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2019 American Transplant Congress
Associations between State-Level Donor Designation Rate and Organ Procurement Organization Characteristics and Outcomes
J. Bragg-Gresham¹, P. Held², J. P. Roberts³
¹Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The impact of “Donor Designation (DDSR)”, a pledge to donate with state drivers licensing authority, has not been explored. This work focusses on estimating…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Challenges to Inpatient Management Post Abdominal Wall Transplant (AWT) – From App’s Perspective
K. Hattori, D. Sudan, K. Ravindra
Duke University hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To highlight the unique features of caring for an AWT recipient and identify areas of improvement for future cases*Methods: AWT is an innovative adjunct…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Immunization Status at the Time of Pediatric Liver Transplant: A 1-year Study through The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
A. G. Feldman¹, A. Kempe², B. L. Beaty³, R. Torres¹, D. Curtis⁴, S. S. Sundaram¹
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Vaccine preventable infections are a serious and common complication following transplant. Immunizations are a minimally invasive and cost-effective approach to reducing infections. The objectives…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Pre-Transplant Immunization: A Qualitative Study of Pediatric Liver-Transplant Stakeholders
A. G. Feldman¹, R. Marsh², A. Kempe³, M. Morris²
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Less than 30% of pediatric liver transplant recipients are up-to-date on age-appropriate immunizations at the time of transplant despite being at high-risk for infections…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transportation by Drone: Surgeon Perspectives
T. Talaie¹, R. Barth², J. R. Scalea¹
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We recently reported on the first transport of a human kidney using a drone. Ahead of large scale adoption of such a technology, understanding…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Variable Glycosylations of Anti-HLA Antibodies Detected with Single Antigen Beads in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Chang¹, N. Lemp², J. Cicciarelli¹, T. Shah³, D. Min⁴
¹Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplantation Research, Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, ³St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Western Univ of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
*Purpose: Differential glycosylation of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is known to affect its effector functions by modulating interactions with its binding partners, such as C1q or…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in the Cost of Kidney Organ Recovery by Organ Procurement Organization Size
P. J. Held¹, J. Bragg-Gresham², J. P. Roberts³
¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Univ of Michigan, Michigan, MI, ³Univ of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Economic theory suggests that there should be an initial decrease in costs of products as production levels increase. Using data from independent OPOs we…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in the Cost of Recovering Organs over Time
J. P. Roberts¹, J. Bragg-Gresham², P. Held³
¹Univ of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, CA, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: To report on the level and changes over time in the OPOs’ cost of recovering deceased donor organs (kidneys; livers; hearts; and lungs).*Methods: Cost…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Costimulatory Blockade and Allo-Specific Treg Therapy for Liver Transplant Recipients: Preclinical Data
L. Contreras-Ruiz¹, K. Shimozawa², R. Zhang¹, L. Turka³, J. F. Markmann³, E. C. Guinan²
¹Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ²Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ³Center of Transplantation Sciences, Massachussetts General Hosp., Boston, MA
*Purpose: Adoptive transfer of ex vivo generated donor-specific regulatory T cells (Treg) by using CD28/B7 costimulatory blockade (CSB) to induce transplant (TX) tolerance and minimize…
2019 American Transplant Congress
RNA Splicing and Lineage Progression: Identification of an Integrated Splicing Pattern in Endodermal Lineage Progression
J. Fair¹, N. Liu¹, S. G. Widen², W. S. Fagg¹
¹Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Epigenetic states such as histone modifications and DNA methylation that influence transcription are well-characterized regulators of stem cell pluripotency and differentiation to specific lineages.…