Publications Print Ryan RJ, Bentall AJ, Issa N, Dean PG, Smith BH, Stegall MD, Riad SM. Outcomes of Older Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients by Induction Agent and High-risk Viral Discordance Status in the United States. Transplant Direct. 2024 Oct; 10 (10):e1698 Epub 2024 Sept 25 View PubMed Farkouh EK, Michel IM, Harrison DJ, Issa N. Dual Donor-Derived Renal Allograft Mucormycosis From a Single Deceased Donor Mayo Clin Proc . 2024 Jun 25:S0025-6196(24)00168-X. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.04.001.. 2024. View PubMed Scheen M, Dominati A, Olivier V, Nasr S, De Seigneux S, Mekinian A, Issa N, Haidar F. Renal involvement in systemic sclerosis. Autoimmun Rev. 2023 Jun; 22 (6):103330 Epub 2023 Apr 07 View PubMed Zubidat D, Hanna C, Randhawa AK, Smith BH, Chedid M, Kaidbay DN, Nardelli L, Mkhaimer YG, Neal RM, Madsen CD, Senum SR, Gregory AV, Kline TL, Zoghby ZM, Broski SM, Issa NS, Harris PC, Torres VE, Sfeir JG, Chebib FT. Bone health in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) patients after kidney transplantation. Bone Rep. 2023 Jun; 18:101655 Epub 2023 Jan 11 View PubMed Ranganath N, Issa NS, Rosenbaum AN, Beam E, Mahmood M. Use of Novel Diagnostic Approaches to Identify Disseminated Ureaplasma urealyticum Infection Causing Hyperammonemia Syndrome After Heart-Kidney Transplant Mayo Clin Proc. 2023; 98(5):804-806. Epub 2023 May 03. View PubMed Vock DM, Helgeson ES, Mullan AF, Issa NS, Sanka S, Saiki AC, Mathson K, Chamberlain AM, Rule AD, Matas AJ. The Minnesota attributable risk of kidney donation (MARKD) study: a retrospective cohort study of long-term (> 50 year) outcomes after kidney donation compared to well-matched healthy controls. BMC Nephrol. 2023 May 1; 24 (1):121 Epub 2023 May 01 View PubMed Issa N. Making a Case for the Anti-inflammatory Effects of ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers: Evidence From Randomized Controlled Trials. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Oct; 97(10):1766-1768. View PubMed Chedid M, Kaidbay HD, Wigerinck S, Mkhaimer Y, Smith B, Zubidat D, Sekhon I, Prajwal R, Duriseti P, Issa N, Zoghby ZM, Hanna C, Senum SR, Harris PC, Hickson LJ, Torres VE, Nkomo VT, Chebib FT. Cardiovascular Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients With ADPKD. Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Sep; 7(9):1991-2005. Epub 2022 Jun 11. View PubMed Kukla A, Diwan T, Smith BH, Collazo-Clavell ML, Lorenz EC, Clark M, Grothe K, Denic A, Park WD, Sahi S, Schinstock CA, Amer H, Issa N, Bentall AJ, Dean PG, Kudva YC, Mundi M, Stegall MD. Guiding Kidney Transplantation Candidates for Effective Weight Loss: A Clinical Cohort Study. Kidney360. 2022 Aug 25; 3(8):1411-1416. Epub 2022 May 16. View PubMed Heybeli C, Bentall AJ, Alexander MP, Amer H, Buadi FK, Dispenzieri A, Dingli D, Gertz MA, Issa N, Kapoor P, Kukla A, Kumar S, Lorenz EC, Rajkumar SV, Schinstock CA, Leung N. Kidney Transplant Outcomes of Patients With Multiple Myeloma. Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Apr; 7 (4):752-762 Epub 2022 Jan 10 View PubMed Merzkani MA, Bentall AJ, Smith BH, Benavides Lopez X, D'Costa MR, Park WD, Kremers WK, Issa N, Rule AD, Chakkera H, Reddy K, Khamash H, Wadei HM, Mai M, Alexander MP, Amer H, Kukla A, El Ters M, Schinstock CA, Gandhi MJ, Heilman R, Stegall MD. Death With Function and Graft Failure After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors at Baseline Suggest New Approaches to Management. Transplant Direct. 2022 Feb; 8 (2):e1273 Epub 2022 Jan 13 View PubMed Heybeli C, Alexander MP, Bentall AJ, Amer H, Buadi FK, Dean PG, Dingli D, Dispenzieri A, El Ters M, Gertz MA, Issa NS, Kapoor P, Kourelis T, Kukla A, Kumar S, Lacy MQ, Lorenz EC, Muchtar E, Murray DL, Nasr SH, Prieto M, Rajkumar SV, Schinstock CA, Stegall MD, Warsame R, Leung N. Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)-Associated Lesions: A Case Series. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Feb; 79 (2):202-216 Epub 2021 June 24 View PubMed D'Costa MR, Merzkani MA, Denic A, Mullan AF, Larson JJ, Kremers WK, Park WD, Alexander MP, Chakkera HA, Taler SJ, Erickson SB, Stegall MD, Issa N, Rule AD. Clinical and Kidney Structural Characteristics of Living Kidney Donors With Nephrolithiasis and Their Long-term Outcomes. Transplant Direct. 2022 Jan; 8 (1):e1278 Epub 2021 Dec 23 View PubMed Haidar F, Issa N, Gourinat AC, Savalle M, Chalus E, Laurence J, Chadban S, Wyburn K. The "New Caledonia COVID-19 Paradox": Dramatic Indirect Impact of the Pandemic on Organ Donation and Transplantation in a Nonprevalence Country. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Sep; 6 (9):2519-2520 Epub 2021 July 22 View PubMed D'Costa MR, King RL, Alexander MP, Zhang P, Issa N, Dingli D, Amer H, Singh D, Leung N, Sukov WR, Dean PG, Habermann TM, Kukla A. Epstein Barr Virus-Negative Lymphoplasmacytic Proliferation Limited to the Renal Allograft: A Unique Presentation of a Rare Disease. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Aug; 6 (8):2223-2227 Epub 2021 May 27 View PubMed Issa N, Chedid M, Irazabal MV, Dean PG, Chebib FT. Twenty-Year Survival of Kidney Transplant From a Deceased Donor With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Aug; 6 (8):2240-2242 Epub 2021 June 10 View PubMed Issa N, Lakhani L. Peritoneal Dialysis for Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation: To Do or Not to Do? Kidney Int Rep 2021 Jun; 6 (6):1494-1496 Epub 2021 Apr 24 View PubMed Merzkani MA, Mullan A, Denic A, D'Costa M, Iverson R, Kremers W, Alexander MP, Textor SC, Taler SJ, Stegall MD, Augustine J, Issa N, Rule AD. Renal function outcomes and kidney biopsy features of living kidney donors with hypertension. Clin Transplant. 2021 Jun; 35 (6):e14293 Epub 2021 Mar 30 View PubMed Merzkani MA, Denic A, Narasimhan R, Lopez CL, Larson JJ, Kremers WK, Chakkera HA, Park WD, Taler SJ, Stegall MD, Alexander MP, Issa N, Rule AD. Kidney Microstructural Features at the Time of Donation Predict Long-term Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Living Kidney Donors. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jan; 96 (1):40-51 Epub 2020 Oct 20 View PubMed Basu A, Prieto M, Kosberg C, Mai ML, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Issa NS, Dean PG, Lorenz EC, Stegall MD, Schinstock CA. Ten Years of Kidney Paired Donation at Mayo Clinic: The Benefits of Incorporating ABO/HLA Compatible Pairs. Transplantation. 2020 Jun; 104 (6):1229-1238 View PubMed Issa N, Lopez CL, Denic A, Taler SJ, Larson JJ, Kremers WK, Ricaurte L, Merzkani MA, Alexander MP, Chakkera HA, Stegall MD, Augustine JJ, Rule AD. Kidney Structural Features from Living Donors Predict Graft Failure in the Recipient. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Feb; 31 (2):415-423 Epub 2020 Jan 23 View PubMed Issa N, Vaughan LE, Denic A, Kremers WK, Chakkera HA, Park WD, Matas AJ, Taler SJ, Stegall MD, Augustine JJ, Rule AD. Larger nephron size, low nephron number, and nephrosclerosis on biopsy as predictors of kidney function after donating a kidney. Am J Transplant. 2019 Jul; 19 (7):1989-1998 Epub 2019 Feb 01 View PubMed Issa N, OA Sánchez, Kukla A, Riad S, DM Berglund, HN Ibrahim, AJ Matas. Re: Weight Gain after Kidney Donation Journal of Urology. 2019. Issa N, Sánchez OA, Kukla A, Riad SM, Berglund DM, Ibrahim HN, Matas AJ. Weight gain after kidney donation: Association with increased risks of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Clin Transplant. 2018 Sep; 32(9):e13360. Epub 2018 Aug 18. View PubMed Serrano OK, Kandaswamy R, Gillingham K, Chinnakotla S, Dunn TB, Finger E, Payne W, Ibrahim H, Kukla A, Spong R, Issa N, Pruett TL, Matas A. Rapid Discontinuation of Prednisone in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 15-Year Outcomes from the University of Minnesota. Transplantation. 2017 Apr 03; View PubMed Sheta M, Riad S, Deepak U, Issa N, Birkenbach M, Ibrahim HN, Kukla A. Costimulation pathway blockade in kidney transplant recipients with de-novo rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Nephrol Case Stud. 2017; 5:16-19. Epub 2017 Feb 17. View PubMed Sheta M, Riad S, Issa, N, Ibrahim HN, Birkenbach M, Kukla A. Costimulation Pathway Blockade In Kidney Transplant Recipients With De Novo Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Nephrology in press.2016; Ibrahim HN, Foley RN, Reule SA, Spong R, Kukla A, Issa N, Berglund DM, Sieger GK, Matas AJ. Renal Function Profile in White Kidney Donors: The First 4 Decades. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Feb 17; View PubMed Rouphael B, Lankireddy S, Lazaryan A, Kukla A, Ibrahim HN, Matas AJ, Issa N. Outcomes of kidney retransplantation in recipients with prior post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. Clin Transplant. 2016 Jan; 30: (1)60-5. View PubMed Issa,, Kandaswamy ,, Kukla ,. Who Gets Transplanted Under the New Kidney Allocation System (kas)? A Single Center Expreience American Journal of Transplantation .2016;16:55-56. Issa N, Kukla A, Jackson S, Riad SM, Foster MC, Matas AJ, Eckfeldt JH, Ibrahim HN. Comparison of cystatin C and creatinine-based equations for GFR estimation after living kidney donation. Transplantation. 2014 Oct 27; 98(8):871-7. View PubMed MacDonald D, Kukla AK, Ake S, Berglund D, Jackson S, Issa N, Spong R, Matas AJ, Ibrahim HN. Medical outcomes of adolescent live kidney donors. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Jun; 18: (4)336-41. View PubMed Berglund D, MacDonald D, Jackson S, Spong R, Issa N, Kukla A, Reule S, Weber M, Matas AJ, Ibrahim HN. Low birthweight and risk of albuminuria in living kidney donors. Clin Transplant. 2014 Mar; 28: (3)361-7. View PubMed Issa N, Ortiz F, Reule SA, Kukla A, Kasiske BL, Mauer M, Jackson S, Matas AJ, Ibrahim HN, Najafian B. The renin-aldosterone axis in kidney transplant recipients and its association with allograft function and structure. Kidney Int. 2014 Feb; 85: (2)404-15. View PubMed Issa N, Kukla A. Peritoneal dialysis immediately after kidney transplantation. Adv Perit Dial. 2014; 30:83-6. View PubMed Kukla A, Issa N, Jackson S, Spong R, Foster MC, Matas AJ, Mauer MS, Eckfeldt JH, Ibrahim HN. Cystatin C enhances glomerular filtration rate estimating equations in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Nephrol. 2014; 39: (1)59-65. View PubMed Faravardeh A, Eickhoff M, Jackson S, Spong R, Kukla A, Issa N, Matas AJ, Ibrahim HN. Predictors of graft failure and death in elderly kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2013 Dec 27; 96: (12)1089-96. View PubMed Issa N, Kukla A, Ibrahim HN. Calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity: a review and perspective of the evidence. Am J Nephrol. 2013; 37: (6)602-12. View PubMed Issa N, Kukla A, Ibrahim HN. The over-exaggerated chronic nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors. Arab J Urol. 2012 Jun; 10: (2)169-74. View PubMed Haidar F, Kisserli A, Tabary T, McGregor B, Noel LH, Reveil B, Toupance O, Rieu P, Thervet E, Legendre C, Morelon E, Issa N, Cohen JH. Comparison of C4d detection on erythrocytes and PTC-C4d to histological signs of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2012 Jun; 12: (6)1564-75. View PubMed Kukla A, Issa N, Ibrahim HN. Pregnancy in renal transplantation: Recipient and donor aspects in the Arab world. Arab J Urol. 2012 Jun; 10: (2)175-81. View PubMed Issa Naim, Haidar Fadi. C4d deposits on erythrocytes (EC4d): a new biomarker of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation Kidney Int. 2012; 82(4). View PubMed Issa N, Lankireddy S, Kukla A. Should peritoneal dialysis be the preferred therapy pre-kidney transplantation? Adv Perit Dial. 2012; 28:89-93. View PubMed Issa N, Amer H, Dean PG, Kremers WK, Kudva YC, Rostambeigi N, Cosio FG, Larson TS, Habermann TM, Stegall MD, Griffin MD. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder following pancreas transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2009 Aug; 9 (8):1894-902 Epub 2009 June 10 View PubMed Issa N, Krowka MJ, Griffin MD, Hickson LJ, Stegall MD, Cosio FG. Pulmonary hypertension is associated with reduced patient survival after kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Nov 27; 86 (10):1384-8 View PubMed Issa N, Cosio FG, Gloor JM, Sethi S, Dean PG, Moore SB, DeGoey S, Stegall MD. Transplant glomerulopathy: risk and prognosis related to anti-human leukocyte antigen class II antibody levels. Transplantation. 2008 Sep 15; 86 (5):681-5 View PubMed Issa N, Meyer KH, Arrigain S, Choure G, Fatica RA, Nurko S, Stephany BR, Poggio ED. Evaluation of creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rate in a large cohort of living kidney donors. Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27; 86: (2)223-30. View PubMed Issa N, Poggio ED, Fatica RA, Patel R, Ruggieri PM, Heyka RJ. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and its association with gadolinium exposure during MRI. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Feb; 75: (2)95-7, 103-4, 106 passim. View PubMed Issa N, Stephany B, Fatica R, Nurko S, Krishnamurthi V, Goldfarb DA, Braun WE, Dennis VW, Heeger PS, Poggio ED. Donor factors influencing graft outcomes in live donor kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 2007 Mar 15; 83: (5)593-9. View PubMed Issa N, Messer J, Paganini EP. Renal assist device and treatment of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in intensive care units. Contrib Nephrol. 2007; 156:419-27. View PubMed Poggio ED, Wang X, Weinstein DM, Issa N, Dennis VW, Braun WE, Hall PM. Assessing glomerular filtration rate by estimation equations in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2006 Jan; 6: (1)100-8. View PubMed PST-20235177 Home Publications