Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 167 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Intragraft Molecular Pathways Associated with Tolerance Induction in Renal Transplantation.
L. Gallon,¹ J. Leventhal,¹ C. Dumur,² J. Mathew,¹ L. Nadimpalli,¹ A. Shetty,¹ S. Ildstad,³ V. Mas.²
¹Medicine/Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Medicine/Nephology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ³Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KT.
Organ transplantation relies upon nonspecific immunosuppressive (IS) agents to prevent graft rejection. However, IS drugs have significant toxicities and chronic rejection occurs despite their usage.…
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Rapid Detection of Acute Infection in Immunosuppressed Renal Patients with IRIDICA: A Pilot Study.
S. Hassan,¹ A. Adwaney,¹ A. Massiah,² R. Murphy,² S. Law,¹ S. Mohd-Afzal,¹ M. Wilks,² R. Thuraisingham.¹
¹Renal, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Microbiology, Barts Health Trust, London, United Kingdom.
BackgroundThe Abbott IRIDICA bacterial bloodstream (BAC BSI) assay is a rapid semi-quantitative diagnostic test that is able to detect over 800 significant pathogens using PCR…
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Donor-Derived Toxoplasmosis in Solid Organ Transplant 2008 – 2015: Opportunities for Improvement.
C. Wolfe,¹ A. Wilk,² S. Tlusty,² C. Sifri,¹ M. Morris,¹ A. Mehta,¹ D. Kaul.¹
¹DTAC, Richmond, VA; ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Background: Donor-derived Toxoplasmosis (DDT) is uncommon, but outcomes may be poor. Donor risk factors are difficult to recognize, and donor screening is not currently universally…
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Outcomes in Black vs Non-Black Patients Administered Belatacept (Bela) or Cyclosporine (CsA) in BENEFIT-EXT.
S. Florman,¹ A. Durrbach,² V. Duro Garcia,³ K. Calderon,⁴ U. Meier-Kriesche,⁴ M. Polinsky,⁴ H. Zhao,⁴ J. Medina Pestana.⁵
¹Mount Sinai Med Ctr, New York; ²Univ Hôpital of Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; ³Hosp Dom Vicente Scherer, Porto Alegre, Brazil; ⁴BMS, Lawrenceville; ⁵Hosp do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Studies consistently show worse outcomes for black vs non-black kidney transplant recipients. At 7 yrs post-transplant in BENEFIT-EXT (NCT00114777), bela was associated with similar graft…
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The Impact of Donor Procurement Characteristics in Contemporary Live Donor Pediatric Renal Transplantation Outcomes: An Analysis of 282 Cases.
Z. Ahmed,¹ R. Uwechue,¹ P. Chandak,¹ J. Stojanovic,² N. Kessaris,¹ N. Mamode.¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ²Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Previous registry analyses have reported inferior graft survival rates when using laparoscopically procured organs and those with the greatest size mismatches between donor and recipient.…
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Benefit of Protocol Biopsies in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients.
M. Nazario, O. Moussa, S. Self, K. Twombley.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
BackgroundMuch debate exists over the utility of protocol biopsies for pediatric kidney transplant recipients. While there is a growing amount of literature on the utility…
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A Visualization Software Platform for Managing a Kidney Paired-Donation Program.
M. Bray,¹ W. Wang,¹ M. Rees,² P. Song,¹ A. Leichtman,³ V. Ashby,¹ J. Kalbfleisch.¹
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ³Arbor Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
A kidney paired-donation (KPD) program's aim is typically to maximize the number of transplants achieved via cycles among incompatible donor-candidate pairs, as well as chains…
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De Novo DQA/DQB Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) Is Associated with Allograft Dysfunction in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (LT).
U. Ekong, L. Bow, R. Morotti, J. Gannon, P. Valentino, P. Yoo, M. Rodriguez-Davalos, S. Emre.
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center, New Haven.
Antibody mediated rejection following LT is thought to be uncommon. Studies suggest HLA Ab that bind C1q may be deleterious to the TX allograft, &…
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Conversion from Tacrolimus (TAC) to Sirolimus (SLR)-Based Immunosuppression in Pediatric Patients Who Underwent Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Hepatoblastoma – 2 Year Follow-Up.
R. Hendrickson,¹ W. Andrews,¹ M. Davis,¹ R. Cisneros,¹ R. Fischer,² J. Daniel.²
¹Pediatric/Transplant Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; ²Hepatology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO.
Introduction: The appropriate use of Sirolimus (SRL) immunosuppression in pediatric liver transplantation has yet to be clearly defined. Even though Tacrolimus (TAC) is commonly used…
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Results of a Biopsy Based, Early Intervention Treatment Protocols for BK Viraemia and BK Virus Associated Nephropathy.
S. Jones,¹ S. Waller,¹ K. Lai,^2,3 A. Hibbard,¹ P. Trevillian,¹ M. Heer.¹
¹Newcastle Transplant Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ²Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ³University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Background: Following the death of a renal transplant recipient (RTR) in 2003 following BK Virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) and acute rejection, our centre adopted protocols…