Sarwal M, Tullius SG, Ascher N. Call for an End to Unethical Transplant Practices: A Concerted Effort by the Transplant Community. Transplantation. 2019 Apr;103(4):647. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002607. PMID: 30907850.
  41. Tasigiorgos S, Kollar B, Turk M, Perry B, Alhefzi M, Kiwanuka H, Nizzi MC, Marty FM, Chandraker A, Tullius SG, Riella LV, Pomahac B. Five-Year Follow-up after Face Transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 27;380(26):2579-2581. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1810468. Epub 2019 May 29. PMID: 31141626.
  42. Uehara H, Minami K, Quante M, Nian Y, Heinbokel T, Azuma H, Khal AE, Tullius SG. Recall features and allorecognition in innate immunity. Transpl Int. 2018 Jan;31(1):6-13. doi: 10.1111/tri.13073. Epub 2017 Oct 20. PMID: 28926127.
  43. Uehara M, McGrath MM, Ohori S, Solhjou Z, Banouni N, Routray S, Evans C, DiNitto JP, Elkhal A, Turka LA, Strom TB, Tullius SG, Winkler DG, Azzi J, Abdi R. Regulation of T cell alloimmunity by PI3Kγ and PI3Kδ. Nat Commun. 2017 Oct 16;8(1):951. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00982-x. PMID: 29038423; PMCID: PMC5643371.
  44. Quante M, Heinbokel T, Edtinger K, Minami K, Uehara H, Nian Y, Azuma H, Abdi R, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Rapamycin Prolongs Graft Survival and Induces CD4+IFN-γ+IL-10+ Regulatory Type 1 Cells in Old Recipient Mice. Transplantation. 2018 Jan;102(1):59-69. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001902. PMID: 28777210; PMCID: PMC5741485.
  45. Colvin MM, Smith CA, Tullius SG, Goldstein DR. Aging and the immune response to organ transplantation. J Clin Invest. 2017 Jun 30;127(7):2523-2529. doi: 10.1172/JCI90601. Epub 2017 May 15. PMID: 28504651; PMCID: PMC5490761.
  46. Win TS, Murakami N, Borges TJ, Chandraker A, Murphy G, Lian C, Barrera V, Ho Sui S, Schoenfeld D, Teague J, Bueno E, Tullius SG, Pomahac B, Clark RA, Riella LV. Longitudinal immunological characterization of the first presensitized recipient of a face transplant. JCI Insight. 2017 Jul 6;2(13):e93894. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.93894. PMID: 28679959; PMCID: PMC5499367.
  47. Solhjou Z, Uehara M, Bahmani B, Maarouf OH, Ichimura T, Brooks CR, Xu W, Yilmaz M, Elkhal A, Tullius SG, Guleria I, McGrath M, Abdi R. Novel application of localized nanodelivery of anti-IL6 protects organ transplant from ischemia reperfusion injuries. Am J Transplant. 2017 Mar 12. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14266. [Epub ahead of print]
  48. Olufajo OA, Adler JT, Yeh H, Zeliadt SB, Hernandez RA, Tullius SG, Backhus L, Salim A. Disparities in kidney transplantation across the United States: Does residential segregation play a role? Am J Surg. 2017 Apr;213(4):656-661. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.10.034. Epub 2017 Jan 2.
  49. O’Connell PJ, Kuypers D, Mannon RR, Abecassis M, Chadban S, Gill JS, Murphy B, Nickerson PW, Schold JD, Stock P, Seron D, Alloway R, Bromberg J, Budde K, Jordan S, Legendre C, Lefaucheur C, Sarwall M, Segev D, Stegall MD, Tullius SG, Wong G, Woodle ES, Ascher N, Morris RE. Clinical Trials for Immunosuppression in Transplantation; The Case for Reform and Change in Direction. 2017 Feb 15. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001648. [Epub ahead of print]
  50. Grey ST, Issa F, Tullius Awards in Transplantation Science Recognize the Best Articles Published in Transplantation. Transplantation. 2017 Jan;101(1):10-12.
  51. Pang P, Abbott M, Chang SL, Abdi M, Chauhan N, Mistri M, Ghofrani J, Fucci QA, Walker C, Leonardi C, Grady S, Halim A, Hoffman R, Lu T, Cao H, Tullius SG, Malek S, Kumar S, Steele G, Kibel A, Freedman. Human vascular progenitor cells derived from renal arteries are endothelial-like and assist in the repair of injured renal capillary networks. Kidney Int. 2016 Sep 29. pii: S0085-2538(16)30423-9.
  52. Krenzien F, Quante M, Heinbokel T, Seyda M, Minami K, Uehara H, Biefer HR, Schuitenmaker JM, Gabardi S, Splith K, Schmelzle M, Petrides AK, Azuma H, Pratschke J, Li XC, ElKhal A, Tullius SG.  Age-Dependent Metabolic and Immunosuppressive Effects of Tacrolimus.  Am J Transplant. 2016 Oct 18.
  53. Chandraker A, Arscott R, Murphy G, Lian C, Bueno E, Marty F, Rennke H, Milford E, Tullius S, Pomahac B. Face Transplantation in a Highly Sensitized Recipient. Mil Med. 2016 May;181(5 Suppl):221-6.
  54.  S.G. Tullius, B.Pomahac, H.B. Kim, M. Carty, S.G. Talbot, H.M. Nelson, F. L. Delmonico.  Successful Recovery and Transplantation of eleven organs including Face, Bilateral Upper Extremities and Thoracic and Abdominal Organs from a Single Deceased Organ Donor.  Transplantation. 2016 (in press).
  55. Seyda M, Elkhal A, Quante M, Falk CS, Tullius SG. T Cells Going Innate. Trends Immunol. 2016 Aug; 37(8):546-56.
  56. Tullius SG. Vascular composite tissue transplantation: achievements and challenges in a rapidly developing field. Transpl Int. 2016 Jun;29(6):643.
  57. Mukundan S, Steigner ML, Hsiao LL, Malek SK, Tullius SG, Chin MS, Siedlecki AM. Ferumoxytol-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Late-Stage CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Jun;67(6):984-8.
  58. Borges TJ, O’Malley JT, Wo L, Murakami N, Smith B, Azzi J, Tripathi S, Lane JD, Bueno EM, Clark RA, Tullius SG, Chandraker A, Lian CG, Murphy GF, Strom TB, Pomahac B, Najafian N, Riella LV. Codominant Role of Interferon-γ- and Interleukin-17-Producing T Cells During Rejection in Full Facial Transplant Recipients.  Am J Transplant. 2016 Jul;16(7):2158-71.
  59. Azzi J, Yin Q, Uehara M, Ohori S, Tang L, Cai K, Ichimura T, McGrath M, Maarouf O, Kefaloyianni E, Loughhead S, Petr J, Sun Q, Kwon M, Tullius S, von Andrian UH, Cheng J, Abdi R.  Targeted Delivery of Immunomodulators to Lymph Nodes.  Cell Rep. 2016 May 10;15(6):1202-13.
  60. Aycart MA, Alhefzi M, Sharma G, Krezdorn N, Bueno EM, Talbot SG, Carty MJ, Tullius SG, Pomahac B. Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants After Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements: A Nationwide Analysis.  Transplantation. 2016 May 2.
  61. Gabardi S, Tullius SG, Krenzien F.Understanding alterations in drug handling with aging: a focus on the pharmacokinetics of maintenance immunosuppressants in the elderly.  Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2015 Aug;20(4):424-30.
  62. Elkhal A, Rodriguez Cetina Biefer H, Heinbokel T, Uehara H, Quante M, Seyda M, Schuitenmaker JM, Krenzien F, Camacho V, de la Fuente MA, Ghiran I, Tullius SG. NAD(+) regulates Treg cell fate and promotes allograft survival via a systematic IL-10 production that is CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T cells independent. Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 1;6:22325.
  63. Tullius SG, Grey ST, Issa F. Awards in Transplantation Science Recognize the Best Manuscripts Published in Transplantation.  Transplantation. 2016 Feb;100(2):249-50.
  64. Baan CC, Bromberg JS, Chapman JR, Geissler EK, Pomfret EA, Tullius SG. Transplantation Reaches 100th Volume.  Transplantation. 2016 Jan;100(1):1.
  65. Exterkate L, Slegtenhorst BR, Seyda M, Schuitenmaker JM, Quante M, Uehara H, El Khal A, Tullius SG. Frailty and Transplantation. 2015 Dec 22.
  66. Bedi DS, Krenzien F, Quante M, Uehara H, Edtinger K, Liu G, Denecke C, Jurisch A, Kim I, Li H, Yuan X, Ge X, ElKhal A, Tullius SG. Defective CD8 Signaling Pathways Delay Rejection in Older Recipients. Transplantation. 2016; 100 (1): 69-69.
  67. Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Seyda M, Bueno EM, Aycart MA, Alhefzi M, ElKhal A, Pomahac B, Tullius SG. Vascularized composite allotransplantation current standards and novel approaches to prevent acute rejection and chronic allograft deterioration.  Transpl Int. 2015; 12.[Epub ahead of print].
  68. Krenzien F, ElKhal A, Quante M, Rodriguez Cetina Biefer H, Hirofumi U, Gabardi S, Tullius SG. A Rationale for Age-Adapted Immunosuppression in Organ Transplantation. Transplantation. 2015;99(11):2258-68.
  69. Seyda M, Quante M, Uehara H, Slegtenhorst BR, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. Immunosenescence in renal transplantation: a changing balance of innate and adaptive immunity. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2015; 20(4):417-23.
  70. Oberhuber R, Heinbokel T, Cetina Biefer HR, Boenisch O, Hock K, Bronson RT, Wilhelm MJ, Iwakura Y, Edtinger K, Uehara H, Quante M, Voskuil F, Krenzien F, Slegtenhorst B, Abdi R, Pratschke J, Elkhal A, Tullius SG. CD11c+ Dendritic Cells  Accelerate the Rejection of Older Cardiac Transplants via Interleukin-17A.  Circulation. 2015;132(2):122-31.
  71. Diaz-Siso JR, Fischer S, Sisk GC, Bueno E, Kueckelhaus M, Talbot S, Carty MJ, Treister NS, Marty F, Milford EL, Pomahac B, Tullius SG. Initial experience of dual maintenance immunosuppression with steroid withdrawal in vascular composite tissue allotransplantation. Am J Transplant. 2015 15(5):1421-31.
  72. Quante M, Dietrich A, ElKhal A, Tullius SG. Obesity-related immune responses and their impact on surgical outcomes. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015: 39(6): 877-83.
  73. Tullius SG, Biefer HR, Li S, Trachtenberg AJ, Edtinger K, Quante M, Krenzien F, Uehara H, Yang X, Kissick HT, Kuo WP, Ghiran I, de la Fuente MA, Arredouani MS, Camacho V, Tigges JC, Toxavidis V, El Fatimy R, Smith BD, Vasudevan A, ElKhal A. NAD+ protects against EAE by regulating CD4+ T-cell differentiation. Nat Commun. 2014; 5:5101.
  74. Hernandez RA, Malek SK, Milford EL, Finlayson SR, Tullius SG. The combined risk of donor quality and recipient age: higher-quality kidneys may not always improve patient and graft survival.  Transplantation. 2014;  98(10):1069-76.
  75. Slegtenhorst BR, Dor FJ, Elkhal A, Rodriguez H, Yang X, Edtinger K, Quante M, Chong AS, Tullius SG. Mechanisms and consequences of injury and repair in older organ transplants.  Transplantation. 2014;15;97(11):1091-9.
  76. Hock K, Oberhuber R, Lee YL, Wrba F, Wekerle T, Tullius SG.: Immunosenescence does not abrogate engraftment of murine allogenic bone marrow. Transplantation. 2013; 95(12):1431-8.
  77. Timsit MO, Adams WJ, Laguna-Fernandez A, Ichimura T, Bonventre JV, García-Cardeña G, Tullius SG: Flow is critical for maintaining a protective phenotype in renal proximal tubular cells. Am J Transplant. 2013; 3(6):1617-8.
  78. Atkinson C, Floerchinger B, Qiao F, Casey S, Williamson T, Moseley E, Stoica S, Goddard M, Ge X, Tullius SG, Tomlinson S.: Donor brain death exacerbates complement-dependent ischemia/reperfusion injury in transplanted hearts. 13; 127(12):1290-9.
  79. Tullius SG: Joseph E. Murray (1919-2012): a life of curiosity, humanism, and persistence. Am J Transplant 2013; 13(1): 5-6.
  80. Heinbokel T, Hock K, Guangxiang L, Edtinger K, El Khal A, Tullius  SG: Impact of Immunosenescence on transplant outcome. Transplant  Int 2013; 26(3): 242-53.
  81. Qian X, Yuan X, Vonderfecht S, Ge X, Lee J, Jurisch A, Zhang L, You A, Fitzpatrick VC, Williams A, Valente, EG, Pretorius J, Stevens JL, Tipton B, Winters AG, Graham K, Harriss L, Baker DM, Damore M,  Salimi-Moosavi H, Gao Y, El Khal A, Paszty D, Simonet WX,  Richards WG, Tullius SG: WISE inhibition preserves renal function in a rodent kidney transplant model. JASN 2013; 24(1): 66-76.
  82. Floerchinger B, Xupeng G, Lee Y-L, Jurisch A, Padera RF, Schmid C, Tullius SG. Graft specific immune cells communicate inflammatory immune responses following brain death. J of Heart & Lung Transpl 2012; 31(12): 1293-300.
  83. Denecke C, Yuan X, Ge X, Kim IK, Boenisch O, Weiland A, Jurisch A, Pratschke J, Reutzel-Selke A, Tullius SG. Synergistic effects of prolonged warm ischemia and donor age on the immune response following DCD kidney transplantation. Surgery. 2013; 153(2): 249-61.
  84. Tullius SG, Rudolf JA, Malek SK. Moving boundaries-the Nightingale twins and transplantation science. N Engl J Med. 2012; 366(17):1564-55.
  85. Pomahac B, Becker YT, Cendales L, Ildstad ST, Li X, Schneeberger S, Siemionow M, Thomson AW, Zeng XX, Tullius SG. Vascularized composite allotransplantation research: the emerging field. Am J 2012; 12(4): 1062-3.
  86. Pomahac B, Pribaz J, Eriksson E, Bueno EM, Diaz-Siso R, Rybicki FJ, Annino DJ, Orgill D, Caterson EJ, Caterson SA, Carty MJ, Chun YS, Sampson CE, Janis JE, Alam DS, Saavedra A, Molnar JA, Edrich T, Marty FM, Tullius SG.  Three Patients with Full Facial Transplantation.  N Engl J Med.  2012 Feb 23;366(8):715-22.
  87. Oberhuber R, Ge X, Tullius SG. Donor age-specific injury and immune responses. Am J Transpl, 2012: 12(1):38-42.
  88. Tullius SG, Milford E. Kidney allocation and the aging immune response.  N Engl J Med. 2011; 364 (14): 1369-70.
  89. Pomahac B, Pribaz J,  Eriksson E, Annino D, Caterson S, Sampson C, Chun C, Orgill Y, Nowinski D, Tullius SG.  Restoration of Facial Form and Function after Severe Disfigurement from Burn Injury by a Composite Facial Allograft.  Am J Transplant 2011; 11; 386-93.
  90. Tullius S.G., Tran H, Guleria I, Malek S, Tilney N, Milford E. The combination of Donor and Recipient Age is critical in determining host immunoresponsiveness and renal transplant outcome.  Ann Surg. 2010; 252:662-74.
  91. Bedi DS, Riella LV, Tullius SG, Chandraker A. Animal Models of Chronic Allograft Injury:  Contributions and Limitations to Understanding Mechanism of Long-Term Graft Dsyfunction.  Transplantation 2010; 90:935-44.
  92. Godwin J, Ge X, Stephan K, Jurisch A, Tullius SG*, Iacomini J*. Identification of a miRNA signature of renal ischemia reperfusion injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2010; 107:14339-44.  *co-corresponding author.
  93. Denecke C, Bedi DS, Ge X, Kim IK, Jurisch A, Weiland A, Habicht A, Li XC, Tullius SG. Prolonged graft survival in older recipient mice is determined by impaired effector T-cell but intact regulatory T-cell responses. PLoS One. 2010; 5:2.
  94. Yuan X, Theruvath AJ, Ge X, Floerchinger B, Jurisch A, Garcia-Cardena G, Tullius SG. Machine perfusion of cold storage in organ transplantation:  indication, mechanisms, and future perspectives.  Transpl Int. 2010; 6:561-570.