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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Risk of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

    E. Engels, P. Mahale, M. Shiels.

    National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

    Background: Risk of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is greatly increased in immunosuppressed HIV-infected people. Case series describe PCNSL in solid organ transplant (SOT)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Antibody-Mediated Vascular Rejection of Kidney Allografts: What Does It Happen After 15 Years?

    B. Rodriguez Cubillo,1 I. Perez Flores,1 M. Moreno De La Higuera,1 M. Calvo,1 N. Calvo Romero,1 A. Pascual,2 J. Cortes,2 J. Blanco,2 A. Sanchez-Fructuoso.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; 2Histopathology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

    OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between subtypes of AVR and graft loss. We assessed patients who provided biopsy samples for acute allograft rejection, between 1998 and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Single Nuclear Polymorphisms of Complement Component 4 and Component 5 in Renal Transplant Recipients with Antibody-Mediated Rejection.

    Z. Wang, Z. Han, J. Tao, R. Tan, M. Gu.

    Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Background: Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is an important cause of allograft dysfunction in short-term and long-term period. The complement component 4 (C4) and component 5 (C5)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Islet Transplantation and a Novel Method of Protection Using Chemical Surface Modification.

    C. Chang,1 G. Yoshimatsu,2 B. Akinbobuyi,4 M. Lawrence,2 R. Kane,1 B. Naziruddin.3

    1Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX; 2Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, TX; 3Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, TX; 4Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco, TX

    Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) is the canonical receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS), however recent evidence reveals that TLR4 also plays an important role in ischemia-reperfusion injury…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Percentage of CD19+ B Cells as a Predictor of Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection After Administration of Rituximab in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.

    T. Hirose, D. Iwami, K. Hotta, H. Sasaki, H. Higuchi, N. Shinohara.

    Urology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    [Introduction] Administration of rituximab to ABO-incompatible kidney transplant (ABOi-KTx) recipients is recognized as effective and safe. A single dose of 375 mg/m2 rituximab is generally…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation with Hepatocellular Carcinoma within Milan Criteria.

    S.-K. Kwon,1 J. Lee,1 S. Song,1 J. Lee,1 D. Kim,1 J. Lee,2 M. Kim,1 G. Choi,1 J. Choi,1 D. Han,1 S. Kim,1 D. Joo.1

    1Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Department of Surgery, CHA University, Bundang, Korea

    Introduction: The systemic inflammation biomarker, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been reported to be a predioctor of poor survival in patients with various cancers. The purpose…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Long-Term Survival Outcome Between Primary Liver Transplantation and Hepatic Resection with Consequent Salvage Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma within Milan Criteria – A Single-Center Experience.

    K. Ng,1 K. Chok,1 A. Chan,1 T. Wong,1 J. Fung,2 C.-M. Lo.1

    1Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 2Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Background: Whether primary liver transplantation (PLT) is superior to the upfront hepatic resection (HR) and salvage liver transplantation (SLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within Milan…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Donor/Recipient Matching Using the Creatinine Clearance Match Ratio (CCMR) Is Superior to the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) Predicting Early but Not Late Outcomes for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.

    J. Halldorson, N. Karimi.

    Transplant Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA; Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland

    A Creatinine Clearance based Donor/Recipient matching strategy (CCMR) was developed to better optimize metabolic demand of the recipient with donor kidney function. Prior work in…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Estimating Donor Organ Quality with Baseline Histology and Kidney Donor Risk Index for Predicting Graft Outcomes in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.

    K. Park,1 S. Park,2 H. Park,2 J. Park,1 H. Chung,1 M. Kim,3 H. Cho,2 J. Lee.1

    1Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea; 2Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea; 3Pathology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

    Background: Donor organ quality is a key determinant of graft outcomes in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). The effect of baseline histology at the time…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Identification of Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers in Liver Transplantation Tolerance.

    G.-Q. Shen,1 M. Morita,1 C. Miller,1 K. Hashimoto,1 L. Lu,1 S. Qian,1 J. Fung.2

    1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2University of Chicago, Chicago

    Current success in liver transplantation (LTX) relies on life-time administration of non-specific immunosuppressive drugs, leaving patients prone to infection and cancer. Previous reports indicated about…
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