Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 127 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Laparoscopically Assisted Living Donor Hepatectomy Is Safe and Cost Effective.
M. Akoad, M. Simpson, E. Pomfret.
Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
The surgical technique employed during living donor hepatectomy (LDH) has evolved since the inception of the procedure, but donor safety is always paramount. We review…
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Personal Relationships and Financial Outcomes in Living Liver Donors.
A. DiMartini,¹ M. Dew,¹ Q. Liu,² M. Simpson,³ D. Ladner,⁴ A. Smith,^2,5 J. Zee,² S. Abbey,⁶ B. Gillespie,⁵ R. Weinrieb,⁷ S. Mandell,⁸ R. Fisher,⁹ J. Emond,¹⁰ C. Freise,¹¹ Z. Butt.⁴
¹U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ²Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor; ³Lahey, Burlington; ⁴Northwestern U, Chicago; ⁵U Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶U Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ⁷U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ⁸U Colorado, Denver; ⁹Virginia Commonwealth U, Richmond; ¹⁰Columbia U, New York; ¹¹U California at San Francisco, San Francisco.
Background:Little is known about living liver donation's impact on donor personal relationships and financial outcomes. We examined these areas in a prospective 9-center liver donor…
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Late Outcome Surrogate Score (LOSS) for Kidney Allograft Failure.
B. Ho, L. Zhao, S. Montag, D. Ladner, M. Abecassis, A. Skaro.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background. Early outcomes following kidney transplant have steadily improved. Longer-term outcomes, while not the focus of regulatory oversight, are of vital importance. Clinical trials are…
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Serum Albumin Level Has Association with Both Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
H. Jeon,¹ S. Rhee,¹ D. Shin,¹ J. Oh,¹ Y. Kim,² J. Lee.³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: The studies concerned the association between post-transplant serum albumin concentration and post-transplant outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are scarce.Methods: To evaluate the impact…
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Live Related Kidney Transplant Experience in Abuja, Nigeria – First Eight Cases Ever.
E. Miner,¹ T. Atim,² M. Mamven,² N. Adjekughele,¹ I. Lawal,³ H. Nadey,⁴ O. Egbuna.⁵
¹Surgery, Garki Hospital, Garki, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ²Clinical Sciences, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ³Surgery, National Hospital Abuja, Central Area, FCT/Abuja, Nigeria; ⁴Transplantation, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; ⁵Transplant Nephrology, Amgen Incorporated, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Background;Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD).Method; This is a retrospective review of eight live related renal…
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Impact of Social Support on Feelings of Powerlessness and Attitudes Towards the Kidney Transplant in Long-Term Inner City Recipients.
S. Wu, A. Brar, M. Markell.
Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Psychosocial factors play an important role in the post-transplant period, affecting adherence and quality of life. We investigated the relationships between social support, attitude towards…
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Health Disparities in Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation: Before and After the Implementation of MELD/PELD.
V. Cohran,¹ S. Mohammed,¹ J. Prozialeck,¹ A. Gaddam,¹ J. Caicedo.²
¹Department of Pediatrics, The Ann & Robert H. Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Racial disparities have been demonstrated in solid organ transplantation with regard to wait times and patient/graft survival but intestinal transplantation (IT) has not been as…
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Lysosome Ativity Regulates LG3 Export by Apoptotic Cells.
D. Beillevaire,^1,2,4 J. Turgeon,^1,2,4 E. Boilard,^3,4 M. Dieudé,^1,2,4 M.-J. Hébert.^1,2,4
¹CRCHUM, Montréal, Canada; ²Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; ³CHUL, Québec, Canada; ⁴CNTRP - Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Edmonton, Canada.
LG3, a C-terminal fragment of perlecan bioactive on vascular cells, has been implicated in aggravation of renal allograft rejection and vascular injury. Recently, we have…
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MicroRNA let-7i Regulates Dendritic Cells Maturation Targeting Interleukin-10 via JAK1-STAT3 Signal Pathway Subsequently Induces Prolonged Cardiac Allograft Survival in Rats.
X. Jin,¹ Y. Sun,² X. Liu,² J. Wang,¹ S. Xu,¹ L. Yao,¹ Z. Zhao,³ L. Jiang,⁴ Q. Wu,⁵ J. Wu.²
¹Thoracic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ²Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ³Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ⁴Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; ⁵Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Background:Our previous study demonstrated that microRNA (MiR) let-7i could regulate dendritic cells (DCs) maturation and functional state via targeting SOCS1. In this study, we investigated…
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Multiplex Profiling of Plasma Proteins After Xenogenic Lung Exposure.
A. Azimzadeh,¹ N. Cheng,¹ X. Cheng,¹ E. Schwartz,¹ L. Burdorf,¹ S. Dahi,¹ N. Kubicki,¹ D. Parsell,¹ T. Zhang,¹ D. Cooper,² C. Phelps,³ D. Ayares,³ R. Pierson III.¹
¹Univ. Of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN; ³Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA.
Background: Porcine lungs exhibit injury by human blood and are only partially protected in GalTKO organs with additional human membrane cofactor protein (hCD46). Residual injury…