Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 156 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Clinical Rejection-Risk Assessment with Allospecific CD154+T-Cytotoxic Memory Cells (CD154+TcM) After Pediatric Liver or Intestine Transplantation (LTx, ITx).
K. Soltys, G. Bond, G. Mazariegos, L. O'Toole, C. Trautz, L. Remaley, A. Zeevi, C. Ashokkumar, R. Sindhi.
Surgery, Children's Hosp of Pgh of UPMC & Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: In preclinical evaluation, CD154+TcM predict acute cellular rejection after LTx or ITx with sensitivity/specificity of 80%. Purpose/Methods: To summarize test indications and performance during…
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Serum Bicarbonate and Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
S. Park,¹ E. Kang,¹ M. Han,¹ J. Park,¹ S. Yang,² S. Park,³ I. Jung,⁴ C. Lim,⁵ Y. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,⁶ J. Lee.⁵
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁶Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Metabolic acidosis indicated by low serum bicarbonate (TCO2) level has been known as a risk factor for mortality and progressive renal dysfunction in patients…
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Tailored Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction (rATG) Dosing for Kidney Transplantation.
N. Singh,^1,2 A. Rossi,¹ M. Savic,¹ R. Rubocki,¹ M. Parker,¹ J. Vella.¹
¹MMC, Portland, ME; ²MGMC, Augusta, ME.
Purpose: Although rATG is the most commonly used induction immunotherapy for kidney transplantation (KT), optimal dosing remains unknown. In order to minimize adverse effects and…
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Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 9-Induced Resistance to Murine Cardiac Allograft Tolerance Is Dependent Upon C3a and C5a Receptor (C3aR/C5aR) Signaling.
J. Sheen, P. Heeger.
Translational Transplant Research Center, Department of Medicine and Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
TLR stimulation has been shown by others to prevent costimulatory blockade-induced allograft tolerance. Immune cell derived complement activation products C3a and C5a amplify inflammation, enhance…
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Tolerogenic Interactions Between Host CD8⁺Myeloid Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer T Cells Are Required for Acceptance of Combined Organ and Bone Marrow Transplants After TLI Conditioning.
D. Hongo Apum,¹ X. Zhang,² E. Engleman,² S. Strober.¹
¹Medicine - Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ²Medicine - Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Combined transplantation of solid organs and bone marrow or hematopoietic progenitor cells has resulted in successful achievement of tolerance in both laboratory animals and in…
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Short Duration Perioperative Administration of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Is Safe and Effective in Preventing HCV Recurrence After Liver Transplant.
E. Verna,¹ J. Levitsky,² J. O'Leary,³ N. Bzowej,⁴ D. Moonka,⁵ R. Hyland,⁶ D. Brainard,⁶ J. McHutchison,⁶ N. Terrault.⁷
¹Columbia Univ., NY; ²Northwestern Univ., Chicago; ³Baylor Univ., Dallas; ⁴Ochsner Clinical Foundation, New Orleans; ⁵Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit; ⁶Gilead Sciences, Foster City; ⁷UCSF, San Francisco.
Background:The optimal timing and duration of DAA therapy in HCV patients undergoing liver transplant(LT) is unknown. CRUSH-C is an open-label, Phase 2 study evaluating the…
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Urine Cell-Free Supernatant Metabolites Diagnostic of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Allografts.
M. Alkadi,¹ J. Lee,¹ D. Dadhania,¹ T. Muthukumar,¹ C. Snopkowski,¹ C. Li,¹ S. Salvatore,¹ S. Seshan,¹ K. Suhre,² M. Suthanthiran.¹
¹Weill Cornell Medicine, NY; ²Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Introduction:Urine cell-free supernatant metabolite profiles provide a unique opportunity to interrogate intra-graft processes and have distinguished acute cellular rejection from no rejection in the Clinical…
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A Molecular Biopsy Test for Probability of Non-Adherence.
P. Halloran,^1,3 G. Einecke,² J. Reeve.¹
¹ATAGC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Afferent arteriolar hyalinosis (ah-score) in renal transplant biopsies increases with time of biopsy-post-transplant (TxBx), reflecting calcineurin inhibitor drug effects, donor aging, and progressive glomerular diseases.…
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Clinical Significance of Non-HLA Antibodies in the Development of Microcirculation Inflammation in Allograft Tissue After Kidney Transplantation.
J. Min,^1,3 H. Lee,^2,3 B. Chung,^1,3 E.-J. Oh,^2,3 C. Yang.^1,3
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ³Transplant Research Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
The aim of our study is to determine the clinical significance of pre-transplant non-HLA antibodies, mainly those targeting the angiotenin II type I receptor (AT1R)…
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Decline of HCV RNA and Core Antigen: Predictors of Achieving SVR in Transplant Recipients Undergoing DAA-Therapy.
S. Pischke,³ V. Proske,¹ S. Polywka,⁴ M. Lütgehetmann,⁴ M. Lang,¹ S. Stauga,¹ L. Fischer,¹ A. Lohse,³ B. Nashan,² M. Sterneck.¹
¹University Transplant Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ²Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ³Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Greece; ⁴Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Background:DAA-treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) re-infections in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in controlled studies, but…