2016 American Transplant Congress
Smoking Exposure Among Kidney Allograft Recipients and Outcomes After Transplant.
The causal effects of smoking on major comorbidity and mortality in the general population are well established. However, the influence of smoking exposure on kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in HIV Patients: Effect of Race on the Choice of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Immunosuppression.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Introduction: HIV positive status is a well-known risk factor for acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). In the United States, the majority of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Macrophage Specific Deletion of RhoA Impedes Macrophage Functions and Abrogates Chronic Rejection of Cardiac Allograft.
Surgery, The Houston Methodist, Houston, TX.
Objective. Chronic rejection of transplanted organs remains the main obstacle in the long-term success of organ transplantation. Chronic rejection occurs in 40-45% of recipients at…2016 American Transplant Congress
Administration of IL-33 Before Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Expands Recipient Treg That Prevent Graft- vs. Host Disease.
Background: During allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT), non-hematopoietic cell IL-33 is augmented and released by recipient conditioning to promote Type 1 alloimmunity and lethal acute…2016 American Transplant Congress
Novel Function of CD4+ T Cell DEPTOR in Treg Homeostasis and Alloimmunity.
DEPTOR, a recently described modulator of PI-3K/mTOR signaling, is expressed by CD4+ T cells, and functions to modulate CD4+ Teff cell differentiation. Upon CD4+ T…2016 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Is Associated with Increased Risk of ESRD Among Living Kidney Donors.
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs who are obese. Prior studies of LKDs…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Trend Analyses.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
IntroductionIn spite of improved outcomes associated with the usage of extended criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, the number of kidney transplants (KT) using this donor population…2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-IL6R Therapy (Tocilizumab) Improves Long-Term Patient & Graft Survival in Patients with Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Transplant Glomerulopathy.
Comprehensive Transplantation Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction:Extending the functionality of renal allografts is an essential goal of transplant medicine. HS patients (pts) are at increased risk for chronic ABMR (CABMR) due…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Non-Donor-Specific HLA Immunization: Mainly Class 1 Immunization Leads to Poor Immunologic Outcome and Graft Loss.
Nephrology, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Background Anti-HLA immunization measured as Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) is known to have a negative impact on patient and graft survival. The influence of pre-transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Optimal Time Point for Steroid Withdrawal After Kidney Transplantation Is One Year After Engraftment.
The optimal time of steroid withdrawal after kidney transplantation remains elusive, since RCTs can evaluate one predefined time point. Thus we analyzed all first kidney…
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