2013 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Common Blood-Based Biomarker Gene Panels for the Diagnosis of Renal and Cardiac Acute Allograft Rejection
To validate a peripheral blood transcriptional biomarker panel diagnostic for acute renal allograft rejection for the diagnosis and prediction of acute cardiac allograft rejection we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of BKV after Kidney Transplantation with Tacrolimus (FK) Based Immunosuppression and Alemtuzumab Induction: A Retrospective Analysis of Donation after-Cardiac Death (DCD) vs. Donation after Brain Death (DBD)
Introduction: With increasing organ shortage, transplant centers are increasing the utilization of DCD organs. However, the incidence of BKV has not been well investigated when…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparable Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in Liver Transplant Alone (LTA) and Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Recipients Who Had Pre-LT Kidney Biopsy for Renal Dysfunction or Proteinuria
Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Data concerning the utility of kidney biopsy in liver transplant (LT) candidates with renal dysfunction and/or proteinuria is lacking. Methods: 67 LT candidates with iothalamate…2013 American Transplant Congress
Plasma Soluble IL-6 Receptor (SIL-6R) Levels Are Significantly Elevated during Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Highly-HLA Sensitized Renal Allograft Recipients (HS Pts)
Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background: ABMR episodes involve multiple immunologic and inflammatory pathways. IL-6/IL-6R interactions have pleiotropic effects on immunity and inflammation and may have relevance to ABMR. Recent…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Re-Transplantation Graft Survival Is Comparable to Primary Pancreas after Kidney Transplantation
Background: Reports on the outcomes of pancreas re-transplantation are scarce in the modern era. We compared the outcome of pancreas re-transplantation with primary pancreas after…2013 American Transplant Congress
Cost Effectiveness of a Belatacept-Based Regimen in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Chronic use of calcineurin inhibitors has been associated with cardiovascular (CV) toxicity and nephrotoxicity in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Belatacept (bela) is associated with lower…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association of Brain Death Donor Cytokinemia with Donor and Recipient Renal Function in the Steroid Era
Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ
Brain death (BD) donor cytokinemia was associated with decreased organ recovery and worse post transplant outcomes before routine steroid use. Because steroids decrease cytokinemia in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Proposed Surveillance Strategy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplantation, A
Liver transplantation (LT) is indicated in cirrhotic patients with early, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Post-transplant HCC recurrence, although uncommon, remains a serious problem. There are…2013 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplants from DCD Donors Declined by the Primary Regional Centre
Department of Surgery, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Introduction: The recent expansion in donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidney transplantation within the UK has raised questions regarding donor suitability, particularly relating to the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Renal Transplant Candidates
Dialysis is associated with high mortality, and obesity often precludes transplantation. Weight loss prior to transplantation may reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with transplantation.…
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