2013 American Transplant Congress
Dynamics of Donor-Specific Antibodies in Kidney Transplantation: Pretransplant Anti-HLA Class I DSA Not Associated to Early Graft Loss Disappear after Transplantation under Conventional Immunosuppression
The impact of donor-specific antibodies(DSA) after kidney transplantation(KT) on graft survival is becoming clearer, but which DSA have the greater impact or how they behave…2013 American Transplant Congress
Primary Graft Dysfunction vs. Primary Graft Failure: Are All Graft Problems Created Equal?
Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) and failure (PGF) are severe complications after heart transplantation. Until now there are no common guidelines to differentiate between these…2013 American Transplant Congress
Immune Regulation by Fibroblastic Reticular Cells in Tolerance Involves CD40-CD40L Costimulatory Interactions
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Background: Costimulatory blockade with anti-CD40L mAb plus donor specific splenocyte transfusion (DST) induces alloantigen specific tolerance. Previously we showed that stromal cell interactions with leukocytes,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Is There More Stress or Coercion To Donate in KPD Donors?
BACKGROUND:Kidney paired donation (KPD) is growing fast. The donors in KPD, or chain donors (Ch-D), have never before been studied from a psychosocial aspect or…2013 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Bias in Surgeon Predictions of Donor-Specific Risk of Liver Transplant Graft Failure
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BACKGROUND: The decision to accept or decline a liver allograft for a patient on the transplant waiting list is complex. We hypothesized that surgeons are…2013 American Transplant Congress
No Inhibitory Effect of Pre-Transplant Desensitization Including Rituximab or Splenectomy on De Novo HLA Antibody Production after Kidney Transplantation
BACKGROUND: The long-term effect of rituximab (RIT) and splenectomy (SPX) on de novo HLA Ab production after renal transplantation (RTx) was unclear. METHODS: We examined…2013 American Transplant Congress
Multivisceral Transplantation for Unresectable Hepatoblastoma: Single Center Experience
Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Purpose: Optimal treatment of hepatoblastoma requires complete resection and extensive portomesenteric vascular extension provides a unique challenge.Methods:Two patients undergoing MVT for unresectable hepatoblastoma at our…2013 American Transplant Congress
Immediate Extubation Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
Surgery and Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
PurposeCare of pediatric liver transplant recipients has traditionally included postoperative ventilation. Since 2005, we have evaluated for immediate extubation(IE) in the operating room based on…2013 American Transplant Congress
Spontaneous Acceptance of Mouse Islet Allografts in B Cell-Deficient Donor and Recipient Is Associated with Donor-Derived Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
Surgery/Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Spontaneous acceptance of grafts can be hightlighted by novel mechanisms of drug-free transplantation tolerance. Several animal studies showed that mouse renal allografts in certain strain…2013 American Transplant Congress
Bone Strength: A New Approach in Diagnosis of Bone Mineral Disease in Kidney Transplant Patients
Introduction: Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most widely diagnostic technique used to assess bone mineral disease (BMD) in kidney transplant (KT) patients. It is…
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