2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Link Between Proteinuria and Increased FGF-23 Levels in Renal Transplant Patients.
Purpose: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has emerged as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Post transplantation proteinuria…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence of Symptomatic Pericardial Effusion with Long-Term Sirolimus Therapy.
1Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY; 2Cardiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.
BACKGROUNDSirolimus is an approved agent for immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplantation. Pericardial effusion and tamponade have been recognized as potentially serious complications of long-term sirolimus…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical, Histologic and Charge Endpoints When Populations with Hepatitis C Recurrence Are Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral or Interferon Based Therapies.
University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS.
Background: While the primary endpoint for patients transplanted for Hepatitis C (HCV) has been established as sustained virologic response (SVR), different pathways have existed to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Real Time Assessment of Kidney Transplant Indication Biopsies by Microarrays: First Results of the INTERCOMEX Study.
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 2ATAGC, Edmonton, Canada.
Oncology uses central molecular tissue assessment (MTA) to guide management but the potential of this approach in transplantation is not known. We undertook a prospective…2016 American Transplant Congress
Costimulation Blockade by Anti CD40 Antibody Prevents Humoral and Cellular Rejection of Heterotopic Pig Cardiac Xenograft.
1CSRP/NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 2DVR/ORS, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 3Revivicor Inc., Blacksburg, VA.
BackgroundXenotransplantation (XTx) involves the participation of innate immune system with natural antibody producing B cells, NK cells, macrophages and complement as well as adaptive immune…2016 American Transplant Congress
Innate Lymphoid Cells Play a Key Role in Controlling Antimicrobial Defense in Intestinal Transplant Recipients.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington DC.
A. Infectious complications are the leading cause of death early after intestinal transplantation (ITx). Etiologies underlying this remain unclear. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) have very…2016 American Transplant Congress
Delays in the Live Kidney Donor Evaluation Process.
One of the barriers to live kidney donation (LKD) is successful completion of the evaluation process. While it is known that many potential donors (PDs)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Hemodynamics (HD) and Portal Flow Modulation (PM): Tactical Use in Small for Size (SFS) Live Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT).
Objectives:Efforts to reduce the risk of donor hepatectomy have resulted in smaller grafts for transplantation. Grafts below 0.8% of recipient body weight (GW/RW), have been…2016 American Transplant Congress
HLA Class II and BK Virus Reactivation in Renal Transplant Recipients.
BK Viremia (BKV) and subsequent BK nephropathy are associated with renal graft loss. The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) region has been implicated in susceptibility to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Drivers Behind an Early Post-KAS Rise in Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Rates.
Background: DGF among solitary deceased donor kidney transplants (tx) increased by 22% (p<0.0001) -- from 24.6% to 30.1% -- during the first 6 months of…
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