Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 101 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

2016 American Transplant Congress
Late Renal Xenograft Failure Is Antibody-Mediated: Description of the Longest-Reported Survival in Pig-to-Primate Renal Xenotransplantation.
L. Higginbotham,¹ S. Kim,¹ D. Mathews,¹ A. Stephenson,¹ C. Breeden,¹ C. Larsen,¹ M. Ford,¹ K. Newell,¹ A. Tector,² A. Adams.¹
¹Emory Transplant Center, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA; ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Introduction. Xenotransplantation has the potential to alleviate the organ supply shortage, yet pig-to-primate renal xenotransplant has met limited success due to natural preformed anti-pig antibody.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Autologous BK-Specific T-Cell Lines in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
C. Lamarche,^1,2,3 O. Julie,^1,3 C. Carli,^1,3 J.-S. Delisle.^1,2,3
¹Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada; ²Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP), Edmonton, Canada; ³ThéCell Network, Quebec, Canada.
Background: More than 75% of the population has been exposed to BK polyomavirus and carries latent virus in the uroepithelium. Immunocompetent hosts are asymptomatic but…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitors Promote Metastasis in Post-Transplant Colorectal Cancer Through Cancer Related- Exosomes Released from Cancer Cells in TGF Beta Independent Epitheilal to Mesenquimal Transition.
V. Tubita,¹ J. Segui-Barber,⁴ M.-J. Ramírez-Bajo,¹ D. Moya-Rull,¹ P. Piselli,³ D. Verdirosi,³ F. Oppenheimer,^1,2,5 D. Serraino,⁶ H. Del Portillo,^4,7 F. Diekmann,^1,2,5 J. Campistol,^1,2,5 I. Revuelta.^1,2,5
¹Experimental Laboratory of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; ³Dipartamento di Epidemiologia e Ricerca Pre-Clinica, INMI “L. Spallanzani” IRCCC, Rome, Italy; ⁴ISGlobal, CRESIB, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; ⁵National Network for Kidney Research (REDinREN), Carlos III Royal Institute, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain; ⁶IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy; ⁷Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction: Cancer is one of the major causes of death in kidney transplantation. Despite more mortality in colon cancer (CRC), similar incidence than general population…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pancreatic Allograft Failure in Latino Recipients: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Conversion?
H. Fernandez, G. McKenna, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction:Pancreas transplantation is the definitive treatment for diabetes mellitus (DM). The advantages of simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant in Latinos have been demonstrated previously, but there…
2016 American Transplant Congress
An Analysis of Factors Associated with Pancreas Allograft Thrombosis.
J. Steggerda, K. Bornhurst, A. Annamalai, A. Peng, J. Mirocha, D. Dafoe.
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
A successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant in recipients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy will provide normoglycemia and exert a salutary effect on neurovascular complications. Early, non-technical…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Planning Genitourinary Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: A Pre-Operative Imaging Protocol.
I. Schol, T. Drijkoningen, G. Choy, R. Liu, C. Tanrikut, P. Holzer, D. Ko, C. Cetrulo.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Study purpose: To define the ideal pre-operative imaging protocol necessary for proper planning of a genitourinary vascularised composite allotransplantation (GUVCA) procedure.Methods: The multidisciplinary GUVCA team…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Decline Anti-ABO Blood Type Antibody Titer in Desensitization for ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
Y. Wada, N. Fukuzawa, H. Harada.
Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
INTRODUCTION: The immoderate donor shortage and sophisticated desensitization protocols resulted in the explosive increase and great success of the ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplantation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Age-Based High GFR Associates with Clinical Risk Among Potential Living Donors, but Only with Increased Nephron Number Among Approved Donors.
H. Chakkera,¹ E. Poggio,³ A. Denic,² J. Mathew,² W. Kremers,² J. Larson,² H. Amer,² F. Cosio,² M. Stegall,² S. Taler,² A. Rule.²
¹Mayo Clinic, Arizona; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester; ³Cleveland Clinic, OH.
Background:Association of high GFR with clinical and kidney structural characteristics among living donors has not been studied.Methods: Study cohort:potential kidney donors evaluated at Mayo Clinic…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy (DN) in the Obese.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,³ E. Minja,¹ W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: In an effort to address the critical organ shortage and rising obesity rates, the criteria for live kidney donation (LKD) have been expanded to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact of Pre-Transplant Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels on the Post-Transplant Immunologic and Non-Immunologic Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
T. Ban,^1,2 J. Kim,^1,2 Y. Lee,¹ B. Choi,^1,2 C. Park,^1,2 C. Yang,^1,2 Y.-S. Kim,^1,2 B. Chung.^1,2
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Transplant Research Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical significance of pre-transplant serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in regard to post-transplant clinical outcome…