Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 86 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Review of Aborted Hepatectomy of Liver Transplantation in a Single Center Study.
J. Lee, G. Choi, W. Cho, J.-W. Joh, S.-K. Lee, S.-J. Kim, C. Kwon, J. Park, J. Kim.
General Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Liver transplantation (LT) has become a popular option for the treatment of endstage hepatic failure. More attention has been given to donor safety, but still…
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Wound Healing Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus.
P. Ueno,¹ H. Tedesco,¹ A. Brigido,¹ C. Felipe,¹ P. Hannun,¹ M. Cristelli,¹ W. Aguiar,² J. Medina-Pestana.¹
¹Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Urology Division, Hospital do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Regimens with de novo everolimus (EVR) are associated with a concentration-dependent incidence of wound healing adverse events (WHAE), but mycophenolate use also is related…
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Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.
C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…
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Kinetics of Cytomegalovirus Load in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus or Mycophenolate Sodium and No Pharmacological Prophylaxis.
G. Basso, C. Felipe, A. Ferreira, M. Cristelli, N. Oliveira, T. Sandes-Freitas, J. Mansur, L. Viana, W. Aguiar, E. Campos, M. Gerbasi-DeLima, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.
Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil.
The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the kinetics of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load in kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus (TAC) plus everolimus (EVR)…
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Hepatitis B Reactivation Among Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
A. Gonzalez, F. Forouton, A. Humar, S. Husain.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of post-transplant hepatitis B (HBV) reactivation in patients who have previously cleared hepatitis B surface…
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HCV, Acute Rejection, and the New Direct-Acting Antivirals in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.
C. Liao, A. Massie, S. Bae, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) seropositivity and acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplant donors and recipients is unclear, and may have changed with…
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Type of Sensitization Does Not Impact Kidney Graft Outcome in Weakly Sensitized Patients.
A. Morrison,¹ D. Sawinski,² M. Lim,² M. Levine,¹ M. Kamoun,³ P. Porrett.¹
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: The impact of low level sensitization on kidney transplant (KTx) outcomes is unclear. While limited data suggest that KTx outcomes are comparable between weakly…
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CD8⁺TCR^– Facilitating Cells in Mobilized Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Are Enriched with IL-10 Producing B Cells.
Y. Wen, E. Yolcu, Y. Huang, L. Kahn, S. Ildstad.
Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
We recently reported that facilitating cell (FC) enriched hematopoietic progenitor stem cell (HSPC) allografts (FCRx) induced tolerance without graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or engraftment syndrome in…
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NFκB Inhibitor Withaferin A Blocks IBMIR In Vitro: miRNA 375 Analysis.
M. Kanak,¹ M. Takita,² G. Yoshimatsu,² M. Lawrence,² M. Levy,¹ B. Naziruddin.³
¹Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; ²Islet Tranpsplant Lab, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX; ³Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Instant Blood Mediated Inflammatory Reaction (IBMIR) has been shown to severely affect islet engraftment. We previously reported that Withaferin A (WA) can protect islets…
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Dendritic Cells and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns in Aging.
M. Seyda, H. Li, G. Liu, M. Quante, H. Uehara, J. Schuitenmaker, A. Elkhal, S. Tullius.
Division of Transplant Surgery and Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
Recently, it has been shown that Dendritic Cells (DCs) of old organs accelerate graft rejection by orchestrating IL-17A-mediated T cell responses. Moreover, cell-free DNA has…