Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 44 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Implications of Subclinical Borderline Acute Cellular Rejection Detected in Protocol Biopsies on Graft Outcomes.
Z. Zaky,¹ C. Yu,¹ N. Elfadawy,² A. Chiesa-Vottero,¹ L. Herlitz,¹ S. Flechner,¹ E. Poggio.¹
¹Glickman Urological and Kidney institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Internal Medicine, Univ. Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Background: The effects of subclinical borderline acute cellular rejection (BACR-defined as I1T1 per Banff criteria) detected in protocol biopsies (Bx) on subsequent graft function and…
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Removing Geographic and Financial Barriers for Directed Living Kidney Donations: Lessons from Kidney Paired Donation.
M. Aeder,¹ R. Leishman,² D. Stewart.²
¹Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; ²UNOS, Richmond, VA.
Living donor (LD) kidney (K) transplants (Tx), which peaked at 6647 in 2004 (42.5% of tx), decreased by 2014 to 5538 (32.4% of tx). Although…
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ABO Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Matched-Pair Analysis with ABO Compatible Living Donation.
T. Vowinkel,¹ H. Wolters,² S. Reuter,³ T. Vogel,¹ N. Senninger,¹ B. Suwelack.³
¹Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; ²Department of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef's Hospital, Dortmund, Germany; ³Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Background: Organ shortage has led to an increase in living related kidney transplantation of ABO compatible (ABOc) as well as ABO incompatible (ABOi) organs. Here…
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Age and Education Level Are Predictors of Patient Preferences for Educational Formats in ESRD Patients Undergoing Transplant Education.
K. Leick,¹ J. Jones,¹ S. Witte,² L. Hunsicker,³ Z. Stewart.¹
¹Dept of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ²Dept of Social Services, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Background: Health literacy impacts hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy due to a high proportion of lower educational background and socioeconomic resources.…
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Limited Efficacy of Bortezomib on Desensitization via Rapid Humoral Compensation in a Sensitized Rhesus Model.
J. Kwun,¹ C. Burghuber,¹ N. Iwakoshi,² A. Gibby,² S. Knechtle.¹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham; ²Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta.
Sensitized patients comprise a significant proportion (30%) of candidates on the waiting list for transplantation. With recent evidence that the presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSA)…
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Immunologic Basis for Immunocloaking.
L. Brasile,¹ K. Kizjakina,¹ N. Henry,¹ B. Stubenitsky.²
¹BREONICS Inc., Watervliet, NY; ²Plastic Surgery, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
A novel organ-specific immunomodifying therapy referred to as immunocloaking (IC) provides protection from early allograft rejection without immunosuppressive drugs. The IC binds to the surfaces…
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CoCl2 Induced ER Stress Protein Mediated Cytotoxicity in FK506 Treated Hepatoma HepG2 Cells.
S. Choi, S. Chung.
Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Background; The effects of FK506 on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) mediated stress pathway accelerates CoCl2 - induced cytotoxicity in human hepatoma HepG2 cell line were…
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Widespread Weight Gain After Pancreas Transplantation May Worsen Metabolic Graft Function.
A. Gruessner, V. Whittaker, N. Ozden, R. Gruessner.
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…
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Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) in Patients with Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA).
M. Mujtaba,¹ A. Sharfuddin,² A. Khalil,² T. Taber,² M. Goble,² J. Powelson,² J. Fridell.²
¹Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Transplant, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
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:…
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Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.
M. Alhefzi,¹ M. Aycart,¹ G. Sharma,² N. Krezdorn,¹ E. Bueno,¹ S. Talbot,¹ M. Carty,¹ B. Pomahac,¹ S. Tullius.³
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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…