Nephrology

Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Immunology
Professor of Pathology
Professor in Surgery
Campus mail 2 Genome Court, Durham, NC 27710
Email address xunrong.luo@duke.edu

Education and Training

  • General Nephrology Fellowship, Cornell University, Weill Medical College, 2001 - 2003
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Cornell University, Weill Medical College, 1998 - 2001
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 1998
  • Ph.D., Duke University, 1995

Grants

Publications

Varma, Elly, Xunrong Luo, and Thangamani Muthukumar. “Dissecting the human kidney allograft transcriptome: single-cell RNA sequencing.” Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, December 10, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1097/mot.0000000000000840.

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33315769
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Dangi, Anil, Naveen R. Natesh, Irma Husain, Zhicheng Ji, Laura Barisoni, Jean Kwun, Xiling Shen, Edward B. Thorp, and Xunrong Luo. “Single cell transcriptomics of mouse kidney transplants reveals a myeloid cell pathway for transplant rejection.” Jci Insight 5, no. 20 (October 15, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.141321.

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32970632
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Dangi, Anil, Shuangjin Yu, Frances T. Lee, Melanie Burnette, Stuart Knechtle, Jean Kwun, and Xunrong Luo. “Donor apoptotic cell-based therapy for effective inhibition of donor-specific memory T and B cells to promote long-term allograft survival in allosensitized recipients.” Am J Transplant 20, no. 10 (October 2020): 2728–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.15878.

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32275799
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Shah, Sahil, Matthew DeBerge, Andre Iovane, Shixian Yan, Longhui Qiu, Jiao-Jing Wang, Yashpal S. Kanwar, et al. “MCMV Dissemination from Latently-Infected Allografts Following Transplantation into Pre-Tolerized Recipients.” Pathogens 9, no. 8 (July 26, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9080607.

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32722544
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Yu, Shuangjin, Anil Dangi, Melanie Burnette, Michael M. Abecassis, Edward B. Thorp, and Xunrong Luo. “Acute murine cytomegalovirus disrupts established transplantation tolerance and causes recipient allo-sensitization.” Am J Transplant, July 13, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16197.

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32659030
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Markmann, J. F., M. R. Rickels, T. L. Eggerman, N. D. Bridges, D. E. Lafontant, J. Qidwai, E. Foster, et al. “Phase 3 Trial of Human Islet-after-Kidney Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes.” Am J Transplant, July 6, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16174.

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32627352
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Dangi, Anil, Shuangjin Yu, Frances T. Lee, Melanie Burnette, Jiao-Jing Wang, Yashpal S. Kanwar, Zheng J. Zhang, Michael Abecassis, Edward B. Thorp, and Xunrong Luo. “Murine cytomegalovirus dissemination but not reactivation in donor-positive/recipient-negative allogeneic kidney transplantation can be effectively prevented by transplant immune tolerance.” Kidney Int 98, no. 1 (July 2020): 147–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.01.034.

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32471635
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Lee, Frances T., Anil Dangi, Sahil Shah, Melanie Burnette, Yong-Guang Yang, Allan D. Kirk, Bernhard J. Hering, Stephen D. Miller, and Xunrong Luo. “Rejection of xenogeneic porcine islets in humanized mice is characterized by graft-infiltrating Th17 cells and activated B cells.” Am J Transplant 20, no. 6 (June 2020): 1538–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.15763.

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31883299
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