2016 American Transplant Congress
The Increase of Serum MiR-142-3p Level in Acute Cardiac Rejection as a Reflection of Exosome-Mediated Genetic Exchange Between T Cells and Endothelial Cells.
1Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; 2PROOF Center of Excellence, Vancouver, Canada.
IntroductionIn the recent years, microRNAs has emerged as the popular biomarker candidate in the field of solid organ transplantation due to their expression patterns reflect…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heterologous Persistent and Latent Viral Infections Do Not Impact Graft Survival.
1Duke University, Durham; 2Emory University, Atlanta.
Purpose: Infection induces costimulation-resistant memory T cells with heterologous alloreactivity. Rapamycin has been shown to mitigate the effect of these cells in transplant rejection. Previous…2016 American Transplant Congress
Profiling of T Cell Subsets in a Primate Cardiac Transplant Model.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Costimulation blockade prolongs graft survival but does not induce tolerance in primates, and mechanisms of rejection are incompletely understood. Here we evaluate changes in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Vascular Endothelial Cell Activation by Mitochondria Links Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Allograft Injury.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) are an initial barrier between allografts and the host immune system and play an important role in initiating allograft rejection. Increasing…2016 American Transplant Congress
Direct Alloimmunity Is Driven by Recipient APCs Displaying Donor MHC Molecules.
We have studied the trafficking of donor passenger leukocytes and donor MHC presentation in the lymphoid organs of mice having received an MHC-mismatched skin or…2016 American Transplant Congress
MHC/HLA-Specific IgE in Allotransplantation.
Background: Donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are recognized as important factors in determining outcome in renal transplantation.Typically DSAs of the IgG isotype are measured, but little is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Eomesodermin Expression by CD8+ Alloreactive T Cells in Human and Nonhuman Primate Allograft Recipients.
Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background:The transcription factor Eomesodermin (Eomes) is critical in the maintenance of antigen-specific memory T cells (Tmem). We have shown previously that prolonged kidney allograft survival…2016 American Transplant Congress
Sepsis Prolongs Allograft Survival Compared with Non-Septic Infection in a Murine Model of Skin Transplantation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia.
Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Concurrent infections have been shown to increase risk of transplant rejection via enhanced innate immune activation and increased T cell alloreactivity. In some cases, these…2016 American Transplant Congress
ESAT-6 Inhibits Donor-Specific Memory CD8+ T Cell Generation and Alloimmune Responses.
Inducing long-term transplant survival or tolerance without continuous global immunosuppression is a highly desired goal in organ transplantation because conventional immunosuppressive drugs usually cause severe…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor 17DMAG Is a Potential New Therapeutic Agent Against Acute Allograft Rejection.
Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) plays a role in the development of acute rejection (AR) in organ transplantation. To…
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