Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 108 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Outcomes of Aorto-Hepatic Conduit During Liver Transplantation – A 31-Year, Single Center Experience.
A. Gupta, T. Anthony, R. Goldstein, G. McKenna, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, G. Klintmalm, P. Kim.
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
IntroductionCreation of aorto-hepatic conduits (AC) is often required during liver transplantation (LT). AC may be planned, or may be required urgently intraoperatively. This study was…
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Neuromuscular Stimulation Leads to Improved Lower Limb Edema and Blood Flow Compared to Standard Compression Devices Following Kidney and Pancreatic Transplantation.
B. Alharbi, O. Ali, M. Saha, M. May, P. Luke, A. Sener.
Western University, London, Canada.
Introduction: Kidney and pancreas transplant recipients undergo significant fluid shifts in the post-operative period leading to significant lower limb edema. Intermittent compression (IPC) devices are…
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Utilization of Subacute Rehabilitation Facility Early After Kidney Transplantation.
F. Luan, M. Ben-Israel, S. Mulgaonkar.
Sanit Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Introduction: Although kidney transplantation is lifesaving compared to dialysis the relative risk for death is higher early after the surgery. Appropriate perioperative management could mitigate…
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Cytomegalovirus Infection After Cardiac Transplantation.
O. Kiamanesh, A. Khosla, C. Imai, E. Johansson, S. Virani, M. Davis, A. Cheung, J. Bashir, B. Munt, A. Ignaszewski, A. Kaan, M. Toma.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
BackgroundOrthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) continues to be the gold standard for the management of patients with end-stage heart failure. However, complications following OHT may result…
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Prophylactic Anti-Virus Therapy, Is It Necessary to Occult Hepatitis B Virus Carriers with HBsAg(-) and HBcAb(+) After Kidney Transplantation?
G. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, J. Qiu, C. Wang.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background Hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection is common among uremia patients in China. Many patients received kidney transplantation are occult HBV carriers with HBsAg(-) and HBcAb(+)…
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Posttransplant AT1Rabs Precede De Novo HLA-DSA Development.
J. Arreola-Guerra,³ E. Cuevas,¹ E. Hernandez-Mendez,¹ M. Vilatoba,¹ A. Contreras,¹ J. Ramirez,¹ D. de Rongs,¹ J. Granados,¹ L. Morales-Buenrostro,² J. Alberu.¹
¹Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; ²Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; ³Tranplantation, Instituto de Servicios de Salud del Estado de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1Rabs) have been associated with acute allograft rejection and graft loss. The possible implication of the generation of de…
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The Prediction of Molecular ABMR by Anti-HLA Donor-Specific Antibody Properties.
F. Eskandary,^1,2 J. Reeve,^1,3 D. Yoo,¹ H. Regele,⁴ L. Hidalgo,^1,3 G. Böhmig,² P. Halloran.^1,5
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁴Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Transplant Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Study purpose: Besides HLA antibody characterization and workup of biopsies (Bx) molecular assessment of gene expression may considerably improve ABMR diagnosis. The objective of the…
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Contrasting Effects of Tacrolimus and Everolimus on Regulatory T Cell Activation and Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism Induced by Natural Killer T Cell Stimulation.
S. Miyairi,^1,2 T. Hirai,¹ R. IShii,¹ M. Okumi,¹ Y. Ishii,³ S. Nunoda,² K. Yamazaki,² K. Tanabe.¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Laboratory of Vaccine Design, RIKEN IMS-RCAI, Yokohama, Japan.
Calcineurin (CN)-dependent IL-2 production is crucial for regulatory T cells (Tregs) to demonstrate suppressive activity. The mTOR signal is not required for Treg function because…
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Decellularized Rat Liver Scaffolds Support Multilineage Xenogenic and Heterogenic Cell Growth.
W. Hassanein, U. Dhru, J. Woodall, M. Uluer, A. Cimeno, D. Parsell, C. Rivera, S. Klepfer, C. Drachenberg, R. Barth, J. LaMattina.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Recent years have seen a proliferation of methods leading to successful organ decellularization. Nonetheless, the ability to reproducibly generate a robust recellularized construct remains challenging.…
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HCK Is a Potential Mediator of Renal Fibrosis.
C. Wei,¹ M. Menon,¹ L. Li,² Z. Yi,¹ K. Keung,³ C. Woytovich,¹ I. Greene,¹ W. Zhang,¹ J. He,¹ B. Murphy.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ²Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Background: Renal fibrosis is the consequence of excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix that occurs in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in kidney transplant…