Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 25 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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The Impact of Different Immunosuppressive Protocols on Early and Long Term Outcomes After Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation.
A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, A. El-Hinnawi, E. Elkhammas, G. Bumgardner, M. Henry.
Surgery/Transplant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Between January 1990 and December 2014, 800 combined kidney pancreas transplant procedures were performed at The Ohio State University. The immunosuppressive protocols have changed significantly…
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Isolating High Islet Mass Even from Alcoholic Pancreatitis Pancreases Intended for Clinical Islet Auto-Transplantation: Improved Strategies to Human Islet Isolation Technique.
A. Balamurugan, G. Loganathan, B. Tweed, W. Tucker, S. Mokshagundam, S. Williams, M. Hughes.
Surgery, Clinical Islet Cell Laboratory, Cardiovascular Innovation Insitute, Louisville, KY.
It has been reported in the literature that after pancreatic resection with planned islet auto-transplantation (IAT), islets isolated from alcoholic pancreatitis (AP) pancreases resulted in…
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Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) with a Novel Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier (HBOC) Solution for Ex Vivo Preservation in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA).
S. Oksuz, R. Schweizer, M. Minervini, B. Banan, V. Gorantla, P. Fontes.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Background: Improved preservation techniques could reduce ischemia-reperfusion injuries (IRI) and allow better matching and allocation of VCA grafts across wider distances. A novel SNMP system…
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Transient Hepatitis B Core Positivity After Administration of IVIG for Desensitization (DES).
A. Nejad, A. Vo, J. Choi, S. Jordan.
Kidney Transplant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, CA.
INTRODUCTION: IVIG has become an essential tool in the treatment of sensitized patients prior to solid organ transplantation and is routinely used to treat viral…
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Gender Differences in Longitudinal eGFR of Living Kidney Donors in a Health Information Exchange.
M. Henderson,¹ T. McFarlane,¹ A. Massie,² D. Segev,² B. Dixon.^1,3
¹Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: The trajectory of post-donation eGFR in living donors is poorly described. Our objective was to explore the association between baseline donor characteristics and post-donation…
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Rapid Emergence of CD28^null Cells Following Ex Vivo Restimulation Is Associated with Belatacept Resistant Rejection.
M. Cortes, S. Laurie, B. Sayed, M. Ford.
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA.
Numerous studies have implicated donor-reactive memory T cells in mediating costimulation blockade resistant rejection (CoBRR) following treatment with belatacept. In humans, these memory T cells…
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The Impact of Treating Borderline Cellular Rejections.
R. Mustafa,¹ Y. Al Azzi,¹ J. Crew,¹ G. Dube,¹ H. Morris,¹ M. Chiles,¹ J. Chang,¹ H. Fernandez,¹ D. Cohen,¹ I. Batal,² E. Campenot,² S. Mohan.¹
¹Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ²Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Introduction: Histological findings that meet the criteria for Borderline rejection (BR) as defined by the Banff Classification are frequently seen. The clinical significance of a…
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3D-FLM (First, Last, Max): A Novel Summative Measure of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Tumor Burden Predicts HCC Recurrence After Liver Transplantation (LT).
E. Nordstrom,¹ J. Dodge,² J. Gralla,¹ K. Campbell,¹ C. Palmer,¹ S. Biggins.¹
¹Univ. Colorado, Aurora; ²UCSF, San Francisco.
Risk of recurrent HCC post-LT depends on tumor aggressiveness, pre-LT HCC burden and treatment response while waiting for LT. Standard measures of pre-LT HCC burden…
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Minimum Graft Size Avoiding Small-for-Size Associated Early Graft Failure in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
S. Marubashi,¹ H. Nagano,³ H. Eguchi,² H. Wada,² K. Umeshita,² Y. Doki,² M. Mori,² N. Sato,¹ T. Kimura,¹ A. Kenjyo,¹ M. Gotoh.¹
¹Regenerative Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; ²Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) is a serious complication in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for…
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Longitudinal Psychological Outcomes of Living Liver Donors.
Z. Butt,¹ M. Dew,² Q. Liu,³ M. Simpson,⁴ A. Smith,^3,5 J. Zee,³ B. Gillespie,⁵ S. Abbey,⁶ D. Ladner,¹ R. Weinreib,⁷ R. Fisher,⁸ S. Hafliger,⁹ N. Terrault,¹⁰ J. Burton,¹¹ A. DiMartini.²
¹Northwestern U, Chicago; ²U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ³Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor; ⁴Lahey, Burlington; ⁵U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶U of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ⁷U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ⁸Virginia Commonwealth U, Richmond; ⁹Columbia U, New York; ¹⁰U of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; ¹¹U of Colorado, Denver.
Background: Living liver donors (LLD) are healthy adults donating a portion of their liver to a recipient in need. To justify the risk to LLD,…