Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 32 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

2016 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of Telehealth Is Associated with Improved Timeliness of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Evaluation at a VA Center.
R. Forbes,^1,2 K. Kummerow Broman,^1,2 T. Johnson,² D. Rybacki,² M. Hagemann,² A. Hannah-Gillis,² I. Feurer,¹ D. Hale.^1,2
¹TN Valley HS, Nashville, TN; ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: The VA National Transplant Program is challenged to provide timely kidney transplant evaluation for Veterans nationwide. Efforts to improve access have included implementing a…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Model for Medication Errors in a Chronic Kidney Transplant Clinic.
K. Covert,¹ C. Mardis,¹ J. Fleming,¹ A. Mardis,¹ H. Meadows,¹ N. Pilch,¹ P. Mohan,² M. Posadas,² M. Salazar,² T. Srinivas,² G. Mour,² D. Taber.¹
¹Pharmacy, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²Transplant Nephrology, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Medication errors are associated with increased incidence of infection, rejection, and graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. This study aims to create a model to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Site Infection Does Not Fully Explain the Impact of Obesity on Post-Transplant Outcomes.
S. Bae, L. Kucirka, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
While obesity is considered a risk factor for worse survival after kidney transplant (KT), a single-center study reported that obesity has no direct effect on…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Pretransplant Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tumor Grade Using Needle Biopsy Reliable for Transplant Candidate Selection? Analysis of 217 Liver Transplant Recipients.
C. Court, M. Harlander-Locke, D. Markovic, F. Kaldas, A. Zarrinpar, D. Farmer, S. Sho, J. Tomlinson, J. Hiatt, R. Busuttil, V. Agopian, D. Lu, S. Raman.
Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Objective: Despite the prognostic significance of tumor grade and vascular invasion for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), preoperative needle biopsy (PNB) is not routinely utilized…
2016 American Transplant Congress
RNAseq Transcriptome Analysis of Bone Marrow CD138⁺ Plasma Cell Responses to Carfilzomib Monotherapy Desensitization.
J. Driscoll, B. Aronow, S. Tremblay, R. Alloway, E. Woodle.
Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Informatics, U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: Prior studies indicate that bone marrow resident plasma cells (BMRPCs) demonstrate varying sensitivity to proteasome inhibition (PI). Effects of carfilzomib (CFZ) monotherapy desensitization on…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Activated Cytoprotective Mechanisms in DBD Kidneys Correlate with Kidney Function in Transplant Recipients: A Study Using Clinical Samples from the UK QUOD Biobank.
M. Kaisar,¹ L. van Dullemen,² Z. Akhtar,¹ M. Lo Faro,¹ H. Huang,¹ H. Leuvenink,² B. Kessler,¹ R. Ploeg.¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²UMCG, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands.
The onset of abnormal pathophysiological changes following brain death adversely impact kidney function following transplantation. Understanding the biological mechanisms that affect kidney quality will allow…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Conversion to Everolimus in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: Incidence of Viral Infections in the Randomized-Controlled ELEVATE Study.
H. Hirsch,¹ J. De Fijter,¹ M. van der Giet,¹ M. Zeier,¹ J. Pascual,¹ Y. Avihingsanon,¹ P. Lopez,² J. Aguilar-Sanchez,² J. Kochuparampil,² Z. Wang,³ H. Holdaas,¹ J. Cruzado.¹
¹ELEVATE Study Group, Basel, Switzerland; ²Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; ³Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover.
BackgroundCytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) infections are independent risk factors for acute rejection and graft loss. Early conversion from calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) to everolimus…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Return of CMV Specific Cellular Immunity Using the T-SPOT.CMV Soon After Kidney Transplant with Thymoglobulin.
C. Kotton.
Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: We do not currently have sufficient predictive tools to determine risk of CMV infection after organ transplantation. Recent data suggest that assays of the…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Hif-1α Stabilization in the Recipient Accelerates Cardiac Allograft Rejection.
Z. Ilyas, M. DeBerge, S. Dehn, J.-J. Wang, Z. Zhang, E. Thorp, M. Ansari.
Northwestern University, Chicago.
Introduction: Increased Hif-1α mRNA expression in deceased-donor organ transplant tissue prior to or soon after transplantation significantly correlated with primary graft dysfunction. HIF-1α is positioned…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Mer Mediates Expansion of MDSCs Critical for Transplantation Tolerance.
L. Zhang,¹ M. DeBerge,² X. Zhang,³ J. Wang,³ Z. Zhang,³ E. Thorp,² X. Luo.^1,2,3
¹Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ³Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: The TAM (Tyro3, Axl and Mer) receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) mediate homeostatic phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, and transmit regulatory signals that modulate immune response.…