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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A Surge in Liver Donors After Years of Decline, Is This the Tip of the Iceberg?

    A. Rana,1 M. Goss,1 J. Rees,2 M. Kueht,1 J. Vierling,1 A. Mindikoglu,1 K. Halazun,3 N. Sussman,1 B. Kaplan,4 P. Wood,5 N. Galvan,1 R. Cotton,1 C. O'Mahony,1 J. Goss.1

    1Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; 2Southwest Transplant Alliance Organ Procurement Organization, Dallas; 3Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York; 4Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix; 5LifeGift Organ Procurement Organization, Houston

    The number of liver donors has steadily declined since 2006, despite numerous efforts to increase donation. Then in 2013 to the current projected numbers for…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder: Risk Analysis for Pancreas Transplant Patients.

    E. Minja, T. Dunn, A. Matas, T. Pruett, R. Kandaswamy, E. Finger.

    Dept of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    Objective: Determine incidence, risk factors, and impact of PTLD in pancreas transplantation (PTx).Methods: Retrospective review of all PTx performed between 7/25/1978 and 12/17/2015 at a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Send Diabetes on a Long Trip: The Pancreas Travels Well.

    J. Graham, M. Lubetzky, A. Chokechanachaisakul, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca.

    Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

    Pancreas transplantation (PTx) has been on a dramatic decline in the last decade. Numerous factors have contributed to the waning momentum seen in the early…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Four Surgical Techniques in More Than 700 Pancreas Transplantes in a Single Center.

    M. Perosa, J. Branez, L. Mota, B. Zeballos, H. Noujaim, L. Ianhez, D. Machado, L. Alvim, M. Paredes, T. Genzini.

    Organ Transplantation, Bandeirantes Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    There are several operative techniques in pancreas transplantation (PT) and controversy over the superiority of some of them. This study presents experience with 4 different…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Effiency and Safety of Chemotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma in Post-Kidney Transplanted Patients.

    Y. Zhu, J. Lin.

    Urology, Capital Medical University Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

    Objective: According to our published data, upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is the predominant malignancy among Chinese renal transplanted patients. This is quite different from…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulates Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells by Activating the ERK Signaling in a Murine Cardiac Transplantation Model.

    T. Nakamura, K. Masuda, N. Yoshimura.

    Department of Organ Transplantation and General Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    There is a growing evidence that Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have a crucial role in organ transplantation; however, the detail condition where MDSCs are sufficiently…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    CTLA4-Ig in Combination with FTY720 Reduces the Frequency of Memory Alloreactive T Cells and Promotes Heart Allograft Survival in Sensitized Recipients.

    S. Khiew,1 J. Yang,1 J. Young,1 J. Chen,1 Q. Wang,1 D. Ying,1 V. Vu,1 M. Miller,2 R. Sciammas,3 M.-L. Alegre,2 A. Chong.1

    1Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 3Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

    Despite recent evidence of improved graft outcomes and safety, high incidence of early acute cellular rejection with belatacept has limited its use in clinical transplantation.…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPS) Derived Schwann Cells to Enhance Functional Recovery Following Nerve Injury and Limb Allotransplantation.

    B. Kern,1 K. Sarhane,2 Z. Ibrahim,2 B. Mukherjee-Clavin,3 J. Budihardjo,2 C. Cashman,3 K. Krick,4 S. Schneeberger,1 W. Lee,2 H.-Q. Mao,4 G. Lee,3 G. Brandacher.2

    1Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; 2Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 3Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 4Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Background Stem cell therapies have provided new aspects for functional recovery. A novel cell-based approach utilizing human induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Schwann Cells (iPSC-SCs) supported…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Noninvasive Renal Transplant Graft Monitoring in Single Institution Using Cell-Free DNA in Recipient Plasma via Insertion-Deletion Allele Polymorphism.

    Y. Goh,1 S. Ho,2 L. Raman,1 V. Anantharaman,3 T. Goh,3 S. Koay,2 H. Tiong.1

    1Urology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; 2Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; 3Nephrology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    IntroductionThere is an unmet clinical need in renal transplantation towards early detection of donor organ damage. Serum creatinine(SCr) and biopsies are not ideal.Cell-free donor DNA(cfdDNA)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Exosome MicroRNA Profiling for Specific Identification of Islet Damage.

    P. Saravanan,1 J. Gu,1 X. Wang,1 P. Nguyen,1 G. Yoshimatsu,1 M. Lawrence,1 B. Naziruddin.2

    1Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, TX; 2Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX

    Introduction: A significant mass of intraportally transplanted islets undergo damage due to various stress conditions including hypoxia and inflammation. Development of innovative ultrasensitive tests to…
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