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2021 American Transplant Congress
SPK Transplantation in HIV-positive Recipients
H. Resweber, k. nguyen, H. Curtis, J. Panichella, A. DI Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: With the advent of anti-retroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV, mortality in HIV-infected individuals has become less due to complications from viral infection…
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Symptoms on MTSOSD Questionnaire in Pancreas Transplantation Recipients
R. Kaur, S. R. Rizvi, B. H. Smith, C. Reid, S. K. McCrady-Spitzer, W. K. Kremers, P. G. Dean, A. Kukla, M. D. Stegall, Y. C. Kudva
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: We used the Modified transplant symptom Occurrence and symptom distress scale (MTSOSD) to study side-effects of immunosuppression after Pancreas transplantation (PT) for patients with…
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Psychosocial Outcomes 1-year Post Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant
J. Steel¹, A. Amin¹, M. Wijkstrom¹, A. Zureikat¹, E. Tillman¹, R. Jones¹, D. Yadav¹, A. Slivka¹, A. Phillips¹, M. Bellin², A. Carroll³, A. Humar¹
¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: A paucity of research regarding the psychosocial outcomes after-total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplantation exists. The aim of the study was to examine…
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Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era
B. Sharda¹, K. Gurung², R. Stratta², A. Farney², G. Orlando², C. Jay², A. Reeves-Daniel³, A. Mena-Gutierrez³, N. Sakhovskaya³, W. Doares⁴, S. Kaczmorski⁴, M. Magid⁴, J. Rogers²
¹Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…
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Donor Derived Transmissions 2019: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
L. Danziger-Isakov¹, M. G. Michaels¹, A. Agarwal¹, S. Aslam¹, K. Dunn¹, J. Goldman¹, D. Levine¹, C. Marboe¹, G. Marklin¹, S. Pouch¹, M. Rana¹, R. Razonable¹, H. L. Stevenson¹, H. S. Te¹, A. Woolley¹, E. Ward², C. Jett², L. Cartwright², R. La Hoz¹
¹OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary group, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess the likelihood of…
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Engineered Human Glomerular Endothelial Cells to Identify Non-hla Antibodies and Decipher Their Pathogenicity After Kidney Transplantation
B. Lamarthée¹, C. Burger¹, C. Leclaire¹, L. Morin¹, F. Terzi¹, C. Tinel¹, D. Anglicheau²
¹Inserm U1151, Necker-Enfants Malades Institute, PARIS, France, ²Necker Hospital, AP-HP, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, PARIS, France
*Purpose: In kidney transplantation recipients (KTRs), donor-specific antibodies directed against Human Leucocyte Antigens (HLA-DSA) are thought to drive antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and poor transplant outcome.…
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A Noninvasive Diagnostic Approach for Molecular Monitoring of Face Transplant Recipients
C. Snopkowski¹, P. Rabbani², H. Yang¹, Z. Berman², G. Diep², C. Li¹, T. Muthukumar¹, R. Ding¹, D. Ceradini², M. Suthanthiran¹
¹Weill Cornell Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, NY, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NY, NY
*Purpose: Skin biopsies are currently the gold standard for evaluating the inflammatory status of face allografts. However, “tape stripping” is emerging as a noninvasive technique…
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A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism within the FCGR3A 158 F/V Gene is Associated with Decreased Survival of Renal Allografts with Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection
N. H. Litjens, A. M. Peeters, J. A. Kal-van Gestel, M. Klepper, M. G. Betjes
Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Long-term allograft survival has shown little improvement over the last decades. An important factor compromising long-term allograft survival in kidney transplantation is chronic active…
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T-cell-Mediated Immunity to Sars-cov-2 Defines Covid-19 Risk and Severity in Transplanted and Non-Transplanted Individuals and Associates with Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells
C. Ashokkumar¹, V. Rohan², A. H. Kroemer³, S. Rao⁴, G. Mazariegos⁵, B. W. Higgs⁵, S. Nadig², M. Ningappa⁵, T. Fishbein³, S. Subramaniam⁶, R. Sindhi⁷
¹Plexision, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown, DC, ⁴DHR Health Institute for Research and Development, Texas, TX, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of California, San Diego, CA, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We assessed whether COVID-19-risk is enhanced by chronic immunosuppression, and is associated with suppressor cells.*Methods: We tested 66 COVID-19 patients, including 26 with solid…
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Comparative Outcomes of TPIAT in African American and Caucasian Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis
M. A. Kanak, J. B. Spriggs, P. Coughenour, J. Kalivarathan, P. Saravanan, M. F. Levy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation (TPIAT) is becoming the standard of care for patients with chronic pancreatitis, as it provides pain relief and improved…