2013 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Plasmapheresis on the Concentration of Soluble Urokinase Receptor (suPAR) in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background: suPAR is elevated in patients (pts) with FSGS. Increased levels were associated with recurrence in transplanted kidneys. Previous studies suggested a causative role in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Differential Effects of the Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity in Lysing Human Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Introduction At present, the relative contribution of the innate and adaptive cytotoxic immunity to human renal tubular epithelial cell injury (TECs) remains poorly defined. Cells…2013 American Transplant Congress
Measuring Kidney Patients' Motivation To Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Development of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy Measures
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Educational interventions that increase patient motivation to pursue living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), positive attitudinal change, and self-efficacy have been shown to increase LDKT rates,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pretransplant FGF23 Titer Predicts Hypercalcemia at 6month Post Transplant Recipients
Kidney Disease Center, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
(Background) Recently graft survival of kidney transplant recipients is longer than before,so it is important to manage arteriosclerosis including calcium(Ca)/phosphorus(P) metabolism.(Aim)We examined how effective preemptive…2013 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of ECMO in DCD (Better the Devil You Know?)
Saint Louis Hospital (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris), Paris, France
Kidney transplantation from uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) has been re-introduced into clinical practice in France since June 2006. In addition to being the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Diagnostic Markers for Differentiation between BKV-Associated Nephropathy and Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients
BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) causing kidney graft impairment is often difficult to distinguish from acute rejection (AR). A misdiagnosis may be detrimental to the patient, because…2013 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Renal Arterial Inflow Stenosis Defined by Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography and MR Imaging in Early Period after Renal Transplantation: Predisposing Factors and Clinical Outcomes
PurposeOur objective was to evaluate the usefulness of three-dimensional contrast enhanced MR angiography (3D CE MRA) for assessment of renal artery anastomosis in the early…2013 American Transplant Congress
Difference in Inflammatory Response between Clinical Allogeneic and Autologous Islet Transplantation
Background: Pancreatic islet transplantation (IT) can serve for patients with type 1 diabetes by allogeneic transplant as well as refractory chronic pancreatitis by autologous form.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Unconventional RORγt+ T Cells Drive Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) remains an important problem in organ transplantation. Growing evidence suggests that CD3+ T cells play a key role in early hepatic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Portal Vein Reconstruction for LDLT Recipients with Portal Vein Thrombus
Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
For a patient with portal vein thrombus, several reconstruction techniques have been reported up to date including thrombectomy, anastomosis with SMV or collateral veins using…
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