Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 156 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Impact of Type 2 Surgical Injuries in Postmortem Donor Kidneys on the Post-Transplant Outcomes When Compared to Mate Non-Injured Kidney from the Same Donor.
M. Mujtaba,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Aleter,¹ S. Shah,¹ Y. Chapman,³ J. Reese,³ S. Masood,¹ T. Taber.⁴
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX; ⁴Division of Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction - While damage to the procured organ is rare with organ loss being approximately 0.3% of procured organs, loss of potential transplantable organs does…
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Early Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation When Comparing Waist-to-Hip Ratio vs. Body Mass Index.
R. Patankar,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Salim,³ S. Shah,¹ F. Ikram,⁴ M. Mujtaba.¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ⁴University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Introduction - High body mass index (BMI) is a concern for kidney transplantation due to wound infections and other surgical complications. BMI has been used…
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Proposal for HCC Exception Points to Match Drop Out Risk.
H. Yeh,³ M. Akan,¹ N.-H. Leung,² J. Markmann,³ S. Tayur.¹
¹CMU, Pittsburgh; ²City U, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ³MGH, Boston
Background: Recent changes in HCC exception point policy aims to equalize wait list outcomes between HCC and non-HCC patients, but remains dissociated from tumor biology.…
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Extraction Time During Liver Retrieval Impairs Survival After Transplantation.
I. Jochmans,¹ S. Fieuws,² I. Tieken,³ U. Samuel,³ J. Pirenne.¹
¹Abdominal Transplantation, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²ICBSB, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Eurotransplant, Leiden, Netherlands
During donor hepatectomy, despite topic cooling to 10-20[deg]C, the liver still sustains warm ischemia that might be harmful.We investigated the relationship between extraction time (ET)…
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Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation and Center Volume: Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better.
T. Alhamad,¹ A. Malone,¹ D. Brennan,¹ R. Stratta,³ J. Wellen,¹ K. Lentine.²
¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem
Successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation requires surgical expertise and multidisciplinary medical management. The impact of transplant center volume on pancreas allograft survival after SPK is…
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Insulin Therapy in Pancreas Donors as a Predictor of Subsequent Transplant Outcome.
I. Shapey,¹ H. Khambalia,² A. Summers,² T. Augustine,² M. Rutter,¹ D. van Dellen.¹
¹Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; ²Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Central Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, United Kingdom
Introduction: Brain stem death causes high levels of systemic catecholamines and inflammation affecting all organs. These changes, and the routine use of high-dose corticosteroids in…
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Serva NB1 versus Vitacyte Collagenase: Comparable Human Islet Isolation Outcomes Using DCD Donor Pancreas in China.
Y. Liu, P. Sun, J. Zou, G. Wang, T. Liu, L. Wang, S. Wang.
Transplant Center, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
Objective This study was designed to retrospectively compare the effect of Serva NB1 collagenase between Vitacyte collagenase on islet isolation of DCD pancreas in China.…
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Predictors of Malignancies Across Solid Organ Transplantation.
M. Bhat,¹ K. Mara,² R. Dierkhising,² K. Watt.³
¹Multi Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background & Aims:Solid organ transplant recipients are at much higher risk of cancer as compared to the general population. The aim of this study was…
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IL-33 Enhances the Ability of Dendritic Cells to Expand Human Regulatory T Cells.
Y. Zhao,¹ H. Zhang,¹ L. Mathews,¹ H. Turnquist,^1,2 A. Thomson.^1,2
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction:The importance of increasing the number of regulatory T cells (Treg) relative to T effectors for the promotion of long-term experimental allograft survival/tolerance is well-established.…
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CD4 and CD8 T Cells: Respectively Reprogrammed and Recapitulated in the Neonate to Induce Transplant Tolerance.
R. Bascom, K. Tao, L. West.
Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Purpose: Non-conditioned neonatal mice develop acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) when injected with adult allogeneic spleen and bone marrow cells (allo-SC/BMC). To prevent aGVHD and induce…