2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Graft Thin Upper Pole Arterial Branch Ligation on Adult Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
ObjectiveIn kidney transplanation, some upper pole branches are too thin to be reconstructed. The impact of graft thin upper pole arterial branch ligation on adult…2016 American Transplant Congress
In Their Own Words: Living Kidney Donors Who Develop Kidney Failure.
Background: Psychosocial data about living kidney donation have been collected for almost five decades. The results are almost uniformly positive, even in the early years…2016 American Transplant Congress
Age Gap Analysis Between Live Donor and Recipients in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities to Improve Voluntary Exchange Programs and Kidney Paired Donation.
Graft survival(GS) perception is that, with a smaller age gap between the donor(D) and recipient(R), better the outcome. It is unclear if there is an…2016 American Transplant Congress
Establishing a Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy.
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Despite thousands of hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (HALDNs) having been performed a paucity of data still exists in establishing how many procedures are required…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Formed AT1R Antibodies Are Associated with Rejection After Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle.
Antibody mediated injury is a significant contributor to rejection and allograft damage. Non-HLA antibodies have been increasingly recognized in association with graft dysfunction. Our goal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of a 4-Month Post-Renal Transplant Dose Reduction of Tacrolimus.
Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the efficacy and safety balance of 2 different doses of tacrolimus extended-release (TacER) in kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Exosomal Annexin A1 Is a Predictive Biomarker of Post Kidney Transplant Complications.
IntroductionMonitoring of kidney allograft condition is important. We had exhibited non-invasive diagnostic modality of post-kidney transplant complications using urine exosomal and microvesicule (EMV) mRNA of…2016 American Transplant Congress
NanoString Detection of Gene Signatures in Urine During Acute Cellular Rejection of Kidney Grafts.
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2UAB, Birmingham; 3Emory, Atlanta; 4MSSM, New York.
Considerable effort has focused on identification of gene expression patterns that may assist in diagnosis of acute cellular rejection. The NanoString platform offers a novel…2016 American Transplant Congress
Rapid Emergence of CD28null Cells Following Ex Vivo Restimulation Is Associated with Belatacept Resistant Rejection.
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA.
Numerous studies have implicated donor-reactive memory T cells in mediating costimulation blockade resistant rejection (CoBRR) following treatment with belatacept. In humans, these memory T cells…2016 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Age and KDPI Are Potent Predictors of Early Acute Rejection in the Modern Era of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The rate of acute rejection in the first six months after deceased donor (DD) kidney transplant is about 10% in the modern era of immunosuppression.…
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