Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 139 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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B Lymphocyte-Induced Maturation Protein-1 Promotes Allograft Survival via Modulation of T Cell Development.
A. Wang,¹ C. Loh,^1,3,4 S.-J. Chen,² C.-H. Lin,¹ H.-K. Sytwu,² S.-H. Chuang,¹ F.-C. Wei.^1,4
¹VCA; PRS Dept., CGMH, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, NDMC, Taipei, Taiwan; ³Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom; ⁴College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
*Equal contributionPurposeVascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a promising new field in plastic surgery. Skin is known to be the most immunogenic component of a composite…
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Human PDL1⁺ SLA-DR^–Swine Vascular Endothelial Cells Suppress Pig-Human PBMC Xeno-MLR(Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction) by Inducing Human Regulatory IL-10⁺Tr1(Type 1 Regulatory T Cells) Subset for Suppression of Xenogeneic Reactions.
Q. Shao, Q. Diag.
The Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China.
Type 1 regulatory T cells(Tr1) are active in transplantation tolerance. The Tr1 cells are inducible in our lab from human CD4 T cells (hCD4 T)…
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Assessment of Transplant Health Literacy of Liver Transplant Candidates and Their Caregivers.
Y. Bababekov,¹ Z. Fong,^1,2 J. Adler,¹ H. Yeh,¹ D. Chang,^1,2 J. Pomposelli.³
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Codman Center for Clinical Effectivness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Purpose: All transplant programs provide education sessions and instructional material to their patients to improve health literacy. However, their efficacy is unknown. We piloted a…
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Survival Advantage in the Elderly with Kidney Transplantation.
G. Spanos,¹ N. Duncan,¹ P. Brookes,¹ D. Goodall,¹ K. Koutroutsos,¹ E. Evangelou,² M. Loucaidou.¹
¹Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Patients with established renal failure (ERF) are aging. Of patients starting dialysis at our centre a third and a half are over the age…
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Really Old (>84 Years) Deceased Donor Livers Can Save Lives.
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, K. DelliCarpini.
LiveOnNY, New York, NY.
Avoiding death of the liver transplant candidate who depends on the inadequate organ supply requires careful strategy. Nevertheless, transplantation of livers from potential donors older…
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Clinical Factors That Determine the Appropriateness of Early Steroid Withdrawal.
S. Bae, A. Massie, S. DiBrito, X. Luo, L. Kucirka, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Early steroid withdrawal (ESW) has been a popular option for recipients with low-immunological risk. However, no quantitative tools are available to assess the risk, i.e.…
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Advantages of Computerized Dosing Strategy in Tacrolimus Treatment of Renal Transplant Patients.
S.-Y. Kim,¹ S. Cho,¹ M.-J. Cho,¹ C. Lee,¹ A. Han,¹ C. Choi,¹ S. Ahn,¹ S.-I. Min,¹ S.-K. Min,¹ M. Park,² I. Jung,³ S. Kim,⁴ J. Ha.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Korea Organ Donation Agency, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of surgery, Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Myoungji Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea.
Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tac) is widely used in immunosuppression for kidney transplant (KT) patients. Despite this, it is still difficult for expert physicians to achieve and…
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Gender Mismatch in the UNOS Heart Transplant Database: Not a Factor in Younger Heart Transplant Patients.
J. Kobashigawa, M. Kittleson, L. Czer, T. Aintablian, E. Passano, D. Chang, F. Esmailian, J. Patel.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Through several registries, it has been found that gender mismatch, female donor-to-male recipient (F/M) compared to male donor-to-male recipient (M/M) has lower survival. These…
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Treatment for AMR and DSA: A Center Based Review of Pediatric Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients.
D. Drogalis-Kim,¹ M. Hickey,² J. Alejos,¹ E. Reed,² N. Halnon.¹
¹Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Immunogenetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical course of pediatric orthotopic heart transplant patients diagnosed with antibody mediated rejection (AMR+)…
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Diabetes Mellitus Status of the Donor and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time Have a Synergistic Negative Effect on Graft Survival After Liver Transplantation.
I. Brüggenwirth,^1,2 N. Dolgin,¹ P. Martins,¹ B. Movahedi,¹ A. Ahearn,¹ R. Porte,² A. Bozorgzadeh.¹
¹Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester; ²Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Both prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) and a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the donor are associated with reduced graft survival after liver…