2016 American Transplant Congress
The mTORC2 Activation Is Critical for Hepato-Cytoprotection Against Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury.
Background & AimsRapamycin and Everolimus have been used in liver transplant patients, particularly those with calcineurin inhibitor-related nephrotoxicity and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although designed as mTORC1…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heparanase: A New Factor Involved in the Pro-Fibrotic Renal Biological Machinery Activated by the Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) Injury.
Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is an important cause of acute renal failure and delayed graft function, and it may induce chronic renal damage by activating epithelial to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Adding Anti-Inflammatory Agents During Normothermic Ex-Vivo Liver Perfusion Improves the Preservation of Pig Liver Grafts Before Transplantation.
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Introduction: Normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) improves graft preservation by avoiding cold ischemic injury. We investigated if protective effects of NEVLP can be further…2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of TGF-β in Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Induced Renal Fibrosis in Human Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells.
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) leads to an irreversible damage to the tubular epithelium and promotes acute kidney injury (AKI) that is associated with progressive loss of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) of Liver Allografts with a Novel Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC) Increases β-Oxidation of Fatty Acids and Decreases Lipid Peroxidation (LP).
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Introduction: There is limited information about the lipid metabolic profile during liver allograft preservation. LP remains a major component of ischemia-reperfusion injuries (IRIs). The aim…2016 American Transplant Congress
CD9+ Regulatory B Lymphocytes Control Chronic Lung Inflammation by Inducing Effector T Cell Apoptosis.
1ITUN-INSERM U1064, Nantes, France; 2Institut du thorax, INSERM U1087/CNRS U6291, Nantes, France.
Several observations highlight the relevance of regulatory B cells (Breg) to clinical transplantation. We have identified a new Breg population expressing the CD9, able to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Gene Expression Microarray Analysis of Purified CD16-Stimulated Human NK Cells and Indication Biopsies Supports a CD16-Mediated Role for NK Cells in Antibody-Mediated Kidney Rejection.
BACKGROUND: CD16α mediates NK cell responses to donor-specific IgG antibodies (DSA), and shares mechanisms with effector T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation. Whether CD16α-inducible transcripts are…2016 American Transplant Congress
PD-L1/PD-L2-Expressing B-1a Cells Inhibit Allo-Reactive T Cells in Mice.
Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) induces donor-specific hypo responsiveness or immune-tolerance among allo-reactive T cells in different organ transplantation models. However, the optimal cell source or…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cross-Talk Between TLR and BCR Pathways Induces CNI-Resistance in B-Cells Responding to Blood Group A-Antigens: A Novel Paradigm for Treatment with TLR-Inhibitor for CNI-Resistant AMR.
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
[Aim] Bacterial infections after ABO-incompatible transplantation are associated with refractory antibody (Ab)-mediated rejection (AMR). We demonstrated that bacterial pathogens provoke B cells, responding to human…2016 American Transplant Congress
Limited Efficacy of Bortezomib on Desensitization via Rapid Humoral Compensation in a Sensitized Rhesus Model.
1Surgery, Duke University, Durham; 2Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta.
Sensitized patients comprise a significant proportion (30%) of candidates on the waiting list for transplantation. With recent evidence that the presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSA)…
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