2016 American Transplant Congress
Bile Acid Signaling Affects Metabolism and Prolongs Allograft Survival in Obese Recipients.
Although obesity has been linked to impaired transplant outcomes, underlying mechanisms and consequences of obesity on alloimmunity are only poorly understood.Allogenic skin transplantations were performed…2016 American Transplant Congress
In Vitro Reactivity of CD4+ T Cells Subsets from Hosts with Antigen Specific Transplant Tolerance Mediated by CD4+CD25+T Cells.
Immune Tolerance Laboratory, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
In animals with transplant tolerance without lympho-hemopoietic chimerism peripheral T cells reactive to donor are not deleted, but their capacity to effect rejection is inhibited…2016 American Transplant Congress
Older Patients Reliably Participate in Automated Living Donor Follow Up Rather Than Avoiding This New Technology.
Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction: UCSF implemented automated living donor follow up to increase access to patients, improve communication, efficiency of data collection, and UNOS compliance. Using a modified…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Social Support Predict Clinical Outcomes Post-Transplantation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
1Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; 2Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and medication nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Exome Sequencing and HLA-Independent Prediction of Long-Term Kidney Allograft Function.
Current strategies to improve graft outcome following kidney transplantation consider information at the HLA loci. We asked whether information outside of the HLA loci can…2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Newly Developed North America Islet Donor Scoring System in the Medium Volume Islet Transplant Center.
Background.North America Islet Donor Scoring (NAIDS) system has been recently developed for selection of the optimal pancreas donor based on analysis of the results from…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus Based Immunosuppression on De Novo Kidney Transplantation with 7 Years Follow-Up.
Purpose: Long-term efficacy and safety of everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression for de novo kidney transplant recipient who were involved in A1202 study from our institute…2016 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Free Immunosuppression and Clinical Outcomes in Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant with Positive Flow Cytometry Crossmatch.
Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Background: Positive flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) is considered a high immunologic risk for transplantation. Available studies reporting outcomes in positive FCXM kidney transplants were done…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Transfusion Requirements on Likelihood of Heart Transplantation After Total Artificial Heart.
Background:Total artificial heart (TAH) is used as a bridge to heart transplantation in patients with end-stage biventricular failure. Anemia requiring blood transfusions occurs following TAH…2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver Evaluation for Heart Transplantation: Which Is Better, Noninvasive Scans or Liver Biopsy?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Patients awaiting heart transplantation who have known liver disease from congestive hepatopathy are at increased risk for mortality post-transplantation. The evaluation of the liver…
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