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The TTV GUIDE TX project will participate in the Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020, which aims to improve and maximise access to and re-use of research data generated by actions. In order to underpin wide dissemination and uptake of the knowledge and results generated in TTV GUIDE TX project among the scientific community, the consortium is committed to publishing all results open access.
Scientific publications
FoxP3+CD25+CD3+CD8+ T cells predict CMV viraemia
Partners in Graz have proposed pre-transplant frequencies of FoxP3+CD25+ in CD3+CD8+ T cells as credictors for CMV in CMV-intermediate risk ridney transplant recipients
The challenge of integrating sex and gender in biomedical research
Partners in Granada idendified unaddressed problems that perpetuate the persistent gap in incorporating sex, gender, and intersectional aspects into biomedical research and proposed a roadmap for policymakers to address these aspects.
More data on the effect of Belatacept on TTV load
Project partners in Leiden provide more data on the effect of the switch from calineurin inhibition to Belatacept on TTV load in kidney transplant patients.
More data on TTV for immunologic monitoring
In cooperation with the group of Olivier Thaunat in Lyon, partners from France and the Netherlands have confirmed TTV as a marker of long‐term complications of inadequate immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients.
Urinary TTV quantification for immunologic monitoring
Partners in Italy analyzed the value of TTV quantified in the urine of kidney transplant patients for the prediction of viral infections.
Novel TTV detection technique
Partners in Italy In validated a highly sensitive and accurate method for the quantification of TTV quantification on a fully automated system to improve the turnaround time.
TTV-guided monitoring of immunosuppressive therapy
TTV-guided monitoring of immunosuppressive therapy
In this review project partners from Vienna explore the potential applications of TTV in guiding immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ transplantation and autoimmune, infectious and oncological diseases.
TTV for monitoring of Belatacept based immunosuppression
Project partners in Grenoble suggest that TTV range defined for calcineurn inhibitor based immunosuppression, might also be applicable for kidney transplant recipients with Belatacept based immunosuppression. Project partners from Vienna wrote the acompaning editorial.
Torque Teno Virus for Assessment of
Immunosuppressive Burden in ABOi and HLAi Kidney Transplantation.
A manuscript by project partner in Vienna suggest that high immunosuppressive burden, assessed by TTV, rather than an “intrinsic attribute”, may contribute to higher rates of Polyoma virus nephropathy in ABOi kidney transplant recipients.
TTV in CMV and BKV infection in pediatric KTX
Partners in Vienna demonstrated an association between Torque Teno viral load and CMV and BKV infection in pediatric and adolescent kidney transplant patients.
Review on TTV in Hematological Patients
Project partners in Spain have summarized the evidence of Torque Teno Virus as an Immune Status Biomarker in Adult Hematological Patients.
TTV species diversity and variability
Projekt partners at bioMérieux have analyzed Torque Teno virus diversity and variability in renal transplant recipients.
TTV kinetic following calcineurin inhibitor dose change
Projekt partners from the Medical University of Vienna analysed the kinetics of TTV plasma load following calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) dose change in kidney transplant recipients: TTV load changes become noticeable only 2 months after CNI dose adaptation.
Project partners from the University of Groningen have associated TTV load with smoking, alcohol consumption and HDL.
Editorial on TTV dynamic following adaptations in immunosuppression.
Project partners a the Medical University Vienna reviewed the work of colleagues from Heidelberg (Germany) on TTV dynamic following changes in mycophenolic acid in kidney transplant patients.
TTV for prediction of immune response to COVID-19 vaccination
Project partners in France, Austria and Germany have demonstrated the value of TTV Plasma load for the prediction of humoral and cellular immune response to COVID-19 mRNA .
Review on TTV and other Anelloviruses
Project Partners in Italy on classification, structure, genome, life cycle, epidemiology and clinical features, of TTV and other Anelloviruses.
Review on TTV in solid organ transplantation
TTV plasma load is associated with organ rejection and infection, and cutoff values for risk stratification of such events have been proposed for lung and kidney transplantation.
Validation of CE-certified TTV PCR
Projekt partners from the Medical University of Vienna, bioMerieux an Rome validated plasma Torque Teno viral load quantified by a commercially available CE-certified PCR for risk stratification of rejection and infection post kidney transplantation.
Trial protocol TTVguideIT trial
A multicentre, patient‑ and assessor‑blinded, non‑inferiority, randomised and controlled phase II trial to compare standard and torque teno virus‑guided immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients in the first year after transplantation: TTVguideIT