Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 33 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Skipping Comparable Local Waitlist Candidates Under Share 35.
E. Chow,¹ A. Massie,¹ X. Luo,¹ C. Wickliffe,¹ S. Gentry,² A. Cameron,¹ D. Segev.¹
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Mathematics, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
Under Share-35, deceased donor (DD) livers are offered regionally to candidates with MELD≥35 before locally to lower MELD candidates. The characteristics and outcomes of local…
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Are We Refusing Good Organs? Outcomes of Ventilator Management of Sub-Optimal Lung Donors.
B. Scully,¹ D. Horne,¹ J. Heinle,¹ E. McKenzie,¹ K. Hosek,² W. Zhang,² G. Mallory,³ E. Melicoff.³
¹Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Outcomes and Impact Services, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Pulmonology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
PurposeOptimizing donor lung function is essential for organ acceptance and successful lung transplantation (LTx). We hypothesized that ventilator management of sub-optimal donor lungs, PaO2<300 mmHg,…
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High Incidence of Herpes Zoster After Kidney, Liver, Heart and Lung Transplantation.
N. van Besouw, S. Roest, D. Bovée, H. Metselaar, R. Hoek, J. van Weezel, A. van der Eijk, W. Weimar, O. Manintveld, M. Kho.
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Background: Primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection causes varicella and lifelong latent infection in neural ganglia from which it may reactivate leading to herpes zoster…
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Solid Phase Assay Demonstrates High Rates of Allosensitization in Pediatric Heart Recipients.
W. Zuckerman,¹ B. Feingold,² A. Zeevi,² C. Bentlejewski,² L. Addonizio,¹ E. Blume,³ C. Canter,⁴ A. Dipchand,⁵ D. Hsu,⁶ R. Shaddy,⁷ W. Mahle,⁸ K. Much,⁹ B. Armstrong,⁹ D. Ikle,⁹ H. Diop,¹⁰ J. Odim,¹⁰ S. Webber.¹¹
¹Columbia Univ., NYC; ²Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; ⁴Washington Univ., St. Louis; ⁵Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada; ⁶Children's Hospital, Montefiore, NYC; ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia; ⁸CHOA, Atlanta; ⁹Rho, Chapel Hill; ¹⁰NIAID/NIH, Bethesda; ¹¹Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville.
Allosensitization is a risk factor for rejection, vasculopathy and graft loss. CTOTC-04 is a prospective study assessing the impact of sensitization on a composite of…
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T-Bet Regulates nTreg Stability and Suppression in an Islet Allograft Model.
Y. Xiong, S. Ahmad, D. Iwami, C. Brinkman, J. Bromberg.
University of Maryland, Baltimore.
The transcription factor T-bet endows Treg with properties tosuppress Th1 inflammation. However, the mechanisms by which T-bet controls alloimmune responses are not fully understood. We…
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A Novel Murine Orthotopic Forelimb Transplantation Model That Allows for Reliable Assessment of Post-Transplant Upper Extremity Function.
J. Budihardjo,¹ B. Kern,^1,2 S. Mermulla,¹ A. Quan,¹ C. Cadmi,¹ J. Lopez,¹ J. Park,¹ A. Hoke,¹ W. Lee,¹ S. Tuffaha,¹ G. Brandacher.¹
¹Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD; ²Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Background: Studies related to functional return for upper extremity transplantation have been limited by the lack of a functional VCA animal model. The rat hindlimb…
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The Role of PI3kγ and PI3kδ in Alloimmunity.
M. Uehara,¹ A. Jamil,¹ Z. Solhjou,¹ M. McGrath,¹ N. Banouni,¹ C. Evans,² J. Dinitto,² D. Winkler,² R. Abdi.¹
¹Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Boston.
We studied the role of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinases (PI3k) γ and δ pathway in alloimmunity. Generated Foxp3-GFP-PI3kγ and -PI3kδ knockout mice (C57BL/6 background) were used in heart…
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Aquaporin 4 Blockade Is a Novel Strategy to Prevent T Cell Activation and Effector Functions.
K. Ayasoufi,¹ N. Kohei,¹ G. Farr,² P. McGuirk,² M. Pelletier,² R. Fairchild,¹ A. Valujskikh.¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²Aeromics LLC, Cleveland.
Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) belongs to the family of integral transmembrane proteins highly permeable to water. We have previously reported that blocking AQP4 with small molecule…
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Colonization and Risk of Bacteremia by Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Intestinal Transplant Recipients.
J. Simkins,¹ J. Camargo,¹ M. Morris,¹ R. Vianna,² T. Beduschi,² L. Abbo.¹
¹Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; ²Surgery, Miami Transplant Institute/University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Background: This study is the first to evaluate colonization rates and subsequent bacteremia with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) in intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients.Methods: Retrospective study…
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When Living Donor Liver Allografts Fail: Exploring the Pitfalls of Retransplantation Using Deceased Donor Organs.
T. Bittermann,¹ A. Shaked,² K. Lloyd,² D. Goldberg.¹
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: In the US, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with increased long-term graft and patient survival compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT).…