2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Natural Killer Cells in Kidney Transplant Outcome.
Aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) phenotype and kidney transplant rejection. NK-target cell interaction depends on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Once-Daily and Twice-Daily Low-Dose Tacrolimus in Living Related Kidney Transplantation – Prospective Trial of Once-Daily vs. Twice-Daily Tac – 5 Years Second Report.
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Background; Previously, we reported a comparison of the safety and pharmacokinetics between a prolonged-release formulation of Tacrolimus (Tac-QD) and twice-daily tacrolimus (Tac-BD) in the early…2016 American Transplant Congress
Th17 Development Is Critical for Airway Epithelial Injury After Transplantation.
Department of Immunology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Background: Development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) is the biggest obstacle that limits long-term allograft survival and clinical application of lung transplantation, and the precise mechanisms…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor 17DMAG Is a Potential New Therapeutic Agent Against Acute Allograft Rejection.
Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) plays a role in the development of acute rejection (AR) in organ transplantation. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Treg-Rich Organized Lymphoid Structures (TOLS) in Spontaneously Accepted Mouse Kidney Allografts.
Background: In many MHC mismatched strain combinations (e.g., DBA/2 to B6) kidney allografts are spontaneously accepted without immunosuppression. This tolerance is regulatory, initially dependent Foxp3+…2016 American Transplant Congress
African Americans and Organ Donation: Where Do We Go After Moving from the Bottom to the Top?
PURPOSEThe purpose is to increase organ donation in all ethnic groupsMETHODSThe methodology was based upon the D.C. Organ Donor Program (1982-88) and the Dow Take…2016 American Transplant Congress
Rurality Status Does Not Affect Kidney Transplant (KTP) Rates Among Veterans Compared to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurance (PrivIns) Beneficiaries.
Background: A larger proportion of Veterans live in rural areas compared to non-Veterans. It is unknown whether rural status affects KTP rates among Veterans.Methods: Study…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Critical Care Education Impacts Pediatric Organ Donation.
Objective: Pediatric donation impacts the disparity between organs needed and organs available for transplantation. We evaluated if a regional educational effort on pediatric donation for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Organ Donors with Zero Organs Transplanted: Why and How Can We Improve?
Organ recovery professionals and donor hospitals are under intense pressure to go to whatever lengths necessary to provide transplantable organs. However, such a mentality can…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized-Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of CYP3A5 Genotype-Based with Bodyweight-Based Tacrolimus Dosing After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Patients expressing the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A5 gene require a higher tacrolimus dose to achieve therapeutic exposure compared with non-expressers. This randomized-controlled study investigated if…
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