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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the First 6 Weeks After Transplantation in Pancreas Transplant Recipients.

    K. Bonner,1 V. Dadlani,2 P. Thapa,2 M. Stegall,1 Y. Kudva.2

    1Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 2Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

    Introduction The maturation of Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology enables accurate characterization of daily glucose control. We investigated glucose control using CGM in the first…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Duodenal Graft Complications After Pancreas Transplant: Evolving Management.

    D. Al-Adra,1 J. Laurence,2 A. Norgate,1 N. Goldaracena,1 M. Marquez,1 A. Barbas,1 M. Dib,1 M. Selzner,1 M. Cattral.1

    1Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Academic Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

    Introduction Pancreas transplantation is an established treatment for insulin-dependent-diabetes-mellitus with renal failure. However, complications relating to the transplant duodenum remain a significant cause of morbidity…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Peritransplant Costimulation Blockade Combined with a Short-Course of Rapamycin Prevents Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts.

    B. Oh, G. Furtmüller, M. Fryer, P. Akre, D. Cooney, W. Lee, G. Raimondi, G. Brandacher.

    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    [Background] Reconstructive transplantation represents a valid therapeutic option after devastating tissue loss. Routine clinical application, however, is hampered by the toxicity of long-term maintenance immunosuppression.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Survey Results Show Strong Support for Allowing Patients Undergoing Desensitization to Keep Their Pre-Desensitization CPRA Allocation Priority.

    A. Kucheryavaya,1 R. Bray,2 D. Tyan.3

    1UNOS, Richmond; 2Emory Univ Hosp, Atlanta; 3Stanford Univ, Palo Alto.

    Background: On the waitlist, highly sensitized kidney (KI) candidates who undergo desensitization (DS) lose allocation priority associated with pre-DS CPRA value if some unacceptable antigens…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Donor HLA Specific IgM Antibody Measured on Day 14 Post-Transplantation Predicts Poor Graft Survival in HLA-Incompatible Renal Transplantation.

    A. Babu, A. Androeu, S. Daga, R. Higgins, D. Mitchell, D. Briggs, N. Khovanova, N. Krishnan.

    Renal Medicine, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Role of IgG antibodies against donor human leucocyte antigens (HLA) is established in renal transplant monitoring. Role of IgM donor HLA specific antibodies (DSA)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Age Gap Analysis Between Live Donor and Recipients in Kidney Transplantation: Opportunities to Improve Voluntary Exchange Programs and Kidney Paired Donation.

    J. Rodriguez,1 A. Patel,2 M. Goggins.2

    1Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 3Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

    Graft survival(GS) perception is that, with a smaller age gap between the donor(D) and recipient(R), better the outcome. It is unclear if there is an…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Transplant Reduction of Long Lived Plasma Cells from Peripheral Circulation Is Associated with Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    R. Minz,1 R. Dhital,2 M. Minz,2 R. Nada,3 A. Sharma,2 S. Singh,2 D. Kenwar.2

    1Immunopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; 2Renal Transplant Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; 3Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

    Introduction:Plasma cells (PC) are usually defined functionally as antibody secreting cells (ASC). Depending upon their life span, they could either be short lived or long…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Urinary Expression of miRNA-155, miRNA-210, miRNA-142 and CXCL-10 Production Predicts the Risk of Acute Rejection and Graft Outcome in Renal Transplant Recipients.

    O. Millan,1 K. Budde,2 C. Sommerer,3 I. Aliart,1 O. Rissling,2 B. Bardaji,4 M. Matz,2 M. Zeier,3 I. Silva,4 L. Guirado,4 M. Brunet.1

    1Pharmacology Laboratory, CDB, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain; 2Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Nephrologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; 3Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Heidelberg and Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany; 4Renal Transplant Unit, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.

    MicroRNAs (miRs) have been reported to play a role in immune system response. The results of several clinical trials have suggested that these molecules might…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Which Is the Predictable Value of Post-Transplant HCC Recurrence Between Tumor-Related Factors at the Initial Diagnosis and the Transplantation?

    J. Lee,1,2 J. Lee,1 J. Lee,3 S. Song,1 J. Lee,1 S.-K. Kwon,1 M. Ju,1,2 M. Kim,1,2 G. Choi,1,2 J. Choi,1,2 S. Kim,1,2 D. Joo.1,2

    1Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Bundang, Korea.

    Background: Milan criteria is best options to decide whether patients with HCC underwent liver transplantation. However, Milan Criteria is not including values at time of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Sick Patients with MELD Score ≥ 35.

    R.-S. Soong,1 Y.-C. Wang,1 C.-H. Cheng,1 T.-H. Wu,1 C.-F. Lee,1 T.-J. Wu,1 H.-S. Chou,1 K.-M. Chan,1 C.-S. Lee,2 W.-C. Lee.1

    1Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 2Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

    Background: The liver transplant candidates with MELD score ≥ 35 were very sick and with high mortality without liver transplantation. All these patients are in…
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