Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 12 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

2017 American Transplant Congress
Poor Outcomes on the Waiting List for Pediatric Lung Retransplant Patients Listed in Low Volume Centers.
B. Scully,¹ J. Heinle,¹ M. Kueht,¹ E. McKenzie,¹ G. Mallory,² E. Melicoff,² A. Rana.¹
¹Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; ²Department of Pediatrics and Pulmonology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
PurposeLow case volume has been associated with lower survival after pediatric lung transplantation. In addition, pediatric lung retransplantation has been associated with low overall survival…
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Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biopsy Sampling of the Pancreas Transplant- The Future of Graft Surveillance?
E. Nordheim,¹ V. Paulsen,² A. Lars,² R. Horneland,³ K. Brabrand,⁴ A. Hartmann,¹ T. Jenssen.^1,5
¹Section of Nephrology, Department of Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ³Department of Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ⁴Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ⁵Metabolic and Renal Research Group, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Background:Pancreas transplantation (PTX) can improve morbidity and potentially increase survival in selected patients with brittle diabetes. Development of a successful and safe biopsy monitoring program…
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Non-Invasive Detection of Rejection with ImmunoPET Imaging.
D. Mathews,¹ K. Lindsay,² P. Santangelo,² Y. Dong,¹ J. Tso,³ A. Adams.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; ³JN Biosciences LLC, Mountain View, CA
Current approaches to detect and diagnose rejection are retrospective and/or invasive. These methods assess the extent of end organ damage by insensitive and non-specific measures…
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Induction of Delayed Renal Allograft Tolerance Using Only Clinically Available Reagents in Non-Human Primates.
K. Hotta, T. Oura, A. Dehnadi, S. Boskovic, M. Matsunami, I. Rosales, N. Smith, R. Colvin, A. Cosimi, T. Kawai.
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: We have previously reported successful induction of renal allograft tolerance following a period of conventional immunosuppression (Delayed tolerance) using nonmyeloablative conditioning that included anti-CD154…
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Validation of a Prediction Model for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.
E. Kransdorf, T. Aintablian, M. Kittleson, J. Patel, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Introduction: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) continues to limit the long-term success of heart transplantation. Although the progression of CAV can be slowed by tailored immunosuppression,…
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Repeat Biopsies After the Diagnosis of BK Virus Associated Nephropathy: Importance of Integrating Clinical and Pathological Findings.
C. Drachenberg,¹ J. Papadimitriou,¹ R. Ugarte,² M. Mavanur,² B. Thomas,² C. Cangro,² N. Costa,² M. Weir,² A. Haririan.²
¹Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Early diagnosis of PV nephropathy(PyVAN) leads to overall improvements in the short term but sclerosing sequelae and risk for rejection (mainly antibody mediated) contribute to…
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Apolipoprotein L1 & Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Young Potential Living Kidney Donors.
J. Locke,¹ D. Sawinski,² R. Reed,¹ B. Shelton,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ V. Kumar,¹ S. Mehta,¹ R. Mannon,¹ R. Gaston,¹ B. Julian,¹ J. Carr,³ J. Terry,³ M. Kilgore,¹ A. Massie,⁴ D. Segev,⁴ C. Lewis.¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville; ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Background: Living kidney donor selection practices have evolved from examining individual risk factors to a risk calculator incorporating multiple characteristics. Due to limited long-term data…
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Binding of Antigens by Its Specific Antibodies Results in Exosome Formation Leading to Rejection of Syngeneic Murine Cardiac Grafts.
M. Sharma, W. Liu, M. Gunasekaran, S. Bansal, T. Mohanakumar.
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
Background: Antibody binding to its antigen can activate complement cascades leading to cell death. In addition, it can activate intracellular signals leading to rejection of…
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The Unfunded OPTN/UNOS Mandate of Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up: Fewer Than 50% of Centers in Compliance.
M. Henderson, A. Thomas, A. Massie, X. Luo, A. Shaffer, C. Holscher, D. Segev.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
OPTN/UNOS began requiring 2-year living donor follow-up (LDF) in 2013. Current LDF, and changes associated with the new guidelines, have not been evaluated.METHODS: Using SRTR…
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Immunodominant Donor Specific Antibody Reduction with Proteasome Inhibitor Based Treatment: Clinical Variability and Implications for Long Term Graft Survival.
A. Lichvar,¹ A. Leino,¹ S. Tremblay,¹ A. Shields,² B. Abu Jawdeh,¹ B. Hardy,¹ M. Anand,¹ M. Cuffy,¹ M. Cardi,¹ R. Alloway,¹ E. Woodle.¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
Proteasome inhibitor (PI) based regimens treat antibody mediated rejection (AMR) at least in part by eliminating donor specific antibody (DSA). iDSA response to PI-based therapy…