2016 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Geographic Variation in the Number of Deceased Donor Transplants Performed in the U.S.
Background: In 2014 the number of deceased donor transplants (DDT) increased greatly compared to the period from 2005 to 2013 when there were minimal changes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Direct Antiviral Agents (DAA)-Based Therapies for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients.
Background: The use of interferon-based regimens for HCV infection in KT recipients is limited due to the increased risk of acute graft rejection (AR), poor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Induced Murine Heart Transplant Rejection Is Complement Dependent.
Increased posttransplant ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) prevents costimulatory blockade induced heart graft survival but mechanisms linking innate and adaptive immunity are poorly understood. Based on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection in Non-Human Primates Treated with Belatacept Is Mediated by a Unique CD8 Memory Subset.
Belatacept is a high affinity version of the fusion protein CTLA4-Ig that blocks CD28 mediated T cell costimulation, providing a more targeted/less toxic form of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Prediction of End-Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors.
Recent studies have shown inreased risk of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in living kidney donors compared to healthy nondonors. Donors must understand the risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Death-Censored Graft Loss in the DeKAF Study.
The aim of the Deterioration of Kidney Allograft Function study (DeKAF) was to identify and assess the pathologies of troubled kidney grafts, that is, those…2016 American Transplant Congress
Automated Web-Based Monitoring Identifies Significant Clinical Changes in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant.
Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Intro: The accuracy and integrity of very large waiting lists are difficult to maintain over time. We implemented newly available information technology to increase access…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
1University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in end stage renal disease. The prevalence of cognitive impairment after kidney transplantation and the factors associated with it…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Belatacept- and Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients.
To examine the utilization and clinical outcomes of belatacept in the real clinical setting, a retrospective cohort study was conducted using SRTR data that compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
U.S. Dialysis Facility Characteristics Associated with Racial Disparities in Access to the Kidney Deceased Donor Transplant Waiting List.
BACKGROUND Dialysis facility characteristics have been significantly associated with variation in U.S. transplant rates but facility characteristics associated with disparities in access to the kidney…
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