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2015 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of a Genotype Guided Tacrolimus Dosing Equation for African American (AA) Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Sanghavi,¹ R. Brundage,¹ M. Miller,² D. Schaldt,³ A. Israni,³ W. Guan,⁴ W. Oetting,¹ R. Mannon,⁵ R. Remmel,¹ A. Matas,⁶ P. Jacobson.¹
¹College of Pharmacy, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ²Dept of Psychology, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ³Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Dept of Biostatistics, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Dept of Nephrology, University of AL, Birmingham, AL; ⁶Dept of Surgery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.
Tacrolimus (tac) has a strong exposure-response relationship with high inter-individual variability in troughs and dose. Tac dose requirements for AA patients are higher than Caucasians,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Alloreactivity On Intra-Graft T Cell Homeostasis Following Small Bowel Transplantation
J. Zuber, B. Shonts, S. Lau, S. Coley, S. Yang, J. Weiner, S. DeWolf, D. Farber, Y. Shen, M. Martinez, T. Kato, M. Sykes.
Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
The impact of alloreactivity on the turnover rate, phenotype and repertoire of gut-resident lymphoid cells populating human intestinal allografts is unknown. We prospectively analyzed the…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Potential Use of the Plasma Biomarker CXCL9 (MIG), Interleukin 2 Receptor alpha (IL2Rα) and SCGF-b as Predictors of Renal Graft Rejection
C. Blume,¹ S. Michael,² N. Christine,³ H. Hermann,⁴ F. Christine.³
¹Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany; ²Musculo Sceletal Reserach, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; ³Transplant Immunology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany; ⁴Dept. Nephrology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Background: Early detection of rejection in kidney transplantation is crucial, and predictive plasma biomarkers are highly desirable as non-invasive tests.Methods: From a cohort of 120…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Allo-Stimulated Interferon-γ Release and Natural Killer Cell Function Defines and Risk Stratifies Cancer Development in Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Have Cancer Post-transplantation
C. Hope,^1,2 A. Fuss,^1,2 W. Hanf,¹ P. Coates,^1,2 P. Heeger,³ R. Carroll.^1,2
¹The Centre for Clinical and Experimental Transplantation (CCET), Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Services (CNARTS), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; ²Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; ³Icahn School of Medicine, The Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute, New York City, NY.
Reducing immunosuppression is efficacious in primary prevention of cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR) but can precipitate graft rejection. Conventional immunosuppressive drug monitoring fails to…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Levels of TFH cell-Inducing Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Correlate With DSA Formation After Kidney Transplantation
C. Macedo,¹ K. Hadi,¹ B. Elinoff,¹ M. Marrari,¹ A. Zeevi,¹ B. Ramaswami,¹ G. Chalasani,¹ A. Shields,² R. Alloway,³ E. Woodle,² F. Lakkis,¹ D. Metes.¹
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ²Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati; ³Internal Medicine-Nephrology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati.
Donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) represent an important biomarker for acute rejection and are a major cause of long-term graft failure after kidney transplantation (KTx). The…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Living Kidney Donation on Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance
B. Tanriover,¹ P. Mohan,² S. Cremers,³ I. Lingvay.⁴
¹Medicine/Nephrology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX; ²Medicine/Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ³Biomarkers Core Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY; ⁴Medicine/Endocrinology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX.
The kidney contributes to glucose hemostasis through processes of insulin metabolism, gluconeogenesis, and glucose filtration. Little is known on insulin sensitivity in living kidney donors…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Primes the Adaptive Immune Response and Generation of Proinflammatory Cytokines
A. Zarrinpar,¹ P. Rao,² C. Lassman,² V. Agopian,¹ F. Kaldas,¹ D. Farmer,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ Y. Zhai,¹ J. Kupiec-Weglinski,¹ E. Reed.²
¹Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Transplanted organs are exquisitely susceptible to effects of ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), an immune-mediated process that occurs during transplantation and beyond. Recipient and graft outcomes,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Expression of Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Induces Liver Injury Via Activation of the MAPK Pathway in Grafts from Brain-Dead Donors
Z. Zhong,¹ S. Ye,¹ Y. Xiong,¹ X. Fan,¹ W. Huang,¹ D. Ko,³ Y. Wang,¹ Q. Ye.^1,2
¹Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Institute of Hepatobiliary Diseases of Wuhan University, Transplant Center of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Technology on Transplantation, Wuhan, Hubei, China; ²The 3rd Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Research Center of National Health Ministry on Transplantation Medicine Engineering and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China; ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Urology, Boston, MA.
Objective: To determine the role of ALDH2 in the injury of liver from brain-dead donors.Methods: Using brain-dead rabbit model, the expression of ALDH2 and apoptosis…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Detection of HCC Mutations in Indeterminate Lesions Using Liquid Biopsies
Y. Lin,¹ K. Cavaness,² Z. Zhang,¹ S. Lin,³ K. Korenblat,¹ G. Klintmalm,² W. Chapman.¹
¹Washington University, St. Louis, MO; ²Baylor University, Dallas, TX; ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Background Recent sequencing efforts have characterized the mutation profile of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the relevance to clinical decision-making has been limited by the infrequency…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Serial Change of Donor Specific Antibodies On the Graft Outcomes After Liver Transplantation
D. Joo,^1,2 J. Lee,³ J. Lee,^1,2 J. Lee,^1,2 S. Kim,⁴ D. Han,^1,2 M. Ju,^1,2 J. Choi,^1,2 S. Kim,^1,2 M. Kim.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Bundang, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Wonju Yonsei University College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the acute rejection rate and graft function after liver transplantation according to pre-transplantation donor specific antibody (DSA) status and…