
Dr. Stuart J Knechtle MD
Transplant Surgeon
600 Highland Ave Madison WI, 53792About
Dr. Knechtle, a nationally-recognized surgeon and a leader in the field of liver and kidney transplantation, focuses on finding safer and more effective ways to prevent rejection of organ transplants. ...
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- CD28 ligation induces tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 but not Fak in Jurkat T
- Involvement of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in immunotoxin effects on T lymphocytes.
- Iliac artery pseudoaneurysm following renal transplantation presenting as lumbosacral plexopathy.
- Inducing unresponsiveness by the use of anti-CD3 immunotoxin, CTLA4-Ig, and anti-CD40 ligand.
- Ureteroneocystostomy for renal transplantation.
- Treatment with humanized monoclonal antibody against CD154 prevents acute renal allograft rejection in nonhuman primates.
- CD28 ligation induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of the linker molecule LAT in the absence of Syk and ZAP-70 tyrosine phosphorylation.
- Disseminated aspergillosis involving the brain: distribution and imaging characteristics.
- T cell activation up-regulates the expression of the focal adhesion kinase Pyk2: opposing roles for the activation of protein kinase C and the increase in intracellular Ca2+.
- Regulation of T cell receptor- and CD28-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the focal adhesion tyrosine kinases Pyk2 and Fak by protein kinase C. A role for protein tyrosine phosphatases.
- Potentiation of CD3-induced expression of the linker for activation of T cells (LAT) by the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin A and FK506.
- Knowledge about transplantation tolerance gained in primates.
- Increased glomerular deposits of von Willebrand factor in chronic, but not acute, rejection of primate renal allografts.
- What's new in transplantation.
- Treatment with immunotoxin.
Awards
- 2012 Atlanta Super Doctors
Treatments
- Liver Transplant, Liver Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Member American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Member American Association of Immunologists
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Member American Society of Transplantation
- Member American Surgical Association
- Member Association for Academic Surgery
- Member Emory Healthcare Network Physician
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