Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 14 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Skin as a Harbinger of Rejection of Underlying Structures in Vascularized Composite Allografts: Concordance or Discordance?
L. Cendales,¹ M. Levine,² S. Bartlett,³ J. Cheeseman,¹ C. Drachenberg,³ W. Hancock,⁴ M. Joshi,¹ A. Kirk,¹ F. Leoopardi,¹ S. Levin,² M. Uluer,³ A. Selim,⁵ M. Song,¹ W. Twaddell,³ L. Wang,⁴ Z. Wang,² R. Barth.³
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ⁵Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Vascularized composite allografts (VCA) are composed of multiple tissue types. It has not been determined as to whether there is an immune hierarchy or differential…
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Live Donor Kidney Transplantation of the Most Highly Sensitized Patients in the Era of Kidney Paired Donation.
A. Bingaman,¹ F. Wright,¹ M. Kapturczak,¹ L. Shen,¹ C. Murphey.²
¹Transplant, Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, San Antonio, TX; ²Southwest Immunodiagnostics, Inc., San Antonio, TX.
Background: Despite effective kidney paired donation (KPD) programs, the most highly sensitized patients (calculated panel reactive antibody (cPRA) > 98%) remain significantly disadvantaged and accumulate…
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Hepatitis C Patients in a Multicenter Study Who Received Living Donor Liver Transplants Are Likely to Have Increased Survival.
J. Kim,¹ K.-W. Lee,² G.-W. Song,³ B.-H. Jung,³ H. Lee,⁴ N.-J. Yi,² C. Kwon,¹ S. Hwang,³ K.-S. Suh,² J.-W. Joh,¹ S.-K. Lee,¹ S.-G. Lee.³
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background: No consensus has been reached regarding comparisons of outcomes for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who received living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) versus…
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NanoString Detection of Gene Signatures in Urine During Acute Cellular Rejection of Kidney Grafts.
K. Keslar,¹ A. Zmijewska,² J. Andriga,² K. Newell,³ R. Mannon,² P. Heeger,⁴ R. Fairchild.¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²UAB, Birmingham; ³Emory, Atlanta; ⁴MSSM, New York.
Considerable effort has focused on identification of gene expression patterns that may assist in diagnosis of acute cellular rejection. The NanoString platform offers a novel…
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Acute Allograft Glomerulopathy: A Distinct Form of Cellular Rejection.
O. AL-Badri, M. Alexander, F. Cosio, L. Cornell.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Acute allograft glomerulopathy (AAG) is an unusual glomerular lesion of allografts with endocapillary hypercellularity, markedly enlarged endothelial cells occluding the capillary lumen, and absence…
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Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as an Independent Predictor of Local Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
T. Sandow,¹ D. DeVun,¹ P. Gulotta,¹ H. Bohorquez,² D. Kirsch.¹
¹Department of Radiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ²Department of Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Purpose: To establish a relationship between lung shunt fraction (LSF) and local disease progression as well as the development of metastatic disease.Materials and Methods: A…
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Impact of Sarcopenia in Overweight/Obese Recipients on the Outcomes After Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
A. Hammad,^1,2 Y. Hamaguchi,² S. Okumura,² A. Kobayashi,² S. Yagi,² S. Uemoto,² T. Kaido.²
¹Department of Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahliya, Egypt; ²Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Background/purpose: The effects of body composition disturbances on liver transplantation outcomes have recently been in focus. However, the effects of obesity, as well as sarcopenic…
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Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors.
Z. Butt,¹ A. DiMartini,² Q. Liu,³ M. Simpson,⁴ A. Smith,^3,5 J. Zee,³ B. Gillespie,⁵ S. Holtzman,⁶ D. Ladner,¹ K. Olthoff,⁷ R. Fisher,⁸ S. Hafliger,⁹ C. Freise,¹⁰ M. Mandell,¹¹ M. Dew.²
¹Northwestern U, Chicago; ²U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ³Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor; ⁴Lahey, Burlington; ⁵U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶U of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ⁷U of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia; ⁸Virginia Commonwealth U, Richmond; ⁹Columbia U, New York; ¹⁰U of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; ¹¹U of Colorado, Denver.
Background: Post-operative pain and fatigue can be significant for some living liver donors (LLD). A better appreciation of these outcomes may inform pre-donation education and…
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Long Term Outcome of Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Everolimus: Final 5-Years Results from the Certic Observational Study.
L. Furian,¹ L. Di Maria,² G. Cappelli,³ M. Carmellini,⁴ G. Spagnoletti,⁵ G. Piredda,⁶ P. Todeschini,⁷ S. Chiaramonte,⁸ G. Tisone.⁹
¹AOU di Padova, Padova, Italy; ²AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy; ³AOUP di Modena, Modena, Italy; ⁴AOU Senese, Siena, Italy; ⁵PU A.Gemelli, Roma, Italy; ⁶AO G.Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; ⁷AOP S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; ⁸PO S.Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy; ⁹Fondazione PU Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
Everolimus is associated with long-term benefits, such as preserving renal function and reducing the incidence of infections, malignancies and major cardiovascular events (MACE). The Certic…
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Long-Term Deterioration of Graft Function (DeKAF) Study: Histologic Interpretation of Cross-sectional vs Prospective Cohorts.
A. Matas,¹ A. Fieberg,¹ L. Hunsicker,² J. Grande,³ For the DeKAF Group.
¹U of MN, Mpls, MN; ²U IA, Iowa City, IA; ³Mayo, Rochester, MN.
The major aim of the DeKAF study was to define previously unidentified phenotypes resulting in late graft dysfunction and loss (GL). Two cohorts were developed,…