Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 146 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Is C3d-fixing Donor Specific HLA Antibody Detection Really Necessary?
P. Malvezzi,¹ M. Villemaire,¹ A. Bourdin,² T. Jouve,¹ R. Tetaz,¹ B. Janbon,¹ N. Terrier,³ D. Masson.²
¹Service de Néphrologie, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; ²Laboratoire d'Histocompatibilité, EFS, Grenoble, France; ³Service d'Urologie, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.
Introduction: Chronic antibody–mediated rejection is the main cause of late kidney graft loss. The identification of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) in the serum is one of…
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Malignancies Contribute to Presensitization with Alloreactive T-Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
T. Schachtner,^1,2 M. Stein,² P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
Alloreactive T-cells have been suggested to impact allograft outcome due to a higher incidence of acute rejection in the initial period after kidney transplantation. Knowledge…
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Human B Cell Cytokines Predict Renal Allograft Rejection and Early Transplant Outcomes.
A. Cherukuri, R. Mehta, S. Ogunde, S. Hariharan, D. Rothstein.
UPMC, Pittsburgh.
In renal transplantation, non-invasive biomarkers that are predictive and allow for early intervention are limited. Here we report findings from a prospective longitudinal study of…
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Accumulation of Highly Sensitized Patients in a KPD Registry.
S. Stepkowski, B. Mierzejewska, D. Bekbolsynow, M. Rees.
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Objectives: We analyzed sensitization against HLA among patients in a kidney paired donation (KPD) registry. In particular, three groups of patients were included: 1) all…
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Prediction of Patient Survival After Kidney Transplantation: Construction, Validation and Evaluation of Decision Models Using Data Mining Approaches.
I. Scheffner,¹ K. Hua,² D. Simovici,² T. Abeling,¹ H. Haller,¹ W. Gwinner.¹
¹Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Understanding the risk factors that predispose to death is important in order to deliver the most appropriate therapy to patients (pts) with kidney transplantation (Tx).…
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ER Stress and Loss of GRP78 Expression Provides a Link Between Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and the Urinary Metabolome.
C. van Kooten,¹ T. Pacchiarotta,² P. van der Pol,¹ J. de Fijter,¹ N. Schlagwein,¹ D. van Gijlswijk,¹ O. Mayboroda.²
¹Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; ²Centre for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) profoundly impacts graft survival following kidney transplantation. Epithelial injury is one of the earliest histological alterations of IRI and is especially observed…
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The Role of B Cells in Liver Transplant Tolerance.
M. Morita,² G. Enyindah-Asonye,¹ N. Gupta,¹ J. Fung,² S. Qian,^1,2 L. Lu.^1,2
¹Immunology, LernerResearch Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²General Surgery, Transplant Center, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Scarcely one would argue that donor-specific B cells and antibodies contribute to rejection of transplants. However, studies published in the past few years have provided…
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The Property of Modulatory T Cells Generated by Mixed Lymphocyte Culture with CD154 Blockade.
K. Hotta, T. Oura, B. Cosimi, T. Kawai.
Center for Transplantation Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background:Regulatory T cell (Treg) immunotherapy has been applied to minimize the immunosuppressive drugs in clinical transplantation. To avoid contamination of CD4+CD25- T cells, only highly…
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Eliminating Xenoantigen Expression on Swine Red Blood Cells.
Z.-Y. Wang,¹ G. Martens,¹ R. Blankenship,¹ R. Sidner,¹ P. Li,¹ J. Estrada,¹ M. Tector,² A. Tector.^1,3
¹Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Surgery, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN; ³Indiana University Health Transplant Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Background:The rapidly improving tools of genetic engineering may make it possible to overcome humoral immune barrier that prevents xenotransplantation. We hypothesize that levels of human…
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Effect on Endothelial function when Hyperglycemia Is Reversed by Single Pancreas Transplantation.
T. Halden,^1,2 I. Eide,^1,2 D. Dahle,¹ A. Åsberg,^1,3 A. Reisæter,¹ T. Jenssen,^1,4 A. Hartmann.^1,2
¹Department of Transplant Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; ²Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ³Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ⁴Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Background: Endothelial dysfunction is a predictor for future cardiovascular disease. We have previously published that endothelial function improves in renal transplant recipients with post-transplantation diabetes…