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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Twenty Years of Evolving Trends in Racial Disparities for Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    D. Taber, M. Gebregziabher, K. Chavin, T. Srinivas, P. Baliga, L. Egede.

    Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

    Objective: To determine if baseline risks and post-transplant outcome disparities in African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients have evolved over time.Methods: Analysis of 20-years of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Exosomes with Lung Associated Self-Antigens (Collagen V and K alpha 1 Tubulin): Role in Rejection Following Human Lung Transplantation.

    M. Gunasekaran,1,2 Z. Xu,1,2 D. Nayak,1,2 M. Sharma,1,2 R. Hachem,1 T. Mohanakumar.1,2

    1Surgery, Pathology & Immunology, & Medicine, Washington Univ Sch Med, St. Louis, MO; 2Norton Thoracic Institute - St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.

    Immune response to HLA and non-HLA antigens play a significant role in the development of chronic and acute rejection (AR), bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), following…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) Leads to Increased Bile Production and Secretion of Hydrophilic Bile Acids After Liver Transplantation When Compared to Cold Storage (CS).

    B. Banan, R. Lopez, Z. Khan, C. Hughes, G. Michalopoulos, P. Fontes.

    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

    Background: Bile production during machine perfusion and after transplantation has been used as marker of liver allograft viability and function. This study aimed to assess…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A 5-Year Multicenter Evaluation of Seasonal Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients.

    D. Kumar,1 E. Cordero,4 E. Blumberg,2 A. Limaye,5 M. Levi,7 L. Danziger-Isakov,9 J. Englund,8 S. Husain,1 F. Silveira,10 G. Reid,6 T. Sharma,3 A. Humar.1

    1UHN, Toronto, Canada; 2UPenn, Philadelphia; 3BCH, Boston; 4REIPI, Seville, Spain; 5UoWMC, Seattle; 6LUMC, Chicago; 7UCD, Denver; 8SCH, Seattle; 9CCHMC, Cincinnati; 10UPMC, Pittsburgh.

    Background:Seasonal influenza infection may cause significant morbidity and mortality in transplant patients. However, there are limited prospective data on clinical presentations and determinants of outcomes.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Circulating Angiotensin II Receptor: Possible Marker for Antibody Mediated Tissue Injury?

    P. Kimball, F. McDougan, G. Gupta.

    Transplant Surgery, VCU Health, Richmond, VA.

    Background. Antibody mediated rejection is the leading cause of renal allograft failure. Membrane-bound angiotensin II receptor(AngII) in the renal allograft can be a target of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Levels of VEGF-C, PLGF and Follistatin at 12 Months Post Transplantation Are Associated with Increased Risk for Long Term Progressive Renal Dysfunction.

    G. Dreyer,1 J. de Fijter,1 D. Briscoe,2 K. Daly,2 M. Reinders.1

    1Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Transplantation Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

    *contributed equallyIntroduction Integrity of the microvasculature is critical for long term survival after solid organ transplantation. We hypothesize that biomarkers of endothelial injury and repair…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Subtype-Compatible (A2/A2B–>B) Transplantation Under KAS Increases Access 3-Fold for Blood Type B Patients, yet Very Few Candidates Are Listed as Eligible.

    D. Stewart,1 W. Cherikh,1 A. Kucheryavaya,1 C. Bryan,2 N. Turgeon,3 M. Aeder.4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Midwest Transplant Network, Westwood, KS; 3Emory, Atlanta, GA; 4Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.

    Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS; 12/4/14), 8 OPOs participated in a voluntary policy variance permitting allocation of kidneys from subtype “A2”…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Safety of a Short (One-Year) Waiting Time in Kidney Transplant Candidates Treated for Cancer.

    D. Dahle,1 T. Grotmol,2 T. Leivestad,3 A. Hartmann,1 G. Mjøen,1 H. Pihlstrøm,1 H. Næss,1 H. Holdaas.1

    1Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 2The Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway; 3Norwegian Renal Registry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

    In Norway, a one-year waiting time free of cancer recurrence is required before kidney transplantation. To provide an updated, large-scale assessment of this practice, the…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Analysis of FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis) Recurrence After Renal Transplantation.

    J. Mansur, G. Basso, M. Cristelli, G. Mata, T. Sandes-Freitas, G. Kirsztajn, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.

    Nephrology-Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.

    Purpose: To describe clinical-laboratorial profile and outcome of patients diagnosed with recurrent FSGS submitted to plasmapheresis.Methods: Retrospective single-center cohort study including all patients with recurrent…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Does DCD Donor Time-to-Death After Withdrawal of Support Affect Recipient Outcomes? Implications of Time-to-Death at a High-Volume Center in the United States.

    J. Scalea, L. Fernandez, A. D'Alessandro, M. Anderson, D. Foley, J. Mezrich.

    Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

    Introduction: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidneys represent 15% of the deceased donor kidneys transplanted in the United States. A majority of transplant centers will…
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