2013 American Transplant Congress
Cigarette Smoking in Living Kidney Donors and Graft Survival
General Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background: The deleterious effects of cigarette smoking contribute to a number of significant health-related problems but the effect of donor smoking history on kidney graft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Transmission of Cancer from Solid Organ Donors in the U.S
National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD
Background: Transmission (TX) of cancer is a rare but life-threatening complication of transplantation. Most cancers preclude donation, but some may be missed if an accurate…2013 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation with Older Donors
Background: Living donor kidney transplantation recipients with older donors often have lower GFR than whom with young donors after transplantation. Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) may cause…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Exposure to Belatacept in Recipients of Extended Criteria Donor Kidneys
Background: Kidney transplant recipients treated with belatacept-based immunosuppression in the BENEFIT-EXT study had comparable patient and graft survival and better renal function vs a cyclosporine-based…2013 American Transplant Congress
Triple Non-Steroidal Maintenance Therapy in a Cohort of Kidney Transplanted Children
Paediatric Nephrology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
BACKGROUND:Calcineuric inhibitors (CNI) avoidance or dose reduction has been proposed in pediatric kidney transplant (KTx) recipients with nephrotoxicity or neurologic side effects. Combination of CNI,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Medication Non-Adherence after Kidney Transplantation: A Qualitative Study Using Depth Interviews of Adherent and Non-Adherent Patients
Background: Non-adherence to immunosuppressive medications is an important cause of allograft loss after kidney transplant. To examine factors influencing medication adherence in adult kidney transplant…2013 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Markers To Distinguish Modes of Renal Graft Rejection
Renal transplant recipients may suffer serious consequences from graft rejection. We sought to develop an accurate, noninvasive test that can detect and distinguish acute cellular…2013 American Transplant Congress
Role of Commensal Microbiota in Skin Allograft Rejection
Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
A multitude of recent studies have demonstrated that the intestinal microbiota influences systemic autoimmunity and immune responses to infection. Organs associated with commensal bacteria, including…2013 American Transplant Congress
Time to Presentation of Donor Derived Infection
Background: Differentiating donor-derived infection (DDI) from other causes of illness after solid organ transplantation (SOT) can be challenging. Early recognition of potential DDI allows treatment/prevention…2013 American Transplant Congress
CD40-Dependent Help by CD4 T Cells Is Required for CD8 T Cell Recovery after Antithymocyte Globulin Lymphoablation
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is a lymphoablative agent used in transplant patients. However, ATG treated recipients eventually reconstitute their T cell repertoire, develop anti-donor immune responses…
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