2015 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Rejection Free and Overall Islet Allograft Survival
The purpose of this study was 1) to assess the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on intrahepatic, allogeneic islet survival in a cynomolgus monkey…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effector T Cell Migration to Pancreatic Islet Allografts Is Dependent On Donor Antigen Recognition and Not Gαi Chemokine Signaling
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
Infiltration of the graft with host effector T cells after transplantation is a key step in the pathogenesis of both acute and chronic rejection. Recent…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation of ABO- and Crossmatch-Incompatible Recipient-Donor Pairs Entered in Kidney Paired Donation Program
Transplantation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) enables ABO-incompatible (ABOI) and crossmatch-incompatible (XMI) patients to undergo transplantation using a 'more compatible' donor. Identification of factors that predict early…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Donor Specific Antibody With Negative Flow-Crossmatch Was Related to Higher Acute Rejection But Not to Poor Graft Survival
Background: DSA have been associated to lower graft survival and a higher humoral rejection rate, but there is a concern about the clinical impact of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Differential Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients With De Novo C1q+ and C1q- Donor Specific Antibodies
Background: We investigated the prevalence and clinical significance of C1q binding versus non-C1q binding de novo DSA in kidney transplant recipients.Methods: The study group included…2015 American Transplant Congress
The C1q-Binding Assays and Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
Background: Contradictory conclusions have emerged from clinical trials when testing the predictive value of C1q-binding donor-specific HLA-antibodies (HLA-DSA). The aim of this study was to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Improved Long-Term Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients With Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) After Mycophenolic Acid Escalation
Background: DSA formation in post-renal transplant patients is associated with chronic rejection and graft failure. Previous studies in our population indicate DSA formation is a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Correlates of Atrophy-Fibrosis in Human Kidney Transplants Provides a New Model of Renal Fibrosis
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
We studied the effect of time post-transplant on atrophy-fibrosis (AF) and the molecular associations with AF in 703 kidney transplant indication biopsies (bx) 3 days…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Cytotoxic and Regulatory T Cell and B Cell Associated Gene Transcripts in Transplant Kidney Biopsies With Non-Specific IFTA and Interstitial Inflammation
Background: Patients with non –specific interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IFTA) have lower graft survival if their biopsies have interstitial inflammation, described as “ i” in Banff…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Elevated BMI on Allograft Outcomes: A Competing Risks Regression Analysis
Section of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
INTRODUCTION: Extremes of BMI has been associated with an increased risk of death censored allograft failure. Traditionally the KM product limit estimate has been used…
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