2013 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Treatment for Vascular Complication Following Living Donor Liver Transplantation: The Efficacy of Stent Placement
Background: Vascular complication after liver transplantation sometimes leads to graft loss. The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of stent placement for…2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms of FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa and C1qA on Infectious Complications after Liver Transplantation, The
Hirosihma University, Hiroshima, Japan
Background:Infection is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in liver transplant (LT) recipients. Since the immunosuppressive regimen currently used after LT reduces…2013 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Fasting Protects Aged Obese Mice Against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
IntroductionRenal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is inevitable during kidney transplantation leading to oxidative stress and inflammation and is a risk factor for delayed graft function, acute…2013 American Transplant Congress
Renal Graft Survival among Primary, Re-Transplant, and Kidney after Solid Organ Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Introduction: With improved patient outcomes after renal transplants, repeat renal and kidney after solid organs are increasingly being done. Because of paucity of outcomes data…2013 American Transplant Congress
Modification of Donor Tissue Antigens with Papain To Inhibit Transplant Rejection
Immunobiology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical, Charlestown, MA
PURPOSE: The development of novel drugs to hinder transplant rejection is expensive, time consuming and inevitably exposes the subject to lifelong immunosuppression. In contrast, modifying…2013 American Transplant Congress
Increased Gene Transcripts Related to Immune Activation in Allografts but Not in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Despite Lack of Histopathologic Findings of Rejection
Montefiore/Einstein Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
Background: Donor specific antibodies (DSA) increase the risk of developing antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). However, some patients with DSA have normal biopsies, questioning the role of…2013 American Transplant Congress
B-Cell-Attracting Chemokine-13 (CXCL13) in Human and Murine Kidney Allograft Rejection
Purpose: B-cells play an important role in acute renal allograft rejection. It is known that the B-cell-attracting chemokine 13 (CXCL13), which is expressed by dendritic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Preventable and Non-Preventable Early Rehospitalization Following Kidney Transplantation
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Early rehospitalization following transplant surgery occurs in 28.5% of kidney transplant (KT) recipients, compared to rates of 10-16% following other abdominal surgeries. Studies of claims…2013 American Transplant Congress
Renal Graft Survival Post Thoracic and Abdominal Transplant: A Single Center Experience
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction: ESRD is a common complication in patients with non-renal solid organ transplantation and such patients are living longer to receive kidney transplants. There is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Early Onset of Acute Kidney Injury and Subsequent Development of Chronic Renal Disease after Liver Transplantation
Background. Renal impairement is one of the most common complications following liver transplantation (LT) and it is associated with an increased length of stay in…
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