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

2016 American Transplant Congress
Profiling Immunologic Risk for Acute Rejection in Liver Transplantation: Recipient Age Is a Robust Risk Factor.
M. Kueht, R. Cotton, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss, A. Rana.
Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Balyor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Profiling the immunologic risk for acute rejection in liver transplantation (OLT) may allow for selection immunosuppression (IS) target ranges appropriate to risk levels, all with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery and One-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants.
G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.
MUSC, Charleston.
Background: Several centers recommend bariatric surgery (BS) pre-transplantation (pre-Tx) with arbitrary BMI cutoffs. The effects of BS on Tx outcome are unclear. We studied the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience Treating Hepatitis C Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients with Non-Interferon-Containing Regimens: Successes and Challenges.
M. Aull, A. Watkins, J. Kim, K. Rhee, D. Dadhania, J. Lee, S. Kapur.
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
Historically, treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with interferon-based regimens after kidney transplantation has been associated with risk of rejection & graft loss. Direct…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Gsk3β Regulates Macrophage Pro-Inflammatory Immune Activation via AMPK-Mediated Induction of Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP).
H. Zhou,^1,2 J. Zhu,^1,3 S. Yue,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ J. Kupiec-Weglinski,¹ X. Wang,² Y. Zhai.¹
¹Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine-University of California-Los Angeles, LA, CA; ²Liver Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China; ³Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Background & AimsAlthough glycogen synthase kinase 3 β (Gsk3β) has been found to play key roles in ischemia and reperfusion injuries (IRI) of different organs,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Blockade of the ASC Coreceptor Enhances Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engraftment.
R. Elahimehr, S. Kasimsetti, A. Shigeoka, D. McKay.
UCSD, San Diego.
Purpose: HSC engraftment is essential for successful bone marrow transplantation, and successful HSC engraftment allows for induction of tolerance to solid organ allografts. Engrafted HSCs…
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Donor-Derived Toll-Like Receptor-Dependent Intravascular Monocytes Cause Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction.
S. Chiu, Z. Zheng, H. Sun, M. DeCamp, Jr, G. Budinger, H. Perlman, A. Misharin, A. Bharat.
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Purpose: Neutrophils mediate primary lung allograft dysfunction (PGD), the predominant cause of early graft loss following lung transplant. The mechanisms of neutrophil infiltration remain incompletely…