2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Everolimus and Low-Dose Ciclosporin on Cytomegalovirus Replication and Disease in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
Purpose: Preclinical studies indicate an anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) activity of the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTORi) everolimus (EVR), but data in pediatric renal transplant recipients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variability in Access to Transplant Centers for Children with End-Stage Renal Disease.
Background: Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD); yet, there is substantial variability in waiting times for deceased donor kidneys…2016 American Transplant Congress
Compensating Live Kidney Donors: The Views of United States Voters.
Purpose: An increasing number of U.S. patients die waiting for a kidney transplant. Financial compensation of living donors is one possible remedy for the organ…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Heterogenous Genomic Landscape of Unresectable Hepatoblastoma Requiring Liver Transplantation: Prognostic Implications.
Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric liver malignancy, is cured by chemotherapy and surgical resection. Locally invasive/multifocal tumors require liver transplantation (LTx). A unique tumor…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Maternal Graft in Early Acute Cellular Rejection After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Objectives: It has been reported that the living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in which the patients received a maternal graft could be more successful compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplantation Increases the Risk of Late-Onset BKV-Associated Nephropathy.
Infections have increased in simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant recipients (SPKTRs) with BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVN) being the most important infectious cause of allograft loss. Comparisons of BKVN…2016 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Precision Medicine: Antibiotics Increase Intra-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Trough Concentrations in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Medicine/Nephrology and Hyeprtension, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
BACKGROUND. The gut microbiome impacts drug absorption, metabolism, and distribution and was recently shown to be associated with tacrolimus dosing requirements. Since antibiotics can alter…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urgent Kidney Transplantation as Successful Treatment of Calciphylaxis in Three Patients with End-Stage Kidney Failure.
Background: Calciphylaxis often referred to as calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) is a rare and serious complication with limited treatment options. Kidney transplantation restores kidney function…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Inflammation on Concentration of Intracellular Tacrolimus.
Background: The use of calcineurin inhibitors improved the outcome for transplant recipients. However, acute rejection (AR) and infection remained still an unsolved problem. We evaluated…2016 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Levels in Patients Treated with Direct Acting Antivirals Post-Transplant.
Pharmacy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
Purpose: To determine if treatment of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) post-liver transplant with the direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) sofosbuvir, simeprevir, and ledipasvir (in combination and/or…