Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - ATC Abstracts

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Why Do African American Patients Display Disparities in Renal Graft Function Following Renal Transplantation?
Y. Nyame, V. Gan, P. Aram, D. Greene, N. Yerram, C. Modlin, S. Flechner.
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess disparities in post-operative mortality and graft failure among patients of African and European ancestry undergoing kidney…
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Living Related Small Bowel Transplantation in Children – Patient and Graft Survival at 10 Years.
S. Garcia Aroz,¹ I. Tzvetanov,¹ E. Hetterman,² J. Hoonbae,¹ M. Spaggiari,¹ J. Oberholzer,¹ G. Testa,³ E. John,¹ E. Benedetti.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ³Surgery, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Objective: To describe a single-center experience of pediatric living related small bowel transplantation (LRSBtx) and to provide an overview of the outcomes of the children…
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The Increase of Serum MiR-142-3p Level in Acute Cardiac Rejection as a Reflection of Exosome-Mediated Genetic Exchange Between T Cells and Endothelial Cells.
I. Dewi,¹ Z. Hollander,² B. McManus,² O. Gidlöf,¹ J. Öhman.¹
¹Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; ²PROOF Center of Excellence, Vancouver, Canada.
IntroductionIn the recent years, microRNAs has emerged as the popular biomarker candidate in the field of solid organ transplantation due to their expression patterns reflect…
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B Lymphocyte-Induced Maturation Protein-1 Promotes Allograft Survival via Modulation of T Cell Development.
A. Wang,¹ C. Loh,^1,3,4 S.-J. Chen,² C.-H. Lin,¹ H.-K. Sytwu,² S.-H. Chuang,¹ F.-C. Wei.^1,4
¹VCA; PRS Dept., CGMH, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, NDMC, Taipei, Taiwan; ³Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom; ⁴College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
*Equal contributionPurposeVascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a promising new field in plastic surgery. Skin is known to be the most immunogenic component of a composite…
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Human PDL1⁺ SLA-DR^–Swine Vascular Endothelial Cells Suppress Pig-Human PBMC Xeno-MLR(Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction) by Inducing Human Regulatory IL-10⁺Tr1(Type 1 Regulatory T Cells) Subset for Suppression of Xenogeneic Reactions.
Q. Shao, Q. Diag.
The Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China.
Type 1 regulatory T cells(Tr1) are active in transplantation tolerance. The Tr1 cells are inducible in our lab from human CD4 T cells (hCD4 T)…
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Assessment of Transplant Health Literacy of Liver Transplant Candidates and Their Caregivers.
Y. Bababekov,¹ Z. Fong,^1,2 J. Adler,¹ H. Yeh,¹ D. Chang,^1,2 J. Pomposelli.³
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Codman Center for Clinical Effectivness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Purpose: All transplant programs provide education sessions and instructional material to their patients to improve health literacy. However, their efficacy is unknown. We piloted a…
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Survival Advantage in the Elderly with Kidney Transplantation.
G. Spanos,¹ N. Duncan,¹ P. Brookes,¹ D. Goodall,¹ K. Koutroutsos,¹ E. Evangelou,² M. Loucaidou.¹
¹Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Patients with established renal failure (ERF) are aging. Of patients starting dialysis at our centre a third and a half are over the age…
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Really Old (>84 Years) Deceased Donor Livers Can Save Lives.
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, K. DelliCarpini.
LiveOnNY, New York, NY.
Avoiding death of the liver transplant candidate who depends on the inadequate organ supply requires careful strategy. Nevertheless, transplantation of livers from potential donors older…
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Clinical Factors That Determine the Appropriateness of Early Steroid Withdrawal.
S. Bae, A. Massie, S. DiBrito, X. Luo, L. Kucirka, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) has been a popular option for recipients with low-immunological risk. However, no quantitative tools are available to assess the risk, i.e.…
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Advantages of Computerized Dosing Strategy in Tacrolimus Treatment of Renal Transplant Patients.
S.-Y. Kim,¹ S. Cho,¹ M.-J. Cho,¹ C. Lee,¹ A. Han,¹ C. Choi,¹ S. Ahn,¹ S.-I. Min,¹ S.-K. Min,¹ M. Park,² I. Jung,³ S. Kim,⁴ J. Ha.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Korea Organ Donation Agency, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Myoungji Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea.
Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tac) is widely used in immunosuppression for kidney transplant (KT) patients. Despite this, it is still difficult for expert physicians to achieve and…

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