2013 American Transplant Congress
Lipocalin-2 in Serum Samples of Recipients Following Liver Transplantation as Predictive and Monitoring Marker for Acute Allograft Rejection
PURPOSE: Lipocalin-2 (Lcn-2) has been described as a marker and modulator of inflammation during ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) following solid organ transplantation. Aim of this study…2013 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Global Copy Number Changes with Micro RNA Expression Profiling Reveals MUC1 as a Marker for HCC Recurrence after Transplant
INTRODUCTION: Epigenetic changes are known to play a pivotal role in hepatocellular carcinogenesis, but the effects of these changes on cancer cell protein expression remain…2013 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation with or without Graft Nephrectomy. A Single Centre Experience
Renal Transplantation, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Introduction:This study aims to review the impact of nephrectomy of a failed primary allograft on the graft survival of renal retransplantation.Material/Method:This is a retrospective study…2013 American Transplant Congress
RIP3 Mediated Necroptosis Regulates Cardiac Allograft Inflammation and Survival
Despite recent advances in immunosuppression, patients who have undergone allogeneic cardiac transplantation still suffer from poorly understood chronic graft loss. Previous studies have shown that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Facilitated Reduction of Tacrolimus in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: 12-24 Month Data from North America
Purpose: In Study H2304, everolimus (EVR) facilitated early tacrolimus (TAC) minimization with comparable efficacy and better renal function vs standard TAC at 12 months (M)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Prednisolone Treatment Did Not Improve Organ Quality in Brain Dead Rats
IntroductionOur previous results showed a protective effect in kidney function but not in liver injury with the pre-treatment of brain dead (BD) rat donors with…2013 American Transplant Congress
Protocol Biopsies in ABO-Incompatible Versus ABO-Compatible Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction: Short and medium term ABO-incompatible kidney transplant results are comparable with ABO-compatible kidney transplants (KT). Little is known about the histologic evolution of protocol…2013 American Transplant Congress
MnTMPyp, a Selective Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, Reduces Oxidative Stress in Brain Dead Donors
Renal allografts retrieved from brain dead donors show inferior transplant outcomes compared to living donor grafts. Brain death (BD) leads to immunological activation and hemodynamic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Extraction Time of Kidneys from Deceased Donors Impacts Function
Background: Cold and warm ischemia times are known to impact DGF (delayed graft function) rates and long-term allograft survival following deceased donor kidney transplantation. We…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Disease Duration on Islet Yield for Clinical Islet Autotransplants for Chronic Panreatitis
Background: Total pancreatectomy followed by autologous islet transplantation (TP-AIT) is an advanced surgical option for refractory chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients. Islet yield is an important…
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