Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 153 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Motivation and Stress Associated with Non-Directed Kidney Donation.
J. Wiseman,¹ D. Berglund,¹ C. Jacobs,¹ D. Larson,¹ C. Garvey,¹ M. Vogues, S. Rein,¹ O. Sanchez,¹ C. Radecki Breitkopf,² H. Ibrahim,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹U of MN, Mpls; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester.
Background: Nondirected kidney donors (NDDs) are unique in that they have the risks of nephrectomy but often do not have the benefit of seeing the…
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VDJ Immune Repertoire Sequencing Predicts Patients at Risk of Alloimmune Injury.
M. Sirota,¹ T. Sigdel,¹ S. Boyd,² A. Fire,² M. Sarwal.¹
¹Surgery and Bioinformatics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²Genetics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Background: The complex repertoire of immune receptors generated by B cells enables allo-recognition in the context of transplantation across HLA barriers, and is a major…
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Is Prolonged Cold Ischemia a Contraindication to Using Kidneys from Acute Kidney Injury Donors?
M. Khan,¹ A. Carrier,¹ H. El-Hennawy,¹ A. Farney,¹ J. Rogers,¹ G. Orlando,¹ A. Reeves-Daniel,² A. Palanisamy,² M. Gautreaux,³ S. Iskandar,³ W. Doares,⁴ S. Kaczmorski,⁴ R. Stratta.¹
¹Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ²Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ³Pathology, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁴Pharmacy, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.
Elevated deceased donor (DD) serum creatinine (SCr) levels and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) are major independent reasons for kidney discard following organ recovery. Many…
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Center Level Analysis of Changes in Living Donor Transplant Rates in the United States.
D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.
Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Rates of living donor kidney transplantation have been declining in the United States since 2003. Tremendous variation exists in the rate of living donor transplantation…
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Renal Allograft Outcomes with Renal Artery Angioplasty and/or Stenting in Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis.
E. Tantisattamo,¹ A. Chokechanachaisakul,² S. Pitukweerakul,³ P. Ratanasrimetha,⁴ A. Shetty,² O. Traitanon,⁵ L. Gallon.²
¹Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI; ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ³Presence St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL; ⁴Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; ⁵Thammasart University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Background: The renal allograft function and blood pressure (BP) control after renal artery angioplasty±stenting for transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is unclear. We aim to…
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PD-L1/PD-L2-Expressing B-1a Cells Inhibit Allo-Reactive T Cells in Mice.
T. Hirose,^1,2 Y. Tanaka,¹ H. Ohdan.¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; ²Urology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) induces donor-specific hypo responsiveness or immune-tolerance among allo-reactive T cells in different organ transplantation models. However, the optimal cell source or…
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Sequential Analysis of Donor-Specific Antibodies and Pathological Findings Using Intravenous Immunoglobulin in a Highly Sensitized Rat Kidney Transplant Model.
Y. Sawada,¹ K. Omoto,² N. Kohei,⁴ K. Kawanishi,³ M. Okumi,² H. Ishida,² T. Kazunari.²
¹Urology, Fukushima Rosai Hospital, Iwaki, Japan; ²Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ⁴Urology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has evolved widespread use for treatment of acute antibody-mediated rejection (AAMR) and desensitization in highly HLA-sensitized patients. However, sequential change of the…
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Impact of Immunosuppressants on Inducing Regulatory T Cells in Human Allo-Immune Responses.
Y. Tanaka, H. Ohdan.
Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
A better understanding of cytokine signaling pathways involving transcription factors of the STAT family in T cells responding to allostimulation will improve interpretation of immune-regulatory…
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Long Term Results on Pancreas Transplant Beyond the Standard Indications, at a Single Center.
D. Ramisch,¹ N. Aguirre,¹ F. Moss,² P. Farinelli,¹ R. Fortunato,² L. Gutierrez,² P. Barros Schelotto,¹ H. Fraguas,³ P. Raffaele,² G. Gondolesi.¹
¹Instuto de Transplante Multiorganico, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ²Unidad de Trasplante Renal y Nefrologia, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ³Servicio de Cirugia Cardiovascular, Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Introduction: Simultaneous kidney-pancreas (SKP) transplantation has become the best treatment option for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and type 1 diabetes (T1D). In…
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Outcomes with Steroids Alone for Biopsy-Proven Pancreas Transplant Rejection.
S. Salahuddin,¹ B. Astor,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ A. Djamali,¹ J. Odorico,² D. Mandelbrot.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
There is little published data on the response of pancreas rejection to steroids alone. We reviewed 42 pancreas transplant recipients between 01/1997 and 12/2013 at…