2016 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Priming of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Enhances Their Phagocytosis and Lowers the Threshold for Subsequent Toll-Like Receptor 7/9 Activation.
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) have a pivotal role in clearing viral infections, and can regulate tolerance or immunity depending on their activation status. We have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hydrogen Sulphide Is an Important Regulator of Erythropoietin Synthesis in Patients with Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease.
Anemia affects 90% of hemodialysis patients and is a tremendous concern for patients and health care providers. CKD leads to chronic interstitial fibrosis which leads…2016 American Transplant Congress
Circulating miR-215, miR-let-7c miR-154, miR-193a, NR_036506.1 and NR_027669.1 as Biomarkers Predict Fungal Infection in Post-Transplanted Recipients.
Aims: The incidence of fungal infection in post-transplanted patients is 13%-17%, which seriously effecting perioperative survival and increasing their economic burden. We wanted to find…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a National Kidney Transplant Center.
BackgroundKidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We aimed to retrospectively describe the epidemiology of CDI in a national…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Preservation Fluid Cultures in Solid Organ Transplantation.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Introduction. The study aim was to determine microbiological characteristics of preservation fluid (PF) cultures in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients and to evaluate their impact…2016 American Transplant Congress
Two-Year Safety Results from the Phase 3b Switching Study of Kidney Transplant Patients with Tremor to LCP-Tacro (STRATO) Study.
Tremor is a common side effect of tacrolimus (tac) correlated with peak-dose drug concentration. Envarsus XR®, a novel, once-daily, extended-release formulation of tac, has a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Low Pretransplant BMI/Weight and Changes in Posttransplant T Cell Exhaustion Levels Are Associated with Viremia/Viral Infection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in the First Post-Transplant Year – A Report from the IMPACT Study Consortium.
Viral consequences of immunosuppression (IS) in pediatric(ped)kidney(kid)transplantation(Tx)patients(pts) are not fully known. We prospectively examined the immunologic and infectious (inf) history of 106 ped Tx pts…2016 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Non-A2 Donor ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation – Promising Results with Anti-A/B Antibody Reduction Both Pre- and Post-Transplant.
IntroductionOne way to expand the donor pool for patients with acute liver failure could be to use deceased donor (DD) ABO-incompatible (ABOi) liver grafts. However,…2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Portal Venous Flow Volume Measurements May Aid Intraoperative Management of Large Portosystemic Shunts During Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
PURPOSE: In pediatric patients undergoing liver transplantation, portal hypoperfusion can result in irreversible portal vein thrombosis and early graft loss. Intraoperative hepatic hemodynamic studies have…
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