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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Mechanism of FK506 Induced TNF Related Apoptosis in Jurkat T Cells.

    S. Chung, S. Choi.

    Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.

    Purpose: To elucidate the mechanism of FK506 induced TRAIL(TNF related apoptosis inducing ligand) –R1(DR4) and TRAIL-R2(DR5) in FK506-treated Jurkat T cells. And signal transduction pathway…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Is Delayed Graft Function in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients Associated with an Increased Risk of Pancreas Graft Failure?

    S. Singh,1,2 S. Kim.1,2,3,4

    1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 2Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 3Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; 4Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

    Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplant recipients is associated with adverse short and long-­term outcomes. However, the impact of DGF of the kidney…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Detection of Venous Thrombi by Microdialysis Catheters and Angiographic Guided Thrombus Extraction in Two Solitary Pancreas Transplants.

    G. Kjosen,1 R. Horneland,2 E. Aandahl,2 O. Oyen,2 T. Tonnessen,1,3 H. Hakon.1

    1Anesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 2Transplantation Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 3Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

    Introduction: The complication rate after pancreas transplantation (PTx) is very high, with venous thrombosis being the most commonly occurring complication that leads to early graft…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Radiosensitive Cell Population Prolongs Graft Survival of Vascularized Composite Allografts in Non-Human Primates.

    M. Uluer, J. Woodall, W. Hassanein, U. Drhu, B. Bojovic, A. Nam, S. Bartlett, R. Barth.

    University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: Vascularized composite allografts (VCA) containing vascularized bone marrow (VBM) prolong graft survival. To help elucidate this protective immunomodulatory effect, we irradiated donor facial VCA…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Viral Infections in HLA-Sensitized Patients (HS Pts) Desensitized with IVIG + Rituximab (DES) Compared to Non-HS Pts Receiving Standard Immunosuppression.

    S. Jordan, J. Choi, B. Shin, J. Kahwaji, S. Ge, D. Thomas, A. Vo, O. Galera, R. Villicana, A. Peng, M. Toyoda.

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Introduction: HS pts (PRA>50%, DSA+ at transplant) who are transplanted without DES represent a significant risk for antibody-mediated rejection. Prior to transplantation, HS pts require…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    5-Year Follow-Up After Live Donor Nephrectomy – A Prospective Cohort Study.

    S. Janki,1 E. Mulder,1 L. Dols,1 M. Betjes,2 I. Dooper,3 J. IJzermans.1

    1Department of Surgery, Division of HPB and Transplant Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Department of Nephrology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3Department of Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

    BackgroundRecently some studies have reported less favorable results after live kidney donation. We investigated therefore which donors will possibly be at risk for chronic kidney…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    In Their Own Words: Living Kidney Donors Who Develop Kidney Failure.

    L. Ross,1 C. Halverson,2 J. Wang,1 M. Poulson,3 J. Karlin,4 M. Crowley-Matoka.5

    1U Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Anthropology, U Chicago, Chicago, IL; 3Georgetown U, Washington, DC; 4Family Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 5Medical Humanities, Northwestern U, Chicago, IL.

    Background: Psychosocial data about living kidney donation have been collected for almost five decades. The results are almost uniformly positive, even in the early years…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Natural Language Processing Methods Allow Reliable Extraction of Banff Scores and Grades.

    K. Reilly,1 L. Lenert,1 H. Anwar,2 J. Thompson,1 D. Taber,1 P. Mauldin,1 T. Srinivas.1

    1MUSC, Charleston; 2IBM, NY.

    Objective: National Data are sparse with regard to pathology of rejection. Incorporating biopsy pathology grades and lesion scores into analyses requires manual extraction and entry…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Transitional B Cell T1/T2 Ratio Is a Prognostic Marker for Human Renal Allograft Deterioration.

    A. Cherukuri,1 D. Rothstein,1 R. Baker.2

    1UPMC, Pittsburgh; 2University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.

    Human transitional B cells (TrB) may play a significant role in auto and alloimmune disease. TrB express a high IL10:TNFα ratio and this fell with…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Selection of Patients with Solitary Lesion of Hepatocellular Cancer for Liver Transplantation.

    M. Grąt,1 J. Stypułkowski,1 W. Patkowski,1 K. Wronka,1 M. Wasilewicz,2 K. Grąt,3 L. Masior,1 M. Krasnodębski,1 Z. Lewandowski,4 M. Krawczyk.1

    1Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Liver and Internal Medicine Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 3Second Department of Clinical Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 4Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

    Milan criteria are considered as benchmark for selection of patients with hepatocellular cancer (HCC) for liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
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