2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Economize Dialysis and Transplantation in Low Resource Settings.
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Pakistan in an emerging economy where 50% of the population live below the poverty line on <$2 a day. The government spend 1.3% of…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Outcome of Kidney Grafts from Living Donors with Pyelo-Ureteric Junction Dysfunction.
Introduction: There is a wide gap between number of patients seeking renal transplants and potential kidney donors. Living kidney donation seems a reasonable source to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Graft Loss in an Urban Predominantly Minority Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Monterfiore/Einstein Center for Transplantation, Bronx, NY
BackgroundWe aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with graft loss in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients with a high African-American and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Non-Adherence in a Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: The understanding of the main causes of allograft losts and related factors is a critical in the sucess of kidney transplantation programs.Objective: The aim…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LDTX) Among Patients in the Lowest Quintile of Expected Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS).
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Background: Changes in deceased donor allocation policy may impact LDTX.The prioritization of patients in the top 20% of EPTS to receive deceased donor kidneys in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Barriers and Experiences When Patients Decide on a Kidney Transplant Center.
Choosing a transplant center is one decision in a long pre-transplant process facing many patients. Qualitative studies have previously been used to better understand the…2017 American Transplant Congress
B Cell-Derived Cytokines Rather Than T/B Cognate Interactions Mediate CD8 T Cell Reconstitution Following Lymphoablation.
Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Antibody-mediated lymphoablation is a commonly used induction therapy in sensitized transplant recipients. Using murine anti-thymocyte globulin (mATG) in a model of BALB/c (H-2d) to B6…2017 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of ASP0113 versus Placebo in CMV-Seronegative Kidney Transplant Patients Receiving an Organ from a CMV-Seropositive Donor.
Introduction: ASP0113 is a first-in-class DNA-based vaccine in development for the prevention of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in at-risk hematopoietic cell transplant and solid organ…2017 American Transplant Congress
CD16a-Activated NK Cells in ABMR Are Highly Similar to CD3-Activated Effector T Cells in TCMR.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
BACKGROUND: NK cell CD16a and T cell CD3 activate shared pathways. Since NK cell CD16a activation occurs in antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and T cell CD3…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inflammatory Cytokines Are Associated with Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies and Vascular Inflammation in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.
1University of California, Los Angeles, CA; 2Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: We recently found that angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibody (AT1R-Ab) was associated with decreased renal function in pediatric renal transplant recipients independent of…
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