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2022 American Transplant Congress
Ultrasound Assessing Donor Kidney Quality in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Yun¹, K. Lee¹, S. Park², J. Park¹
¹Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: We evaluated the role of functional kidney volume using donor kidney ultrasound (US) alone or in combination with other donor factors and parameters appropriate…
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Novel Biopsy-Based Clinical Phenotype Clustering to Predict Kidney Transplant Outcomes
A. Ahmed¹, L. Allegretti², C. Rebello³, B. Kinsella³, K. Guo³, S. Park⁴, J. Friedewald³
¹Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, IL, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to define novel clinical phenotypes based on biopsy results to enhance biomarker discovery.*Methods: Retrospective analysis of kidney biopsy…
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Association Between Increased Overweight at First Year After Kidney Transplantation and Long-Term Kidney Graft Outcome
H. Choi¹, K. Huh², K. B. Seok³
¹Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The obesity is increasing in chronic kidney disease patients and associated with poor renal outcome. The role of inflammation within the adipose tissue in…
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Recipient Treatment with Anti-CD122 mAb Prolongs Kidney Allograft Survival During Antibody-Mediated Rejection without Impacting NK Cell Activation within the Graft
D. Okada, S. Miyairi, N. Dvorina, K. S. Keslar, A. Valujskikh, W. Baldwin, R. Fairchild
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Dysregulated donor-specific antibody (DSA) responses are induced in B6.CCR5-/- mice transplanted with complete MHC mismatched kidney allografts and are required for rejection of the…
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A Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Increases Neutralizing Antibodies Against Variants of Concern in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. H. Karaba¹, X. Zhu¹, T. Ling¹, K. H. Wang¹, A. G. Rittenhouse¹, O. Akinde¹, Y. Eby¹, J. E. Ruff¹, J. N. Blankson¹, A. T. Abedon¹, J. L. Alejo¹, A. L. Cox¹, J. R. Bailey¹, E. A. Thompson¹, S. L. Klein¹, D. S. Warren¹, J. M. Garonzik-Wang², B. J. Boyarsky¹, I. Sitaras¹, A. Pekosz¹, D. L. Segev¹, A. A. Tobian¹, W. A. Werbel¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses are attenuated in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) and breakthrough infections are more common. Additional SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses increase anti-spike…
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LGALS1 is Expressed in Glomerular Endothelial Cells and Induced Upon Stimulation with Anti-HLA Antibody
A. Boshart¹, S. Farkona¹, S. Clotet-Freixas¹, C. McEvoy¹, J. Murphy¹, S. Crome², A. Konvalinka³
¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Immunology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) accounts for >50% of premature kidney graft loss. AMR is caused by donor specific antibodies (DSA) against human leukocyte antigens (HLA)…
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Early Outcomes Since Implementation of New Kidney Allocation System
K. Shah, F. Siddiqui, P. N. Chotai, A. Logan, A. Schenk, K. Washburn, A. Limkemann
Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The new Kidney allocation system (nKAS) implemented for optimization of organ placement. Like other organ allocation systems, kidney has been redefined from donation service…
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Concurrent Use of Two Methods Prevents Erroneous HLA Typing of Deceased Organ Donors – An Essential Strategy for Patient Safety and Accurate Virtual Crossmatching for Broader Sharing
R. Rajalingam, T. dela Cruz, C. Dames, L. Pagaduan, Y. Cho, D. Kong
Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory (ITL), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Comprehensive and accurate typing for ever-increasing alleles of all eleven HLA genes within a short turnaround time is a crucial initial step for allocating…
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Frequency of Cervical Cancer Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
C. Papastamelos¹, K. Dokus², M. Laryea³
¹Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Transplant Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³Gastroenterology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Human papillomavirus-related anogenital malignancies disproportionately affect solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) compared to the general population. Proposed cervical Pap testing intervals for SOTR differ…
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Kidney Transplantation from Covid-19 Deceased Donors
M. M. Ibrahim, M. Merzkani, H. Murad, A. Pande, E. Dubberke, T. Alhamad
Medicine/Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Transplant volumes decreased significantly during the first months of global pandemic of COVID-19, followed by a shift in the standard of care of transplant…