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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Parameters of Uremia-Associated Premature Ageing of Peripheral T Cells Do Not Predict Infectious Complications After Renal Transplantation.

    B. Dedeoglu, R. Meijers, M. Klepper, D. Hesselink, C. Baan, N. Litjens, M. Betjes.

    Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have a prematurely aged T-cell system, which may contribute to the uremia-associated immune deficiency. In this study we tested…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    C1q Assays Are Not Associated with Clinical or Serologic Endpoints.

    A. Gilbert,1 M. Zaheer,1 O. Timofeeva,2 M. Awwad,2 D. Li,2 S. Rosen-Bronson,2 B. Javaid,1 M. Grafals,1 J. Verbesey,1 P. Abrams,1 M. Cooper.1

    1Medicine, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; 2Pathology, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; 3Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.

    PURPOSE: The c1q assay has been proposed as a potential adjunct to standard donor specific antibody (DSA) testing designed to improve the specificity to identify…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Long Term Outcomes Following Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR) in Renal Transplant Recipients.

    R. Crew, S. Patel, H. Morris, M. Chiles, L. Ratner.

    Columbia University, New York.

    INTRO: Progress in AMR treatment has improved early graft survival. Since the new kidney allocation system results in more sensitized patients getting transplanted, we expect…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Optimizing the Immunogenicity and Immunomodulatory Properties of MSC for Cellular Therapy.

    S. de Witte,1 M. Franquesa,1 T. Strini,1 S. Korevaar,1 F. Luk,1 S. Elliman,2 P. Newsome,3 M. Gargesha,4 D. Roy,4 A. Merino,1 C. Baan,1 M. Hoogduijn.1

    1ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Orbsen Therapeutics, Galway, Ireland; 3University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 4Bioinvision, Mayfield Village.

    Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are candidates for immunotherapy after transplantation. MSC have shown to be immunomodulatory and low immunogenic, which is favorable for cellular therapy…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Tissue Priming of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Enhances Their Phagocytosis and Lowers the Threshold for Subsequent Toll-Like Receptor 7/9 Activation.

    J. Ruben,1 G. Garcia-Romo,1 E. Breman,1 S. van der Kooij,1 A. Redeker,2 R. Arens,2 C. van Kooten.1

    1Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) have a pivotal role in clearing viral infections, and can regulate tolerance or immunity depending on their activation status. We have…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hydrogen Sulphide Is an Important Regulator of Erythropoietin Synthesis in Patients with Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease.

    J. Leigh,1 P. Shao,1 M. Saha,1 I. Lobb,1 A. Pasch,5 H. van Goor,4 M. Feelisch,2 R. Wang,3 A. Sener.1

    1Western University, London, Canada; 2University of Southhampton, Southhampton, United Kingdom; 3Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada; 4University of Gronigen, Groningen, Netherlands; 5University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

    Anemia affects 90% of hemodialysis patients and is a tremendous concern for patients and health care providers. CKD leads to chronic interstitial fibrosis which leads…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Circulating miR-215, miR-let-7c miR-154, miR-193a, NR_036506.1 and NR_027669.1 as Biomarkers Predict Fungal Infection in Post-Transplanted Recipients.

    A. Yang, Z. Guo, W. Ju, C. Zhang, Z. Li, X. Yuan, Q. Zhao, H. Ye, Y. Liao, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Aims: The incidence of fungal infection in post-transplanted patients is 13%-17%, which seriously effecting perioperative survival and increasing their economic burden. We wanted to find…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a National Kidney Transplant Center.

    C. Kennedy,1 C. Waldron,1 M. Scally,2 K. Burns,2 C. Magee,1 F. Fitzpatrick.2

    1Department of Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; 2Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

    BackgroundKidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We aimed to retrospectively describe the epidemiology of CDI in a national…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Significance of Preservation Fluid Cultures in Solid Organ Transplantation.

    H. Nam, N. Perni, K. Galen, M. Campara, R. Roca-Garcia, V. Yeldandi.

    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.

    Introduction. The study aim was to determine microbiological characteristics of preservation fluid (PF) cultures in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients and to evaluate their impact…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Two-Year Safety Results from the Phase 3b Switching Study of Kidney Transplant Patients with Tremor to LCP-Tacro (STRATO) Study.

    S. Steinberg,1 R. Gedaly,2 L. Chan,3 A. Langone.4

    1California Institute of Renal Research, San Diego; 2University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington; 3University of Colorado, Aurora; 4Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.

    Tremor is a common side effect of tacrolimus (tac) correlated with peak-dose drug concentration. Envarsus XR®, a novel, once-daily, extended-release formulation of tac, has a…
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