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2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplanting Hepatitis C Infected Organs Into Uninfected Recipients: A Pharmacy Perspective
M. L. Holt, A. James, K. Gutierrez, T. Sparkman, J. Banbury, D. Jones
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Due to direct acting antivirals (DAAs), hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive patients are now resources for organ transplantation in HCV negative recipients. Our institution…
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Eosinophils Attenuate Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Mice Through St2-Dependent Il-13 Production
Y. Yang, Y. Wang, M. Wang, J. Jeong, L. Xu, Y. Wen, C. Emontzpohl, W. Dar, C. Ju
Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose is to investigate the functional role of eosinophils during hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI).*Methods: Mice with antibody-induced eosinophil depletion and two…
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Beneficial Effects of Argon Inhalation on Reducing Lung Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Miniature Swine
H. Sahara
Div. Organ Replacement and Xeno Tx, Center for Advanced Biomedical Science and Swine Research, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
*Purpose: Noble gases, such as xenon and argon (Ar), are chemically inert but have shown to have cytoprotective effect. In contrast to xenon, Ar is…
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Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Racial Disparities Persist Independent of Social Vulnerability
A. C. Killian¹, M. C. McLeod¹, B. Shelton¹, R. D. Reed¹, P. MacLennan¹, H. Qu¹, B. J. Orandi¹, V. Kumar¹, D. Sawinski², R. M. Cannon¹, D. J. Anderson¹, M. J. Hanaway¹, J. E. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) confers a significant survival benefit over deceased donor transplantation. Racial disparities in access to LDKT are well recognized, yet…
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The Risk of Post-donation Kidney Function Impairment for Prospective Living Kidney Donors with Persistent Isolated Microscopic Hematuria
J. v. Weijden¹, M. van Londen¹, I. M. Nolte², M. H. De Borst¹, S. P. Berger¹
¹Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Purpose: According to current guidelines, a kidney biopsy is indicated in prospective living kidney donors who present with persistent isolated microscopic hematuria (PIMH) during evaluation,…
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Short-Duration Anti-Viral Prophylaxis for Hepatitis C Positive Donor Kidney Transplants
I. Yakubu, Y. Zhang, S. Ijioma, N. V. Carroll, J. Patterson, R. Sterling, G. Gupta
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Trials describing 4-12 week courses of direct-acting anti-viral drugs (DAAs) to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from infected donors to uninfected kidney transplant…
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Implications of Trends in Child to Parent Kidney Donation in Whites and African Americans
N. Jean, S. Krishnamoorthy, Y. Kyeso, P. Cunningham, N. Murthy, R. McGill, M. Josephson
Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Racial disparities in access to transplantation referral, wait listing and transplant receipt are well described. African Americans (AA) receive fewer living donor transplants than…
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Associations of Lack of Insurance and Other Sociodemographic Traits with Deficiencies in Follow-Up After Living Kidney Donation
K. Lentine¹, R. Hays², N. Lam³, A. Tietjen⁴, A. Muiru⁵, H. Xiao¹, A. Garg⁶, C. Thomas⁷, G. McNatt⁷, R. Howey⁸, U. Lebron-Banks⁹, M. Cooper¹⁰, M. Conboy¹¹, B. Kasiske¹¹
¹Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ, ⁵Univ of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Western Univ, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁹New York Presb Hosp, New York, NY, ¹⁰Medstar-Georgetown, Washington, DC, ¹¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Follow-up after living kidney donation in the United States has improved with recent policy mandates. We hypothesized that lack of insurance at donation may…
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Launching a National Living Donor Registry
J. E. Milton¹, M. Cooper², B. Hippen³
¹Transplant Center, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, Colombia, ³Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC
*Purpose: The National Donate Life Living Donor Registry launching in 2021 will allow 4000 persons a day the opportunity to become a living donor offering…
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Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Reveals Sex-based Diversity in Proximal Tubulargene Expression
C. M. McEvoy¹, J. M. Szusz², S. Clotet-Freixas¹, J. An², S. MacParland², G. Bader³, S. Q. Crome², A. Konvalinka¹
¹Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Donnolly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Males with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience a more rapid decline in kidney function and progression to end-stage kidney disease than females. In vitro…