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2021 American Transplant Congress
Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data
H. Sharma¹, A. Sharma²
¹Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Sars-cov-2 Stat Testing for Organ Donation; One Laboratory’s Experience
S. Dionne, B. O'Neale
VRL-Eurofins, Centennial, CO
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic took the U.S. by storm. The Transplant Community had to navigate through unprecedented scenarios in order to continue the life-saving mission…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Bamlanivimab for Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Patients
M. Y. Jan, S. El-Sayegh, M. S. Yaqub, D. P. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, M. D. Anderson, T. E. Taber, A. Sharfuddin
Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Treatment options for patients with COVID 19 have limited efficacy in reducing severity and duration of viral symptoms as well as progression to severe…
2021 American Transplant Congress
An Early Look at the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program’s New Priority Points Policy
S. E. Booker¹, R. Leishman¹, D. E. Stewart¹, T. Sandholm², J. Dickerson³, M. Pavlakis⁴, V. Casingal⁵
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Maryland, College Park, MD, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The OPTN implemented new policy on 10/24/19 changing how Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) priority points are awarded. The policy is intended to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Cancer Among Kidney Transplant Recipients More Than 20 Years After Transplantation: PTLD Remains the Most Common Cancer Type Even in the Very Long-Term
T. Schachtner, J. Fuhrmann, T. Mueller
Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
*Purpose: Due to an improved patient and kidney allograft survival, cancer is increasingly recognized as the major cause of death after kidney transplantation. Cancer risk…
2021 American Transplant Congress
PLA2R Status and Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant with Membranous Nephropathy
H. S. Han¹, A. Urisman², J. Shoji¹
¹Kidney Transplant Service, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Membranous nephropathy (MN) in transplanted kidney is categorized as de novo or recurrent disease. This immune complex glomerulopathy presents with varying levels of proteinuria,…
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Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients in Pre-vaccine Era
R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To study clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes in kidney transplant recipients who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2*Methods: In this retrospective, single-center case-series, we identified…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Loneliness in Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation at 7 U.S. Transplant Centers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
K. Berry¹, D. Kent¹, S. Seetharaman¹, R. Wong¹, Y. Mohamad¹, F. Yao¹, M. Duarte², B. Boyarsky³, R. Rahimi⁴, A. Duarte-Rojo⁵, M. Kappus⁶, M. Volk⁷, D. Ladner⁸, D. Segev³, M. McAdams-DeMarco³, E. Verna⁹, D. Ganger⁸, J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, CA, ³Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Baylor, Dallas, TX, ⁵Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Duke, Durham, NC, ⁷Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁸Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁹Columbia, New York, NY
*Purpose: Loneliness, defined by the National Academy of Medicine as “a subjective feeling of being isolated”, has recently emerged as a strong predictor of adverse…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Myeloid Foxo1-β-catenin Axis Regulates Hedgehog/Gli1 Signaling and Controls NLRP3-Mediated Innate Immune Responses in Sterile Inflammatory Liver Injury
D. Xu, C. Li, M. Sheng, Y. Lin, Y. Tian, Y. Zhan, A. J. Coito, R. W. Busuttil, D. G. Farmer, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski, B. Ke
Surgery, Dumont - UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Foxo1 plays important roles in cell metabolism, oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. Activation of Hedgehog/Gli1 signaling regulates cell growth, differentiation, and immune function. However,…
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Twelve Live Births After Uterus Transplantation in the Dallas Uterus Transplant Study
L. Johannesson, G. J. McKenna, A. Wall, J. Bayer, G. Testa
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To describe aggregated pregnancy outcomes after uterus transplantation from a single, experienced center.*Methods: This prospective study reports on live births among 20 women who…