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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    ABO-Incompatibility Lower Incidence of DSA-Induced Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    D. Lee,1 B. Kim,1 J. KIm,1 I. KIm,1 M. Jeon.1

    1Nephrology, Medicine, Maryknoll General Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea; 2Laboratory Medicine, Maryknoll General Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea; 3Surgery, Maryknoll General Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea; 4Urology, Maryknoll General Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea; 5Pathology, Maryknoll General Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.

    Introduction:Donor-specific anti-HLA antibody (DSA) and Anti-ABO antibody are major barriers for successful kidney transplantation. Limited data are available about the existences of both DSA and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Temporal Variability of IgG Subclasses

    D. Pinelli, M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Joong, P. Thrush, A. Tambur.

    Northwestern University, Chicago; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago.

    The temporal model of IgG subclass switching supports sequential IgG conversion; however, the diversity of previously stimulated B cells is known to shape responses in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Antibody Mediated Kidney Transplant Rejection Treated with Bortezomib – Case Series from a Single Center

    G. Piecha,1 R. Król,2 H. Karkoszka,1 A. Wiecek.1

    1Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; 2Department of General, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.

    Acute antibody mediated kidney transplant rejection (ABMR) is not a frequent complication but may have a catastrophic consequences for graft survival. Between January 2015 and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Do Protocol Biopsies in the Highly Sensitized Improve Renal Allograft Survival? A Single Center Evaluation of 2 Year Graft Function

    S. Kuppachi, R. Kalil, M. Fraer, M. Sanders, M. Swee, Z. Stewart, C. Thomas.

    Organ Transplant Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

    Highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients (hsKTR) are at an increased risk of antibody mediated rejection (AMR). Following implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Single Center Experience in Use of Check Point Inhibitors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    K. Venkatachalam, R. Delos Santos, T. Alhamad.

    Transplant Nephrology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Transplant Nephrology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

    Organ transplant recipients who are on lifelong immunosuppressive agents are those who are at increased risk of malignancies (excess absolute risk of 719 cases per…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Noninvasive Detection of Infection and Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients

    Y. Zhou,1 Y. Cheng,1 T. Chiang,2 G. Yang,2 X. Li,2 F. Zeng,2 X. Wang,1 J. Ge,2 X. Hu,2 H. Shi,1 T. Wang,2 L. Liu.3

    1Laboratory of Transplant Genomics, Jiangsu University Institute of Life Science, ZhenJiang, JingSu, China; 2Reasearch and Development Dpartment, SuZhou RRGene.Co.Ltd., SuZhou, JiangSu, China; 3Department of Urological Organ Transplantation, The Second XiangYa Hospital of Center South University, ChangSha, Hunan, China.

    About 35% of patients would suffer actue rejection or infectionin in two years after reanl trandplantation.Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a new biomarker to evluate health…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Magnitude of Pre-Biopsy Decline in Renal Function and Its Association with Allograft Rejection

    S. Voora,1 P. Ahearn,1 M. Tavakol,2 K. Johansen,1,3 E. Ku.1

    1Division of Nephrology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 3Department of Epidemiology/Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.

    Introduction: Acute rejection is a significant cause of morbidity, and transplant biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing rejection. To our knowledge there have been…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Immunologic Impact of Tocilizumab Treatment in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Allograft Inflammation

    J. Leung, S. Chandran, F. Vincenti, Q. Tang.

    UCSF, San Francisco.

    Background: Proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 increases effector/memory T-cells, induces Th17 cells and prevents the induction of Tregs. IL-6 expression in kidney biopsies is elevated during acute…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Bw4 and Bw6 Epitope Mismatch on Clinical Outcomes after Renal Transplantation

    C. Liu,1 D. Brennan,2 K. Lentine,3 R. Delos Santos,1 J. Li,1 A. Malone,1 T. Alhamad.1

    1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 3Saint Louis University, St. Louis.

    HLA class II epitope mismatch has been shown to impact the long-term survival of kidney allografts. HLA-B alleles are traditionally grouped by the Bw4 and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation in ESKD Patients with a History of Sickle Cell Disease/Trait

    A. Lee, G. Malat, M. Harhay, L. Levin, G. Xiao, S. Guy, D. Reich, K. Ranganna.

    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    Introduction:Kidney transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease patients is fraught with complications, including increased risk of infection and thrombosis. We present long term outcomes of patients…
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