2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Panel-Reactive Antibody Level on Ocular Surface Stem Cell Survival and Visual Outcome.
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH
Purpose: Panel-Reactive Antibody (PRA) is a screening test for a range of known human leukocyte antigens which signifies the proportion of the population that the…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Anti-Neu5Gc IgM in Xenograft Antibody Mediated Rejection.
Background:Acute antibody mediated rejection due to preformed antibodies present in human serum remains a hurdle to successful xenotransplantation. Here, we measured anti-Neu5Gc-IgM antibody titers in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Complement Activating Donor Specific Antibodies as Measured by C3d and Cross-Match Status.
Introduction. Complement dependent cytotoxicity, first described in 1969 is the only functional assay studying complement activation. C3d assay is developed recently to study complement activation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Warm Ischemic Time as an Additive Predictor of Graft Survival in KDPI/KDRI Era of Kidneys from Donors After Cardiac Death: A Single-Center Experience Over Three Decades.
It is important to predict the outcome of grafts prior to kidney transplantation and establish an appropriate allocation system, particularly to consider expanded criteria donors…2017 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Barriers to the Pre-Kidney Transplant Evaluation in an At-Risk Population in the United States.
Background: Despite our knowledge of barriers to the early stages of the transplant process, we have limited insight into patient reported barriers to the pre-kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparity in Transplant Referral Patterns Based on Physician Dependent Variables.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Introduction: Distance from a liver transplant (LT) center does not affect outcomes; however, rural areas have lower rates of listing and receiving solid organ transplants.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Transportation Strategies and Kidney Transplant Center Staff Perceived Racial Disparities.
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: Racial disparities exist in access to the transplant evaluation process. One contributing factor for this disparity is travel barriers. Transplant center policies to assist…2017 American Transplant Congress
Routine Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients with Gene Expression Profiling: Lack of an Impact of Race on Outcomes.
Purpose: Patients of African descent have been reported to have less favorable outcomes after heart transplantation than patients of European descent. However, the impact of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Review of Early versus Late Initiation of Oral Sildenafil for Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Post-Cardiac Transplant Surgery Patients.
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Background: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a serious complication that may occur after cardiac transplant and result in graft failure or death. Inotropes (i.e., epinephrine,…2017 American Transplant Congress
CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney Is Critical for Resistance to Candida albicans Infections.
We previously showed that CCR5 mediates recruitment of NK cells to the kidney after renal ischemia and reperfusion, which in turn induce the production of…
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