2013 American Transplant Congress
Prospective, Iterative, Phased, Trial of Proteasome Inhibitor-Based Desensitization in Highly Sensitized Renal Transplant Candidates, A
Substantive prospective trials of proteasome inhibitor (PI)-based desensitization (DS) have not been reported. This study prospectively evaluated PI-based DS in highly HLA sensitized kidney transplant…2013 American Transplant Congress
Crossmatch Positive Liver Transplantation: Role of Underlying Liver Disease
Significance of positive crossmatch in liver transplantation (LT) remains unclear. We evaluated the role of flow cytometry crossmatch (CM) in 1000 consecutive LT with a…2013 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Resistance in Gramnegative Bacilli Causing Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Two Cohorts of Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients: An Emerging Problem
Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
BackgroundUTI is the most common infection following KT. The increasing resistance in gramnegative bacilli could have an special impact on this population.MethodsTwo cohorts were followed…2013 American Transplant Congress
Vasculopathic Risk Factors for Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) is defined as the need for dialysis within the first week following kidney transplantation. DGF is a major risk factor…2013 American Transplant Congress
Extent of Donor Smoking and Mid-Term Outcomes after Lung Transplantation – A Single Center Analysis
Objective In this study we retrospectively evaluated impact of donor history and extent of smoking on mid-term outcome after LTx.Methods Between 01.2007 and 09.2012, 237…2013 American Transplant Congress
Strategy for Eliminating Passenger Leukocytes in Human Renal Allografts, A
Breonics, Inc., Albany; University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
Transplantation is unique immunologically due to both donor and recipient antigen presenting cells being present at reperfusion. Dendritic cells (DC) are a potent type of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Serum Cystatin C in Renal Transplantation: Beyond GFR Estimation, a Prognosis Marker?
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
In renal transplantation, death with a functioning graft remains one of the main causes of graft loss. In the general population, renal function impairment is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Regulation of microRNA in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Heart Transplantation, The
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Lawson Health Research institute, London, Canada
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNA) are single-stranded RNAs containing 18-24 nucleotides in length and have emerged as a prominent class of gene regulators. Due to their capacity…2013 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Polymorphisms Associate with FK506 Dosage and Incidence of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background. Both over-immunosuppression and under-immunosuppression can endanger the health of a kidney transplant recipient (KTR). Genotyping KTRs to personalize the administration of immunosuppressive drugs, such…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association of HLA Amino Acid Mismatches with Kidney Allograft Failure
The effect of HLA matching on kidney allograft survival is usually analyzed based on HLA serologic specificity and does not take into account other HLA…
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