2013 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Vascular Hemodynamics Improvement with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Unloading Is Sustained after Heart Transplantation
UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Background:Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is frequently seen in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) awaiting heart transplantation (HTx). Severe PHT is a contraindication for HTx. Both…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Persistence of Recipient MHC Class-II Antigen Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; Medicine and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: Following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation there is rapid replacement of host antigen presenting cells with donor antigen presenting cells. This has important implications of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Sustained Expression of CD39 Protects Acutely from Renal IRI but Promotes Fibrosis
Background: The adenosinergic axis is involved in renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) and the generation of adenosine by the action of CD39 and CD73 is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pegylated Interferon Maintenance Therapy for Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation
Hepatology, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Introduction: Recurrent hepatitis C (Hep C) is a major problem after liver transplantation. We analyzed our data on the virologic, biochemical and histological response with…2013 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitors in HLA Identical Living Related Donor Kidney Transplantation
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
The outcome of living related (LD) HLA-identical kidney transplant (tx) was excellent prior to the availability of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). Given the nephrotoxicity of CNIs,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association of Vitamin D and Albuminuria in Renal Transplant Recipients, The
Introduction: Albuminuria is commonly observed in renal transplant recipients and its etiology varies widely. It is associated with poorer graft function and worse patient and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Microfluidic-Based Multiplexer for Long-Term Dynamic Islet Culture and Immunosuppression Study
Purpose: The in vitro study of human islets is often limited by the availability of specific tools. Microfluidic technology has emerged as a hugely promising…2013 American Transplant Congress
Successful Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion and Viability Testing of Discarded Human Donor Livers
In contrast to traditional static cold preservation of donor livers, normothermic machine perfusion may reduce preservation injury, improve graft viability, and potentially allows ex-vivo assessment…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Hypertension Identified by Color Doppler Echocardiography in Renal Transplant Candidates: Prevalence and Effect on Survival
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been recognized frequently in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis. Some studies have suggested that PH may be associated…2013 American Transplant Congress
Jak3 Dependent Inhibition of Alloreactive T Cell Proliferation in the Setting of Chronic TLR Stimulation
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; Medicine and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: Maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) by a pulse TLR ligands increases their antigen presentation efficacy and leads to increased proliferation of T cells in…
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