2021 American Transplant Congress
AM PAC Scores and Liver Transplant Resource Utilization
*Purpose: Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a tool utilized to assess three functional domains: basic mobility, daily activities, and applied cognition. Previous studies…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Survival Benefits of Using Marginal Allografts in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Our study assessed whether using marginal allografts at initial time of listing provided similar or greater survival benefit versus waiting on the transplant waitlist…2021 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Repertoire Diversity in HCV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Waitlisted for Liver Transplantation and Receiving Liver-Directed Therapy
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients revealed a diverse TCR repertoire in hepatitis B-associated HCC-infiltrating T cells. In this study,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Leflunomide Therapy for Treatment of Bk Viremia in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: BK viremia (BKV) after kidney transplantation (KT) poses significant risk for BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) and impacts graft survival. Conventional treatment involves reduction of…2021 American Transplant Congress
Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Donor Liver-derived Natural Killer Cells
1Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and is an indication for liver transplantation (LT). Immunosuppressive regimens currently used after…2021 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Safety and Efficacy of Tocilizumab (anti-il6r, Tcz) Therapy in the Treatment of Refractory Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection (cabmr) in 25 Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Development of de novo donor specific antibodies (DSA) post renal transplantation puts pediatric patients at risk for chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection (cABMR) and allograft…2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Kinase B1 Knockdown Induces Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor B Expression in Human Airway Epithelial Cells: A Potential Mechanism for Development of Fibrosis Leading to Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The platelet-derived growth factor and its receptor (PDGFRb) signaling pathway can be activated by epithelial mesenchymal transition which facilitates fibrosis. It is not known…2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of 4-weeks of Supervised Exercise on Frailty and Lower Extremity (LE) Function in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
*Purpose: Although frailty is a modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant (KT) candidates, the optimal duration of effective prehabilitation interventions is…2021 American Transplant Congress
Role of Baseline PD-1 Checkpoint Inhibitor Pathway Expression in Bridge to Liver Transplant Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Response to first line liver-directed therapy (LDT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has important implications in both bridge to transplant (BTT) success as well as…2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Accuracy of the Lung Allocation Score
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) relies on the performance of two cox proportional hazards models that estimate waitlist and post-transplant survival. These models were…
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