Publications in Refereed Journals: 1991-1999
  1. Eiras G, Hashem H, Zeevi A, Wong L, Duquesnoy RJ, Burckart GJ: The immunosuppressive activity of the aldehydic transformation of cyclosporine on alloreactive T cells. J of Clin Pharmacol 31(1):72-75, 1991.
  2. Uknis ME, Block G, Abu-Elmagd K, Suwan S, Van Thiel D, Duquesnoy R, Zeevi A: Sterilization of human small intestine allograft biopsies for later immunologic studies. Transplantation 52(3):558-559, 1991.
  3. Yousem SA, Dauber JA, Keenan R, Paradis IL, Zeevi A, Griffith BP: Does histologic acute rejection in lung allografts predict the development of bronchiolitis obliterans? Transplantation 52(2):306-309, 1991.
  4. Saidman SL, Duquesnoy RJ, Zeevi A, Fung JJ, Starzl TE, Demetris AJ: Recognition of major histocompatibility complex antigens on cultured human biliary epithelial cells by alloreactive lymphocytes. Hepatology 13(2):239-246, 1991.
  5. Francavilla A, Starzl TE, Barone M, Zeng QH, Porter KA, Zeevi A, Markus PM, van den Brink MR, Todo S: Studies on mechanisms of augmentation of liver regeneration by cyclosporine and FK506. Hepatology 14(1):140-143, 1991.
  6. Duquesnoy RJ, Trager JD, Zeevi A: Propagation and characterization of lymphocytes from transplant biopsies. Crit Rev in Immunol 10(6):455-480, 1991.
  7. Keenan RJ, Eiras G, Burckart GJ, Stuart RS, Hardesty RL, Vogelsang G, Griffith BP, Zeevi A: Immunosuppressive properties of thalidomide. Inhibition of in vitro lymphocyte proliferation alone and in combination with cyclosporine or FK506. Transplantation 52(5):908-910, 1991.
  8. Zeevi A, Margalit R: Lithium-selective permeation through lipid bilayer membranes mediated by a di-imide ionophore with nonsymmetrical imide substituents (ETH1810). J of Membrane Biol 121(2):133-140, 1991.
  9. Keenan RJ, Lega ME, Rabinowich H, Dummer S, Paradis IL, Dauber JH, Yousem SA, Hardesty RH, Griffith BP, Duquesnoy RJ, Zeevi A: Cytomegalovirus serologic status and postoperative infection correlates with risk of developing chronic rejection after pulmonary transplantation. Transplantation 51:433-438, 1991.
  10. Zeevi A, Keenan RJ, Duquesnoy RJ: Bronchoalveolar lavage: Diagnosis of lung rejection. Critical Care Report 2(2):228-233, 1991.
  11. Murthy JN, Chen Y, Warty VS, Venkataramanan R, Donnelly JG, Zeevi A, Soldin SJ: Radioreceptor assay for quantifying FK-506 immunosuppressant in whole blood. Clin Chem 38(7): 1307-1310, 1992.
  12. Diven WF, Zeevi A, Doyle WJ: Inhibition of lymphoproliferation by middle ear effusion in experimental otitis media. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 118(7):749-752, 1992.
  13. Keenan RJ, Uknis ME, Pham SM, Spichty K, Duquesnoy RJ, Griffith BP, Zeevi A: Mitogen responses of lymphocytes from lung transplant recipients - Correlation with rejection and infection. Transplantation 54(2):241-245, 1992.
  14. Zeevi A, Margalit R: Structure-activity relationships among noncyclic dicarboxamide Li (+)-selective carriers studied in lipid bilayer membranes. Arch of Biochem & Biophys 298(1):84-90, 1992.
  15. Duquesnoy RJ, Kaufman C, Zerbe TR, Woan MC, Zeevi A: Presence of CD4, CD8 double-negative and T cell receptor-gamma-delta-positive T cells in lymphocyte cultures propagated from coronary arteries from heart transplant patients with graft coronary disease. J of Heart & Lung Transplant 11(3):S82-86, 1992.
  16. Pham SM, Yoshida Y, Aeba R, Hattler BG, Iwaki Y, Zeevi A, Hardesty RL, Griffith BP: Interleukin-6, as a marker of preservation injury in clinical lung transplantation. J of Heart & Lung Transplant 11(6):1017-1024, 1992.
  17. Kaufman C, Zeevi A, Zerbe TR, Duquesnoy RJ: IL-2-augmented primed-lymphocyte test responses of lymphocytes cultured from endomyocardial biopsies from heart transplant patients. Transplantation 54(6):1111-1112, 1992.
  18. Zeevi A, Uknis ME, Spichty KJ, Tector M, Keenan RJ, Rinaldo C, Yousem S, Duncan S, Paradis I, Dauber J: Proliferation of cytomegalovirus-primed lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavages from lung transplant patients. Transplantation 54(4):635-639, 1992.
  19. Starzl TE, Demetris AJ, Trucco M, Ramos H, Zeevi A, Rudert WA, Kocova M, Ricordi C, Ildstad S, Murase N: Systemic chimerism in human female recipients of male livers. Lancet 340(8824):876-877, 1992.
  20. Yoshida Y, Iwaki Y, Pham S, Dauber JH, Yousem SA, Zeevi A, Morita S, Griffith BP: Benefits of post-transplantation monitoring of interleukin-6 in lung transplantation. Annals of Thoracic Surg 55(1):89-93, 1993.
  21. Starzl TE, Demetris AJ, Trucco M, Zeevi A, Ramos H, Terasaki P, Rudert WA, Kocova M, Ricordi C, Ildstad S: Chimerism and donor-specific nonreactivity 27 to 29 years after kidney allotransplantation. Transplantation 55(6):1272-1277, 1993.
  22. Thomson AW, Woo J, Yao GZ, Todo S, Starzl TE, Zeevi A: Effects of combined administration of FK506 and the purine biosynthesis inhibitors mizoribine or mycophenolic acid on lymphocyte DNA synthesis and T cell activation molecule expression in human mixed lymphocyte cultures. Transplant Immunology 1(2):146-150, 1993.
  23. Starzl TE, Fung J, Tzakis A, Todo S, Demetris AJ, Marino IR, Doyle H, Zeevi A, Warty V, Michaels M: Baboon-to-human liver transplantation. Lancet 341 (8837):65-71, 1993.
  24. Starzl TE, Demetris AJ, Trucco M, Ricordi C, Ildstad S, Terasaki PI, Murase N, Kendall RS, Kocova M, Rudert WA, Zeevi A, Van Thiel DH: Chimerism after liver transplantation for type IV glycogen storage disease and type I Gaucher’s disease. New Eng J Med 328:745-749, 1993.
  25. Starzl TE, Demetris AJ, Trucco M, Murase N, Ricordi C, Ildstad S, Ramos H, Todo S, Tzakis A, Fung JJ, Nalesnik M, Zeevi A, Rudert WA, Kocova M: Cell migration and chimerism after whole organ transplantation: The basis of graft acceptance. Hepatology 17:1127-1152, 1993.
  26. Kubit V, Sonmez-Alpan E, Zeevi A, Paradis I, Dauber JH, Iacono A, Keenan R, Griffith BP, Yousem SA: Mixed allogeneic chimerism in lung allograft recipients. Human Path 25(4):408-412, 1994.
  27. Tzakis AG, Reyes J, Zeevi A, Ramos H, Nour B, Reinsmoen N, Todo S, Starzl TE: Early tolerance in pediatric liver allograft recipients. J of Ped Surg 29(6):754-756, 1994.
  28. Ricordi C, Tzakis AG, Zeevi A, Rybka WB, Demetris AJ, Fontes PA, Nalesnik MA, Trucco M, Ukah FO, Ball ED: Reversal of graft-versus-host disease with infusion of autologous bone marrow. Cell Transplant 3(2):187-192, 1994.
  29. Randhawa PS, Zeevi A, Alvares C, Gollin S, Agostini R, Yunis E, Saidman S, Contis L, Demetris AJ, Nalesnik MA: Morphologic and immunophenotypic characterization of a cell line derived from liver tissue with Epstein Barr virus associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biol. Animal. 30A(6):400-406, 1994.
  30. Fontes P, Rao AS, Demetris AJ, Zeevi A, Trucco M, Carroll P, Rybka W, Rudert WA, Ricordi C, Dodson F: Bone marrow augmentation of donor-cell chimerism in kidney, liver, heart, and pancreas islet transplantation. Lancet 344(8916):151-155, 1994.
  31. Iwata M, Yagihashi A, Roat MI, Zeevi A, Iwaki Y, Thoft RA: Human leukocyte antigen-class II-positive human corneal epithelial cells activated allogeneic T cells. Invest Ophthal & Visual Science 35(12):3991-4000, 1994.
  32. Rao PN, Zeevi A, Snyder J, Spichty K, Habrat T, Warty V, Dauber J, Paradis I, Duncan S, Pham S: Monitoring of acute lung rejection and infection by bronchoalveolar lavage and plasma levels of hyaluronic acid in clinical lung transplantation. J of Heart & Lung Transplant 13(6):958-962, 1994.
  33. Ramos HC, Reyes J, Abu-Elmagd K, Zeevi A, Reinsmoen N, Tzakis A, Demetris AJ, Fung JJ, Flynn B, McMichael J: Weaning of immunosuppression in long-term liver transplant recipients. Transplantation 59(2):212-217, 1995.
  34. Shapiro R, Rao AS, Fontes P, Jordan M, Scantlebury VP, Vivas C, Demetris AJ, Zeevi A, Rybka W, Carroll P: Combined kidney/bone marrow transplantation--evidence of augmentation of chimerism. Transplantation 59(2):306-309, 1995.
  35. Zeevi A, Pavlick M, Lombardozzi S, Banas R, Pappo O, Rao AS, Fontes P, Demetris J, Shaprio R, Dodson F: Immune status of recipients following bone marrow-augmented solid organ transplantation. Transplantation 59(4):616-620, 1995.
  36. Randhawa P, Nalesnik M, Demetris J, Zeevi A: Interleukin-10 production by a B cell line derived from human post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Hematological Oncol 13(1):13-18, 1995.
  37. Moliterno R, Woan M, Bentlejewski C, Qian J, Zeevi A, Pham S, Griffith BP, Duquesnoy RJ: Heat shock protein-induced T lymphocyte propagation from endomyocardial biopsies in heart transplantation. J of Heart & Lung Transplant 14(2):329-337, 1995.
  38. Bando K, Paradis IL, Similo S, Konishi H, Komatsu K, Zulo TG, Yousem SA, Close JM, Zeevi A, Duquesnoy RJ: Obliterative bronchiolitis after lung and heart-lung transplantation. An analysis of risk factors and management. J of Thoracic & Cardiovasc Surg 110(1):4-13, 1995.
  39. Keenan RJ, Zeevi A, Iacono AT, Spichty KJ, Cai JZ, Yousem SA, Ohori NP, Paradis IL, Kawai A, Griffith BP: Efficacy of inhaled cyclosporine in lung transplant recipients with refractory rejection: Correlation of intragraft cytokine gene expression with pulmonary function and histologic characteristics. Surgery 118(2):385-391, 1995.
  40. Hattler BG, Oddis CV, Zeevi A, Luess H, Shah N, Geller DA, Billiar TR, Simmons RL, Finkel MS: Regulation of constitutive nitric oxide synthase activity by the human heart. Am J Cardiol 76:957-959, 1995.
  41. Hattler BG, Zeevi A, Oddis CV, Finkel MS: Cytokine induction during cardiac surgery: Analysis of TNF-a Expression pre- and postcardiopulmonary bypass. J Card Surg 10:418-422, 1995.
  42. Pham SM, Keenan RJ, Rao AS, Fontes PA, Kormos RL, Abu-Elmagd K, Zeevi A, Kawai A, Hattler BG, Hardesty RL: Perioperative donor bone marrow infusion augments chimerism in heart and lung transplant recipients. Ann of Thoracic Surg 60:1015-1020, 1995.
  43. Greenberger JS, Epperly MW, Zeevi A, Brunson KW, Goltry KL, Pogue-Geile KL, Bray J, Berry L: Stromal cell involvement in leukemogenesis and carcinogenesis. Int J of In Vivo Research, In press, 1996
  44. Faro A, Kurland G, Michaels M, Dickman P, Grull P, Spichty K, Noyes B, Boggs S, Fricker J, Armitage J, Zeevi A: Case report: Alpha-interferon affects the immune response in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). Am J Respir Crit Car Med, In press, 1996.
  45. Iacono AT, Keenan RJ, Duncan ST, Smaldone GC, Dauber JH, Paradis IL, Ohori P, Grgurich WF, Burckart GJ, Zeevi A, Delgado E, O'Riordan TG, Zendarsky MM, Yousem SA, Griffith BP: Aerosolized cyclosporine in lung recipients with refractory chronic rejection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 153:1451-1455, 1996.
  46. Mattsson P, Zeevi A, Cai J, Yousem SA, Hoffman R, Nalesnik M, Burckart GJ, Geller D and Griffith BP: Effect of aminoguanidine and cyclosporine on lung allograft rejection. Ann Thorac Surg 62:207-212, 1996.
  47. Shapiro R, Rao AS, Fontes P, Zeevi A, Jordan M, Scantlebury VP, Vivas C, Gritsch A, Corry RJ, Egidi F, Ruegeles MT, Rilo H, Aitouche A, Demetris AJ, Rosner G, Trucco M, Rybka W, Irish W, Fung JJ, Starzl TE: Kidney/Bone marrow transplantation. Dialysis and Transplant. 25(5): 282-287, 1996.
  48. Zeevi A, Alper CM, Balaban CD, Diven WF, Burckart GJ, Doyle WJ: Early inflammatory events in a rat model of OM caused by infection with S. pneumoniae. Recent Adv in Otitis Media, In press, 1997.
  49. Nalesnik MA, Rao AS, Furukawa H, Pham S, Zeevi A, Fung JJ, Klein G, Gritsch A, Elder E, Whiteside TL, Starzl TE: Autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell therapy of EBV+ and EBV- lymphoproliferative disorders arising in organ transplant recipients. Transplantation 63:1200-1205, 1997.
  50. Iacono A, Dauber J, Keenan R, Spichty K, Cai J, Grgurich W, Burckart G, Smaldone G, Pham S, Ohori NP, Yousem S, Williams P, Griffith B and Zeevi A: Interleukin-6 and gamma interferon gene expression in lung transplant recipients with refractory acute cellular rejection: Implications for monitoring and inhibition by treatment with aerosolized Cyclosporine A. Transplantation 64:263-269, 1997.
  51. Demetris AJ, Murase N, Ye Q, Galvao FH, Richert C, Saad R, Pham S, Duquesnoy RJ, Zeevi A, Fung JJ, Starzl TE: Analysis of chronic rejection and obliterative arteriopathy. Possible contributions of donor antigen-presenting cells and lymphatic disruption. Am J of Pathol 150:563-578, 1997.
  52. Keenan RJ, Iacono A, Dauber JH, Zeevi A, Yousem SA, Ohori NP, Burckart GJ, Kawai A, Smaldone GC, Griffith BP: Treatment of refractory acute allograft rejection with aerosolized cyclosporine in lung transplant recipients. J of Thoracic & Cardiovasc Surg 113:335-340, 1997.
  53. Kelly PA, Burckart GJ, Anderson D, Shapiro R, Zeevi A: Ciprofloxacin does not block the antiproliferative effect of tacrolimus (Letter). Transplantation 63:172-173, 1997.
  54. Demetris AJ, Murase N, Lee RG, Randhawa P, Zeevi A., Pham S, Duquesnoy R, Fung JJ, Starzl TE. Chronic Rejection. A general overview of histopathology and pathophysiology with emphasis on liver, heart and intestinal allografts. Ann Transplant. 2:27-44, 1997.
  55. Randhawa PS, Whiteside TL, Zeevi A., Elder EM, Rao AS, Demetris AJ, Weng X, Valdivia LA, Rakela J, Nalesnik MA: Effects of immunotherapy on experimental immunodeficiency-related lymphoproliferative disease. Transplantation 65:264-268, 1998.
  56. Hebda PA, Alper CM, Doyle WJ, Burckart GJ, Diven WF, Zeevi A.: Upregulation of mRNA for inflammatory cytokines in middle ear mucosa in a rat model of acute otitis media. Ann of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology 107(6):501-7, 1998
  57. Zeevi A., Morel P, Spichty K, Dauber J, Yousem S, Williams P, Grgurich W, Pham S, Iacono A, Keenan R, Duquesnoy R, Griffith B. Clinical significance of CMV-specific T helper responses in lung transplant recipients. Human Immunol 59:768-775, 1998.
  58. Singh N, Zeevi A., Gayowski T, Marino IR. Late onset cytomegalovirus disease in liver transplant recipients: de novo reactivation in recurrent hepatitis C virus hepatitis. Transplant International 11(4):308-11, 1998.
  59. Mitruka SN, Pham SM, Zeevi A., Li S, Cai J, Burckart GJ, Yousem SA, Keenan RJ, Griffith BP. Aerosol cyclosporine prevents acute allograft rejection in experimental lung transplantation. J of Thoracic & Cardiovasc Surg. 115(1):28-36, 1998.
  60. Webber SA, Bentlejewski C, Park A, Fricker FJ, Griffith C, Boyle GJ, Miller SA, Pham S, Murali S, Griffith BP, Duquesnoy R and Zeevi A.. Clinical relevance of in vitro propagation of activated lymphocytes from endomyocardial biopsy samples of pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation 2(3):200-5, 1998.
  61. Gammie JS, Li S, Zeevi A., Demetris AJ, Ildstad ST and Pham SM. Tacrolimus-based partial conditioning produces stable mixed lymphohematopoietic chimerism and tolerance for cardiac allografts. Circulation 98(19 Suppl):II163-8; discussion II168-9, 1998.
  62. Salgar S, Shapiro R, Dodson F, Corry R, McCurry K, Zeevi A., Pham S, Abu-Elmagd K, Reyes J, Jordan M, Keenan R, Griffith B, Sesky T, Ostrowski L, Starzl TE, Fung JJ and Rao AS: Infusion of donor leukocytes to induce tolerance in organ allograft recipients. Leukocyte Biol. 66(2): 310-4, 1999
  63. Gentile DA, Patel A, Ollila C, Fireman P, Zeevi A., Doyle WJ, Skoner DP. Diminished IL-10 production in subjects with allergy after infection with influenza A virus. J of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 103(6): 1045-8, 1999.
  64. Nunley D, Dauber J, Iacono A, Keenan R, Zeevi A., Cornwell R, Love R, Meyer K, Soergel P and Peterson K. Unopposed neutrophil elastase in bronchoalveolar lavage from transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis. Am J of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 159(1): 258-61, 1999.
  65. Nalesnik MA, Zeevi A., Randhawa PS, Faro A, Spichty KJ, Demetris AJ, Fung JJ, Whiteside TL and Starzl TE. Cytokine mRNA profiles in Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. Clinical Transplantation 13 (1 Pt 1): 39-44, 1999.
  66. Reichert TE, Kashii Y, Stanson J, Zeevi A. and Whiteside TL. The role of endogenous interleukin-2 in proliferation of human carcinoma cell lines. British Journal of Cancer 81(5), 822-831, 1999.
  67. Zeevi A., Spichty K, Banas R, Cai J, Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD, Ahmed M, Dauber J, Iacono A, Keenan R, Griffith B. Clinical significance of cytomegalovirus-specific T helper responses and cytokine production in lung transplant recipients. Intervirology 42:291-300, 1999.