2016 American Transplant Congress
CoCl2 Induced ER Stress Protein Mediated Cytotoxicity in FK506 Treated Hepatoma HepG2 Cells.
Background; The effects of FK506 on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) mediated stress pathway accelerates CoCl2 - induced cytotoxicity in human hepatoma HepG2 cell line were…2016 American Transplant Congress
Widespread Weight Gain After Pancreas Transplantation May Worsen Metabolic Graft Function.
Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: Outcome after pancreas transplantation (tx) has improved over time and an increasing number of recipients remain insulin independent and enjoy a better quality of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) in Patients with Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA).
GVHD is rare after kidney-pancreas transplant with 18 case reports to date and never been described in the setting of PTA.We share our experience.Patient A:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.
Background: Current knowledge of the impact of facial vascularized composite allograft (VCA) procurement on the transplantation outcomes of the concomitantly recovered life-saving organs is limited…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission Among Immunologically Vulnerable Kidney Transplantation Recipients.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: We previously established that 31% of all kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR), or readmission within 30 days of discharge following…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Kidney Donors Have Significant Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated with Donation.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
While financial barriers to transplantation have been recognized, limited data exists on the total non-reimbursed expense associated with live donation. Furthermore, donor costs have not…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Rates Vary Greatly Among Organ Procurement Organizations in the United States.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Introduction: Living donor kidney transplant remains the optimal renal replacement therapy in ESRD. Despite known benefits of living donation (LD), rates vary significantly among organ…2016 American Transplant Congress
Higher Pre-Transplant Triglyceride Levels Are Associated with Increased Acute Cellular Rejection Risk Following Kidney Transplant.
1Barnes-Jewish Hosp, St. Louis, MO; 2Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO; 3St. Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO.
Purpose:Hyperlipidemia (HLD) has been associated with more robust immune response, possibly increasing risk for rejection. Recent articles have associated HLD with increased IL-17 production and…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Urine Common Rejection Module (uCRM) Is a Sentinal Assay for Graft Rejection.
1Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2Nephrology, Bellevitage Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: A common rejection module (CRM) consisting of 11 genes are expressed in solid organ transplant rejection in kidney, heart, liver and lung transplantation (Khatri,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Occult Multifocal Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Surgical Patients.
Introduction: Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with high rates of intrahepatic recurrence. However, it is unclear whether recurrence results from occult multifocal disease…
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