Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 122 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 Was Involved in the Mechanism of let-7e Inhibition of TNF-α Expression.
J. Huang,^1,2,3 Y. Zhang,^1,2,3 Q. Zhang,^1,2,3 L. Gui,^1,2,3 Y. Cai,^1,2,3 X. Deng.^1,2,3
¹Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ²Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ³Institute of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF-α, play important roles in transplantation and infection. The expression of these inflammatory factors can be regulated by many kinds of…
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Titers of Blood Group B Patients Using Non-A1 Reagent/Donor Cells for the Purpose of ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
D. King, M. Aguilucho, M. Marchioni, B. Figueiredo, I. Okere, P. Rao.
NJ Sharing Network, New Providence
Background: Blood group B patients are eligible to receive offers from non-A1 or non-A1B kidney donors. Current practice in many institutions involves performing these titers…
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Avascular Necrosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Recent Data from a Cohort Study.
P. Perrin,¹ R. Felten,² S. Caillard,¹ M. Schaeffer,³ B. Moulin,¹ R.-M. Javier.²
¹Nephrology, Transplantation Department, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France; ²Rheumatology Department, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France; ³Public Health Department, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Avascular osteonecrosis (AVN) is the most disabling bone complication after kidney transplantation (KT). Its incidence decreased from 15% to 4% after the introduction of cyclosporine…
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Waitlist Outcomes of Patients Re-Listed Following Failed Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Liver Transplant.
K. Croome, D. Lee, A. Keaveny, C. Taner.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Introduction: The outcome for patients re-listed after developing ischemic cholangiopathy(IC) or graft failure following liver transplant(LT) from a DCD donor, remains a significant concern. Better…
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Graft and Patient Survival in Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis with Organs from DCD versus DBD Donors: Analysis of the UNOS Database.
O. Mousa,¹ J. Corral,¹ M. Pang,¹ D. Lee,² J. Nguyen,² K. Croome,² D. Harnois.²
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; ²Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) remains a major indication for liver transplantation (LT) worldwide. In an era of limited organ donation pool, assessment of PSC…
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Pancreas Organ Underutilization: 15-Year Analysis.
S. Siddiqi, J. Almario, K. Villaroel-Gomez, J. Yoo, C. Blackburn, R. Batra, D. DiSabato, A. Lu, S. Akkina, A. Desai, R. Garcia-Roca.
Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Pancreas recovery has declined by 32% over 15yrs. We analyzed national pancreas utilization rates for donors with suitable criteria for pancreas retrieval to understand this…
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Clinical Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
J. Jung,¹ J. Choi,² S. Shin,² Y. Kim,² D. Han.²
¹Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Introduction: The age of the recipient is an important factor affecting the outcome of pancreas transplantation. In elderly people, it was a taboo due to…
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Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation After Combined Split Liver Transplantation and Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report.
R. Horneland,¹ S. Guvåg,¹ O. Korsgren,² E. Aandahl.¹
¹Oslo Univ. Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala Univ. Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
IntroductionLiver cirrhosis (LC) and common bile duct (CBD) malignancy often require combined liver transplant (LT) and pancreatectomy (PE). Total pancreatectomy (TP) often results in unstable…
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Spiritual and Religious Faith of Actual and Potential Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors.
A. Maghen,¹ G. Vargas,¹ S. Connor,¹ S. Nassiri,¹ E. Hicks,² L. Kwan,¹ S. Maliski,³ J. Veale.¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ³University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
A. The recent rise in non-directed donors (NDDs) and their initiation of kidney chains offer innovative approaches to help address the overburdened kidney transplant waiting…
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Two Months Delayed Induction of Mixed Chimerism After Heart and Kidney Cotransplantation in Nonhuman Primates.
K. Huh,¹ W. Sommer,¹ K. Robinson,¹ X. Wu,¹ J. Paster,¹ I. Hanekamp,¹ A. Dehnadi,¹ T. Kawai,^1,2 R. Smith,³ R. Colvin,^1,3 G. Benichou,¹ J. Madsen.^1,4
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁴Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background We have previously achieved transplant tolerance in cynomolgus recipients cotransplanted with heart and kidney by treating recipients with standard triple drug immunosuppression for 4…