2013 American Transplant Congress
Network Analysis Reveals Roles of Inflammation Factors in Different Phenotypes of Kidney Transplantation Patients
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Key Lab of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China
BackgroundSystems-level characterization of inflammation in kidney transplantation remains incomplete. The present study aimed at identifying the inflammation proteins in phenotype transformation and assessing potential biomarkers…2013 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes on the Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney (SPK) Transplant Waitlist: A Competing Risk Analysis of the UNOS Database
Kidney Transplant Research Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Objective: To determine the risk of competing outcomes for patients on the waitlist for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney (SPK) transplantation.Design: We used the OPTN/UNOS database to examine…2013 American Transplant Congress
Donor CISH Polymorphism Is Associated with Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
Background: Cytokine-inducible SH-2 containing protein (CISH) is a member of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) family and involved in the negative regulation of IL-2 mediated…2013 American Transplant Congress
Five Year Graft Survival and Delayed Graft Function Predicted by Pre-Existent Renal Damage
Organs derived from deceased brain dead (DBD) donors show worse function and more acute rejection episodes than those from living donors (LD). Brain death induces…2013 American Transplant Congress
Enhancement of Cardiovascular Differentiation Induced by Leptin in Embryonic Stem Cells
Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Leptin promotes endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and angiogenesis in adult blood vessels during wound healing. Leptin also regulates the function of adult cardiomyocytes. To investigate…2013 American Transplant Congress
IL28B Polymorphisms Influence Cytomegalovirus Viremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
CHUV, Lausanne; , Basel; , Zurich; , Bern; , St Gallen; , Geneva, Switzerland; , Edmonton, Canada
Background. Polymorphisms nearby IL28B have been associated with reduced spontaneous or treatment-associated HCV clearance, but the influence of theses polymorphisms on cytomegalovirus (CMV) is not…2013 American Transplant Congress
Lymphotoxin Receptor Signaling Regulates Tolerogenic Functions of Fibroblastic Reticular Cells in the Lymph Node
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Background: Costimulatory blockade with anti-CD40L mAb plus donor specific splenocyte transfusion (DST) induces alloantigen specific tolerance. Tolerance depends on proper cell interactions and signaling in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Early Bacterial Infections in Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Impact of Preservation Fluid Contamination
Contamination of preservation fluid (PF) has been associated with donor-transmitted infection in renal transplantation. Despite the infectious morbidity in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT), the role…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pus Bonum Et Laudabile? – Wound Healing Complications after Heart Transplantation in the 21st Century
IntroductionToday, transplant recipients are older, sicker and have more co-morbidities than in earlier eras. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate incidence, risk factors…2013 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin Plus Basiliximab vs Basiliximab as Induction Therapy in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil: 1-Year Results of a Prospective Clinical Trial
Surgery - Renal Transplantation, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Purpose. The aim of this prospective, exploratory, single center study in kidney transplantation was to compare two immunosuppressive induction regimens: thymoglobulin plus basiliximab (THY) versus…
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