Brain function and metabolism in patients with long-term tacrolimus therapy after kidney transplantation in comparison to patients after liver transplantation

PloS One
Henning PflugradKarin Weissenborn

Abstract

About 50% of the patients 5-7 years after kidney transplantation show impairment of memory, attention and executive function. Tacrolimus frequently induces neurological complications in the first few weeks after transplantation. Furthermore, tacrolimus treatment is associated with impaired cognitive function in the long-term in patients after liver transplantation. We hypothesize that long-term tacrolimus therapy is associated with cognitive dysfunction and alterations of brain structure and metabolism in patients after kidney transplantation. Twenty-one patients 10 years after kidney transplantation underwent cognitive testing, magnetic resonance imaging and whole brain 31-phosphor magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the assessment of brain function, structure and energy metabolism. Using a cross-sectional study design the results were compared to those of patients 1 (n = 11) and 5 years (n = 10) after kidney transplantation, and healthy controls (n = 17). To further analyze the share of transplantation, tacrolimus therapy and kidney dysfunction on the results patients after liver transplantation (n = 9) were selected as a patient control group. Patients 1 and 10 years after kidney transplantation (p = 0.02) similar to patient...Continue Reading

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