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

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The In Vivo Non-Invasive Long-Term Functional Assessment of Neuronal Regeneration in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.
C.-J. Wen,^1,2 C.-H. Lin,¹ S.-L. Peng,^3,4 F.-N. Wang,³ L.-Y. Huang,³ H.-Y. Cheng,¹ H.-H. Hsu,¹ X.-T. Huang,¹ C.-H. Lin,¹ F.-C. Wei.¹
¹Center for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ³Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; ⁴Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
The neuronal regeneration is a key issue of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA).As for the generally used functional observations, behavior testing or invasive functional inspection (e.g.…
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A2 Kidneys into B Recipients: Is Postoperative Anti-A1 Titer Monitoring Useful?
A. DeMers, R. Forbes, D. Moore, K. Smith, D. Shaffer.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: Since the introduction of the new Kidney Allocation System in December 2014, our center implemented a protocol for transplanting A2 kidneys into B recipients…
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Long Term Follow Up of Kidney Donors with Asymptomatic Renal Stones.
D. Serur,¹ M. Charlton,² K. Juluru,³ G. Salama,³ E. LoCastro,³ G. Bretzlaff,² C. Hartono.¹
¹Nephrology/Rogosin, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY; ²Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY; ³Radiology, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY.
BACKGROUND:Kidney stones are often found incidentally in potential renal donors and there is a concern that they may become symptomatic and cause damage in the…
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Urinary Exosomal Annexin A1 Is a Predictive Biomarker of Post Kidney Transplant Complications.
H. Harada,¹ T. Murakami,² C. Yamamoto,² K. Hotta,¹ N. Fukuzawa,¹ M. Mitsuhashi.²
¹Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; ²Hitachi Chemical Co. America, Ltd., Irvine, CA; ³Nanosomix, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA.
IntroductionMonitoring of kidney allograft condition is important. We had exhibited non-invasive diagnostic modality of post-kidney transplant complications using urine exosomal and microvesicule (EMV) mRNA of…
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Clinical Outcome in Pure T-Cell Mediated Acute Rejection of the Kidney with No Donor Specific Antibody or C4d Staining.
P. Randhawa,¹ G. Huang,² S. Randhawa,¹ G. Zeng,¹ X. Zhao.³
¹Department of Pathology, The Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Department of Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ³Department of General Surgery, Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical Universit, Beijing, China.
Background: T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) is now considered to have little impact on renal graft function. This study re-evaluated the histologic phenotypes and clinical significance…
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Clinical Significance of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,² V. Kirchner,¹ K. Yadav,¹ A. Pugalendhi,¹ E. Minja,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ A. Matas,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ W. Payne,¹ T. Pruett,¹ S. Chinnakotla.¹
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core, Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients being evaluated for liver transplantation (LT).…
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Pre-Transplant Intra-Arterial Liver Directed Therapy Does Not Increase the Risk of Hepatic Arterial Misadventures in Liver Transplantation.
J. Kallini,² A. Gabr,² R. Salem,² R. Lewandowski,² T. Baker.¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Division of Interventional Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Pretransplant liver directed therapy has emerged as standard of care for patients with end stage liver disease complicated by unresectable hepatocellular cancer. The aim…
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Long-Term Outcomes After Splenectomy for Small-for-Size Syndrome in Live Donor Liver Transplantation.
M. Dib, N. Goldaracena, A. Barbas, M. Marquez, G. Sapisochin, C. Beriault, N. Selzner, I. McGilvray, E. Renner, P. Greig, L. Lilly, A. Ghanekar, M. Cattral, M. Selzner, D. Grant.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The use of lower volume liver grafts has the potential to expand the donor pool in adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but is…
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Metabolomic Profiling of Individuals with Failing Kidney Allograft.
R. Bassi,^1,2 M. Niewczas,³ L. Biancone,⁵ S. Bussolino,⁵ A. Lin,⁴ A. Chandraker,⁶ P. Fiorina.^1,2
¹Nephrology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; ²Transplant Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; ³Genetics and Epidemiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston; ⁴Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; ⁵Nephrology and Transplantation, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy; ⁶Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
Alteration of certain metabolites may play a role in the pathophysiology of renal allograft disease. To explore metabolome abnormalities in individuals with a failing kidney…
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The Effect of Everolimus and Tacrolimus Exposure Levels on Renal Histology Parameters 6 Months Post-Transplantation.
S. Yilmaz,¹ D. Shaffer,² Y. Qazi,³ K. McCague,⁴ D. Patel,⁴ V. Peddi,⁵ F. Vincenti.⁶
¹University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville; ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles; ⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover; ⁵California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco; ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco.
We examined renal histology scores in patients with different exposure levels of everolimus (EVR) and tacrolimus (TAC) over 6 months.Renal transplant patients (N=613) were randomized…