2016 American Transplant Congress
Non-Human Primate Lung Allograft Survival Is Prolonged by IL-6 Inhibition and ATG Treatment Possibly Through Expansion of Peripheral Regulatory T Cells.
Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory responses have been linked to the development of acute and chronic rejection after lung transplantation in various models. Previous studies have demonstrated that…2016 American Transplant Congress
Rituximab Induction in Cardiac Transplantation Is Associated with Accelerated Coronary Artery Vasculopathy: CTOT11.
On Behalf of the CTOT11 Consortium, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
PurposeThe NIH-funded study CTOT11: Prevention of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Using Rituximab (RIT) Therapy in Cardiac Transplantation, was a randomized clinical trial in non-sensitized primary heart…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of ESRD in Potential HIV+ Live Kidney Donors.
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2University of Alabama, Birmingham.
The HOPE Act allows HIV+ individuals to be live kidney donors; however, candidacy for donation is poorly understood given the potential additional risk of ESRD…2016 American Transplant Congress
DAAs Rapidly Clear HCV Viremia in Recipients of HCV+ Donor Kidneys.
Purpose: Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionized the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) in both general and liver transplant populations. However, data in kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significant Increase in Wait List Removals for Candidates Considered Too Sick from the US Kidney Transplant Waiting List.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Approximately 59,000 kidney transplant candidates have been removed from the waiting list since 2000 for reasons other than transplantation, death, or transfers. In 2014, reasons…2016 American Transplant Congress
Association of Pre-Transplant Midodrine Use and Complications After Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Midodrine is increasingly prescribed to decrease the severity and complications of hypotension in dialysis patients. The impacts of midodrine use before kidney transplantation on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus/Low Tacrolimus(TAC) Compared to MPA/RegularTAC for Renal Transplantation in the Elderly Recipient – Preliminary Analysis of the nEverOld Trial.
In the last decade, elderly patients (≥60y) have been more frequently listed for renal transplantation. From 2007 to 2014 the percentage of elderly renal transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Virtual Crossmatch Algorithm That Mimics the Sensitivity of Flow Cytometric Crossmatch.
NJ Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ.
Aim: The new Kidney Allocation System has increased requests for virtual crossmatches (VXM) to predict the possibility of a negative donor specific crossmatch. This study…2016 American Transplant Congress
Blindspots in HLA Antibody Testing: Recognition Is First Step to Nirvana.
Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
This study was conducted to assess population frequency of alleles missing from single antigen bead (SAB) panels & frequency of allelic antibodies (Abs).Methods: All positive…2016 American Transplant Congress
Association of Ultrastructural Changes in Renal Allograft Biopsies with Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR) and Graft Outcomes.
The role of electron microscopy (EM) in diagnosis of AMR is not well-defined. We sought to examine the EM findings in 796 biopsies from 622…
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