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Today, enterprises rely heavily on applications for nearly all business-critical processes. These applications are delivered via a combination of hardware, software and services, known as the application delivery chain. To make this delivery chain work together effectively, IT must take a new and converged approach to network performance monitoring and application performance management.
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G2000 Firm Secures Critical Financial Applications and Generates 192% ROI (Forrester) [ Source: Veracode ]
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How a Global Manufacturer Secures Its Software Supply Chain [ Source: Veracode ]
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Hacking Exposed 7 - Chapter 10: Web and Database Hacking (McGraw-Hill) [ Source: Veracode ]
March 2015- Read this classic reference text to get into the cyberattacker's mind and understand the latest attack vectors and web application threats. The prerequisite for dealing with cybersecurity is knowledge: download this critical chapter to learn about web application vulnerabilities and hacking techniques; freely-available crawling tools; and countermeasures to protect your web application infrastructure.
Accelerate Your Journey to the Cloud [ Source: Dell / Intel® ]
March 2015- The explosion of virtualized workloads in today's data centers has given rise to the need for a more intelligent approach to virtualization and infrastructure management and for an IT infrastructure that is better aligned with the cloud. Microsoft is delivering on its Cloud OS vision to drive tremendous IT efficiencies and turn your data center into a flexible and scalable corporate asset. Take a look at this solution brief to make your transition to the ...
Web-Scale Infrastructure at any Scale [ Source: Dell / Intel® ]
March 2015- Do you ever wonder how the largest web-scale companies like Google and Amazon manage and scale their infrastructure? Web-scale infrastructure technologies deployed by these companies are now available worldwide to companies of all sizes for all enterprise applications running on market-leading hypervisors. The Dell XC Series appliance integrates Dell's proven x86 server platforms and Nutanix web-scale software to provide simple and cost-effective out-of-the-box solutions with enterprise-class performance, scalability, and data management features.
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Software-Defined Storage: Enabling the Next-Generation Enterprise IT Infrastructure [ Source: Dell / Intel® ]
March 2015- We live in a world that is changing at a rapid pace - the forces of cloud, social, big data, and mobile have compelled businesses to undergo a deep-rooted transformation and organizations must become service oriented to meet the demands. Software-defined storage (SDS) is an emerging paradign that is flexible, scalable, and highly automated that works across traditional silos. In this IDC whitepaper, learn how SDS platforms offer a compelling value proposition and how Dell, ...
Dell XC Series: A Solution for Dynamic Virtualized Environments [ Source: Dell / Intel® ]
March 2015- Over the past few years, converged infrastructure systems have been readily adopted by businesses, traditionally built using a three-tier architecture. While these systems work well in stable environments, when a virtualization environment is dynamic with unpredictable growth, these traditional three-tier architectures lack the features needed to operate efficiently. In this solution brief, we will examine what constitutes a dynamic virtualized environment and learn how the Dell XC Web-scale HyperConverged series can deploy solutions across a ...
Secure Agile Development (Securosis) [ Source: Veracode ]
March 2015- This white paper is for security professionals who want to understand how to embed security into the Agile SDLC. It describes Agile development and the issues developers face, so both teams can work together better. Agile frameworks have become the new foundation for code development, and secure development practices, just like every other facet of development, must fit within the Agile framework not the other way around.
The CISO's Handbook - Presenting to The Board (Forrester) [ Source: Veracode ]
March 2015- This report describes strategies for articulating your risk posture and security strategy to executives so you can position yourself as a key influencer in the boardroom. Written by a CISO, it offers guidance on: answering common questions such as "How secure are we"; describing how your strategy aligns with the goals of the business; and helping the board understand complex security issues.
Federated Identity Service Buyers Guide [ Source: Radiant Logic ]
March 2015- To ensure security these days, the entire diverse and distributed enterprise identity infrastructure must become one secure global service. A federated identity service based on virtualization is the answer for protecting today's increasingly federated environments—and evolving them to meet future demands and opportunities. In this paper, we'll look at how such a service helps you manage all this complexity and see how other solutions stack up.
Four Reasons Not to Nuke an Infected Machine: Reimaging Isnt The Only Option [ Source: ThreatTrack Security ]
March 2015- Many organizations still cling to the rigid practice of reimaging every infected machine. However, the costs of reimaging often outweighs the benefit. Learn why you should adopt an alternative approach to reimaging to remediate threats.
Is it Phishing or an APT? [ Source: ThreatTrack Security ]
March 2015- Spear phishing is a primary means by which APTs target and infiltrate networks. This paper describes the element of a phishing attack and how to keep your organization safe from advanced threats.
Losing the Battle - The Need for a New Approach to Advanced Protection [ Source: ThreatTrack Security ]
March 2015- This paper outlines the challenges of fighting APTs and outlines a solution purpose-built to find and stop attacks in progress allowing for mitigation before it's too late.
Accelerating Microsoft Office 365 with Riverbed SteelHead SaaS [ Source: Riverbed ]
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Riverbed SteelHead SaaS addresses cloud services/software as a service (SaaS) performance challenges by providing an easy-to-deploy optimization solution that meets customer needs for application performance over WAN and Internet connections.
Combining private wide area network (WAN) and public internet optimization, the SteelHead SaaS is a first-of-its-kind solution, which optimizes traffic across the public Internet with Riverbed's award-winning SteelHead optimization system (formerly RiOS or Riverbed Optimization System) technology to accelerate data and application ...
Securing Edge Data at the Center [ Source: Riverbed ]
May 2014- Nobody can afford to lose data. But managing data, including backup and availability, in far-flung locations can present many logistical and technological challenges that bring complexity, expense, and risk. It doesn't have to be that way, though. A new branch converged infrastructure approach allows organizations to project virtual servers and data to remote offices, providing for local access and performance while storing the data in centralized data centers. Enterprises can now do business across the ...
Edge Consolidation Delivers Peace of Mind for IT [ Source: Riverbed ]
May 2013- To increase agility while lowering costs, IT organizations are using virtualization and cloud-based infrastructure services to consolidate and reduce the number of physical servers and data centers across the enterprise. IDC estimates that, by 2015, more than 20 percent of the information running through servers will do so on virtualized systems. This percentage increases along with the size of the company, with some larger organizations using 100 percent virtualized systems. Read this paper to learn more.
Powering the Hybrid Enterprise [ Source: Riverbed ]
November 2014-
Computing is no longer done in a single location. Users, applications, and data exist in more places than ever before, creating an unprecedented challenge for IT.
How can IT achieve the flexibility and agility it needs to offer multiple types of applications in multiple locations? Just as enterprises take advantage of applications hosted in multiple locations (i.e., public clouds, private clouds, or SaaS applications), they take advantage of different networks for different ...
SaaS Security: Mind the Gap [ Source: Adallom ]
November 2013- This joint paper from EMC and Adallom provides a brief overview of emerging gaps and trust issues common to SaaS providers.
SATA vs. PCIe Solid-State Storage Solutions for MySQL Environments [ Source: HGST ]
December 2014- Database users are increasingly interested in using Flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) to speed up application performance. For many database administrators (DBAs), increased database performance directly impacts their user experience and bottom lines. Accelerating a single MySQL instance may allow DBAs to avoid painful sharding exercises, with all their attendant administration, application changes, and high capital and ongoing costs. With the wide range of SSDs available today, choosing any one can be difficult. This paper aims ...
IDC Analyst Connection: The Evolving Threat Landscape [ Source: ThreatTrack Security ]
February 2015- Today's cybercrime environment has evolved from quick smash-and-grab tactics to persistent campaigns involving specialized malware. In response, a new category of security technology aimed at detecting, analyzing and preventing such threats is emerging. ThreatTrack Security discussed this trend with Charles Kolodgy, IDC's Research Vice President for IDC's Security Products Service.
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September 2014- Today's cyber attacks have changed in sophistication, in focus, and in their potential impact on your business. This eBook will outline the tactics today's advanced attackers are using to break into your organization and why you require a defense-in-depth cyber-security program that incorporates automatic detection and incident response. The goal of this eBook is to leave you with the knowledge you need to effectively protect your business against today's advanced attacks.
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Where there's summer camp, there's bound to be water — whether it's swimming lessons or unstructured water play. If there are lessons, the camp program gets extra credit: A study found that tots who take swimming lessons are less likely to drown. In fact, though the study was small, it was significant enough to prompt the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to change its previous policy. The AAP now gives the green light to swim lessons for little ones as young as a year old who show readiness, instead of recommending that kids not start until they're age four.
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Get your own feet wet. If it's practical (you have time and it fits with your budget), consider Mommy-and-me swim lessons at your local Y or swim club. Your little one is likely to overcome his water wariness more quickly if you're in the pool with him. Even if he's still afraid of swimming solo at summer camp, splashing in the pool with you will give him the basics he'll need to be safer in the water no matter where he is.


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June doesn't have a ton of reasons to celebrate beyond Father's Day, Flag Day and the First Day of Summer (yes!!). But, did you know there are a bunch of fun and wacky holidays that fly under the radar, yet are more than worthy of celebrating? I'm going to tell you all about all of the crazy reasons to celebrate June and by the end of this post you're going to want to celebrate them with me!
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June 04th Hug Your Cat Day: If you have a cat…make sure you give them a big hug on June 4th because it's the official day to appreciate our feline friends. But don't worry, if you don't have a cat it is also "Hug someone else's cat day"!
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June 15th World Juggling Day: According to my research World Juggling Day is the Saturday closest to June 17th. I only know a handful of people who can actually juggle. But I do remember once when I was on vacation and the entertainment was a World Class Juggler who juggled everything from bowling pins to machete knives! It was incredible. What is the craziest thing you've seen juggled?
June 21st Take Your Dog to Work Day: I know a lot of people like myself who always wish they could bring their dog to work to make their day less stressful. Well, June 21st is the day. Make sure you take this opportunity to take advantage! Check with your company policy before getting too excited. Some offices don't celebrate (and we don't like them).
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Fighters already under Bellator contract that will be participating in the tourney include Richard Hale, Travis Wiuff and Rafael Davis.
Newcomers consist of Beau Tribolet, Roger Hollett, Marcus Vanttinen and Attila Vegh.
The majority of Hale's (18-4-1) battles occurred under the Rage in the Cage banner, but eventually he made his way to Bellator to compete in the season 4 tourney. Hale executed an inverted triangle-choke on Nik Fekete at Bellator 38 in the tournament quarterfinals, and then defeated D.J. Linderman via decision at Bellator 42 to secure a sport in the finals. "Rare Breed" fell victim to a TKO in the finals when he faced Christian M'Pumbu, but has since bounced back with a one-punch knockout win over Carlos Flores at Bellator 55 last October in a qualifier contest for the season 6 tourney.
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The always dangerous "To be announced" will fill out the remaining slot in the Bellator Season 6 light heavyweight tournament.
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International Journal of Hepatology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 891516, 6 pages
Posttransplant Metabolic Syndrome
1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0341, USA
2Section of Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0341, USA
Received 24 September 2012; Accepted 1 November 2012
Academic Editor: Koichi Tsuneyama
Copyright © 2012 M. Shadab Siddiqui and Richard K. Sterling. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic derangements associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. MS has become a major health concern worldwide and is considered to be the etiology of the current epidemic of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition to cardiovascular disease, the presence of MS is also closely associated with other comorbidities including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The prevalence of MS in patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease is not well established and difficult to ascertain. Following liver transplant, the prevalence of MS is estimated to be 44–58%. The main factors associated with posttransplant MS are posttransplant diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. In addition to developing NAFLD, posttransplant MS is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality that is 2.5 times that of the age- and sex-matched individuals. Additionally, the presence of posttransplant MS has been associated with rapid progression to fibrosis in individuals transplanted for HCV cirrhosis. There is an urgent need for well-designed prospective studies to fully delineate the natural history and risk factors associated with posttransplant MS. Until then, early recognition, prevention, and treatment of its components are vital in improving outcomes in liver transplant recipients.
1. Introduction
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic derangements associated with insulin resistance and an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. According to the Adult Treatment Panel III definition (Table 1), MS is defined as the presence of dyslipidemia, obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypertension [1].
Metabolic syndrome has become a major health concern worldwide and is considered to be the etiology of the current epidemic of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. According to the Framingham study, MS alone can predict at least 25% of all new onset cardiovascular disease. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 1999-2000 estimated the age-adjusted prevalence of MS in the adult US population to be 24% and is projected to increase further with the increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes [2]. In addition to cardiovascular disease, the presence of MS is also closely associated with other comorbidities including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), cholelithiasis, polycystic ovary disease, and obstructive sleep apnea. The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance and impact of metabolic syndrome and its component in liver-transplant recipients. Although only evidence that pertains of liver transplantation will be discussed, similar metabolic complications have been observed in patients undergoing other solid organ transplants.
2. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Metabolic Syndrome
NAFLD is considered to be the hepatic manifestation of MS and is defined as the presence of >5% deposition of triglycerides in the liver in the absence of significant alcohol consumption (<20–40 g/day for women and 40–80 g/day for men). Up to 90% of patients with NAFLD have at least 1 feature of the MS, with 33% having all components of the MS. The reported prevalence of NAFLD varies widely depending on the population studied and modality used to make the diagnosis but is estimated to be 6.3% to 33% in the general population. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the most aggressive phenotype of NAFLD, is characterized by the presence of hepatocyte injury, cytologic ballooning, and inflammation and has an estimated prevalence of 3–5%. Unlike NAFLD, NASH is associated with a decreased patient survival compared to the general population due to the increased cardiovascular risk. Additionally, the presence of NASH is associated with the increased risk of progression to cirrhosis and a need for liver transplantation. A recent analysis of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTRs) confirmed that the NASH as an indication for liver transplant increased over 7-fold from 2001 to 2009, while no other indication for liver transplantation increased over the same time period [3]. Already being the 3rd most common indication for liver transplant, it is poised to surpass HCV as the leading indication for liver transplant in the near future due to an unparalleled increase in features of MS.
3. Posttransplant Metabolic Syndrome (PTMS)
The prevalence of MS in patients with cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease is not well established and difficult to be ascertained due to changes usually associated with end-stage liver disease. The low systemic vascular resistance and low lipid levels associated with chronic liver disease reduce the likelihood that patients with cirrhosis would meet ATP III criteria. Presence of ascites in cirrhotic patients can further confound the diagnosis of obesity thereby, making the diagnosis of MS in patients with cirrhosis difficult. However, there are data to suggest that the prevalence of MS in cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease likely varies with the etiology of liver disease and is likely higher in patients with cryptogenic or NASH cirrhosis [4].
Liver transplantation is an effective therapy for chronic end-stage liver disease. Improvement in surgical techniques, management of infectious complications, and immunosuppression have led to excellent long-term survival rates in liver-transplant recipients. Consequently, death related to metabolic consequences (cardiovascular disease and malignancies) is becoming increasingly important as hepatic etiologies of late post-liver-transplant death become less common.
The limited number of studies evaluating the incidence of PTMS in liver-transplant recipients has considerable variability in the reported data due to differing definitions of MS used [5]. Recent studies estimate the prevalence of PTMS to be 44–58% in liver-transplant recipients and is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality (Table 2) [6, 7]. The relative risk of cardiovascular death in liver-transplant recipients is 2.5 times that of the age- and sex-matched individuals (Figure 1) [8]. Additionally, the presence of PTMS has been associated with a rapid progression to fibrosis in individuals transplanted for HCV cirrhosis [9]. This risk is even greater (30% versus 8%, ) in individuals with PTMS compared to those without it [6]. Since PTMS can affect 1 out of 2 transplant recipients and can account for up to 42% cardiovascular disease related mortality, its impact on liver-transplant recipients is immense [8, 10, 11]. The main factors associated with PTMS are posttransplant diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension (Table 2), which can result in posttransplant NAFLD.
4. Posttransplant Diabetes Mellitus (PTDM)
Up to 60–80% of patients with cirrhosis may have glucose intolerance and 20% may develop DM; it is due to profound peripheral resistance, decreased glycogen synthesis, and impaired glucose oxidation [12, 13]. Unfortunately, up to third of patients will remain diabetic after liver transplantation [14, 15]. Posttransplant diabetes mellitus confers a twofold increased risk of cardiovascular and liver related deaths in liver-transplant recipients [10]. Presence of diabetes can also have detrimental impact on graft survival. PTDM is associated with increased advanced graft fibrosis, late onset hepatic artery thrombosis, recurrent or de novo fatty liver disease, and acute and chronic rejection [14, 16–18]. Additionally, the mortality and morbidity in liver-transplant recipients is higher even when posttransplant diabetes is transient [17, 19].
Earlier studies in liver-transplant recipients reported the prevalence of PTDM 1 year after transplant from 13–27% using the fasting plasma glucose of 140 mg/dL as the diagnostic criteria [5, 17, 20, 21]. However, using the more recent diagnostic criteria of fasting plasma glucose of 126 mg/dL, Laryea et al. reported the prevalence of PTDM to be 61% [6]. In one study, 80% of new onset diabetes (NOD) occurred within the first month after liver transplant and only a small minority (12%) developed NOD after the 1st year after transplant [14].
Although limited by retrospective data and small cohorts, factors associated with PTDM include HCV and alcohol related cirrhosis as indications for transplant (), pretransplant DM (, ), male gender, HCV infection, and steroid use () [7, 16, 21, 22]. High doses of corticosteroids are an integral part of the early immunosuppressive regiments in many transplant centers. Corticosteroids lead to insulin resistance and diabetes by decreasing insulin production, increasing gluconeogenesis, and decreasing peripheral glucose utilization [23]. Decreasing the dose of prednisone from 10 mg to 5 mg per day reduced the prevalence of PTDM () [5]. Similarly, reducing the daily dose of prednisone from mg at 1 year to mg at 3 years leads to a 20% reduction in the prevalence of PTDM [20]. In a recent meta-analysis, the relative risk of diabetes (, ) was attenuated when corticosteroids were replaced by another immunosuppressive agent [24]. These effects appear to be transient as the prevalence of diabetes in post-liver-transplant recipients reverts to that of patients on steroid-free regiments once corticosteroids are discontinued [25].
Calcineurin inhibitors, cyclosporine (CsA) and Tacrolimus (FK506), are associated with an increased risk of PTDM, with the incidence possibly being higher with the use of Tacrolimus [7, 17, 21, 26]. The increased risk of posttransplant diabetes associated with Tacrolimus (RR 1.38, CI 1.01–1.86) use compared to CsA in liver transplant recipient was confirmed in a recent Cochrane review [27]. The calcineurin inhibitors exert their diabetogenic effects by inhibiting pancreatic β-cell ability and diminishing insulin synthesis and secretion [28]. Calcineurin inhibitors also reduce peripheral glucose utilization leading to peripheral insulin resistance.
Finally the data regarding the impact of Sirolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, on posttransplant diabetes is conflicting. Chronic mTOR inhibition has been associated with reduced pancreatic β-cell mass, reduced hepatic insulin clearance, and increased gluconeogenesis, thereby causing insulin resistance [29]. On the other hand, activation of the mTOR pathway via glucose leads to the inhibition of insulin receptor substrate-2 (IRS-2), increase β-cell apoptosis and insulin resistance [30]. Therefore, the impact of Sirolimus on PTDM remains unclear.
5. Posttransplant Obesity
Obesity (body mass index (BMI) kg/m2) is a common sequela of liver transplantation affecting 21–42% liver-transplant recipient [5, 31–33]. Risk factors for post-OLT obesity include donor BMI, absence of acute rejection, and steroid use [31]. Additionally, patients who are overweight or obese before transplant will likely remain overweight or obese after transplant. Furthermore, patients who were not obese at the time of transplant, 16% became obese at 1 year and 26% at 3 years [32].
Well-known side effect of corticosteroid use is weight gain and truncal obesity. Although corticosteroids have been traditionally associated with greater posttransplant weight gain, available literature suggests otherwise [32, 33]. This is likely due to a reduction in dosing and duration of steroid use as well as emergence of steroid-free or steroid-sparing immunosuppressive regiments. Cyclosporine compared to Tacrolimus was associated with an additional 2.3 kg gain 1 year after transplant [26]. However, these differences were not significant 3 years after transplant.
6. Posttransplant Dyslipidemia
Dyslipidemia is common after transplant affecting 45–69% of liver-transplant recipients [7, 19, 34–37]. One study reported the pretransplant prevalence of dyslipidemia rose from 8% to 66% after liver transplant in patients who were followed for over 14 months [35]. More specifically, prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia increased from 2.9% and 18.2% before transplant to 15.3% and 70% after transplant, respectively [38]. The prevalence of low HDL after transplantation is reported to be 48–52% [6, 39].
Risk factors of hypercholesterolemia in liver-transplant recipients include pretransplant hypercholesterolemia, cyclosporine, and corticosteroid use [35, 39]. Predictors of posttransplant hypertriglyceridemia include cirrhosis resulting from HCV, HBV, alcohol, cryptogenic cirrhosis and posttransplant renal insufficiency [35]. Although, long-term therapy with corticosteroids can result in dyslipidemia, it is unclear how corticosteroids impact long-term dyslipidemia in posttransplant population [40]. Corticosteroids can lead to dyslipidemia by increasing the hepatic production of lipids, increased production of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol, and decreased hepatic LDL reuptake.
Although both calcineurin inhibitors are also associated with posttransplant dyslipidemia and the relationship between posttransplant dyslipidemia and cyclosporine is more robust. Cyclosporine inhibits hepatic bile acid 26-hydroxylase, which is thought to decrease reverse cholesterol transport or transport of cholesterol into bile and its subsequent elimination into the intestines [41]. Additionally, cyclosporine binds to LDL receptor and thereby decreases LDL-cholesterol uptake [15, 39]. Conversion from cyclosporine to Tacrolimus results in improvement in both serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels but has no impact on HDL cholesterol [42, 43].
Sirolimus is associated with posttransplant hypertriglyceridemia and elevated serum LDL cholesterol. Sirolimus alters the insulin-signaling pathway by increasing adipose tissue lipase activity, decreasing lipoprotein lipase activity which results in increased hepatic triglyceride synthesis, increased secretion of VLDL and thereby causing hypertriglyceridemia [44]. Additionally, cyclosporine and Sirolimus work synergistically to promote dyslipidemia and should be avoided in patients with underlying dyslipidemia [44, 45]. This synergistic effect is not seen with Sirolimus and Tacrolimus.
7. Posttransplant Hypertension
Since patients with cirrhosis, particularly decompensated cirrhosis, have decreased systemic vascular resistance, hypertension is only present in a small minority of patients before transplant but can affect 62–69% of liver-transplant recipients [5, 9, 45, 46]. Post-transplant hypertension may result from increased renal vasoconstriction and impaired sodium excretion induced by cyclosporine use and may occur less frequently with Tacrolimus use [23, 46]. Patients treated specifically with cyclosporine, the prevalence of hypertension was 58–82%, while the incidence of posttransplant hypertension was 31–38% in patients treated with Tacrolimus [26, 47, 48]. In animal models, cyclosporine generates interstitial fibrosis without any significant decrease in renal blood flow or structural arteriolar lesion, through early macrophage influx and increased TGF-β expression. Additionally, since cyclosporine-induced ischemia and tubulointerstitial injury can occur independently, preventing renal injury with CsA altogether could be difficult [49]. Data regarding the use of Sirolimus and posttransplant hypertension is still evolving and no definitive statements can be made.
8. Posttransplant Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is closely associated with features of metabolic syndrome and likely represents the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. De novo NALFD after transplant was initially reported in a retrospective study where 75% of patients transplanted for NASH had fatty infiltration of the graft and 38% developed NASH [50]. In patients transplanted for cryptogenic cirrhosis, time-dependent risk of developing allograft steatosis was 100% by five years [51]. Additionally, 25% of patients transplanted for alcoholic and cholestatic liver disease developed fatty liver disease. The risk of developing de novo NAFLD after liver transplant is associated with pretransplant obesity, a higher BMI at the time of the last biopsy, and a higher post-transplant BMI [52, 53]. Patients with greater than 10% increase in pretransplant BMI had a significantly higher risk of developing de novo NAFLD compared to those without weight gain. Unfortunately, the natural history of posttransplant de novo fatty liver disease is currently unknown but it is possible that post-transplant fatty liver disease contributes to the increased cardiovascular mortality since NAFLD is an independent risk factor CVD in noncirrhotic patients. Well-designed prospective trials are needed to confirm this assertion.
9. Conclusion
Metabolic syndrome and its components are common in liver-transplant recipients and associated with increased cardiovascular disease, fibrosis, de novo NAFLD after transplant (Figure 1), and decreased patient and graft survival. There is an urgent need for well-designed prospective studies to fully delineate the natural history and risk factors associated with PTMS. In the interim, early recognition, prevention, and treatment of components of PTMS are vital in improving outcomes in liver-transplant recipients.
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