2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Monitoring of 25-Hydroxyvitamin Vitamin D Levels After Kidney Transplantation and Its Associations with Clinical Outcomes.
Montefiore Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background: Kidney transplant recipients usually have low vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is recognized as a risk factor for progression of kidney disease in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Recurrence of Diabetic Nephropathy in Renal Trasplant.
Nephrologist, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
BACKGROUND: Renal transplantation has been established as the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to diabetic nephropathy. This study aimed to investigate…2017 American Transplant Congress
18 Month Analysis of the Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Deceased Donor Kidney Utilization at the Donor Service Area Level.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recently, UNOS reported that key goals of the new policy have…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prioritization for Kidney Transplant Due to Medical Urgency: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes After Transplantation.
Background: Kidney allocation in Brazil is mainly based on HLA compatibility. However, since 2002, patients who are no longer effectively dialyzed because hemodialysis (HD) and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dual Targeting with Carfilzomib and Tocilizumab Abrogates Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Prolongs Survival in a Highly Sensitized Rhesus Model of Kidney Transplantation.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Purpose:Sensitized recipients have poor access to kidney transplantation (KT) and worse outcomes when transplanted. We have shown that bortezomib inhibits plasma cells (PCs), but does…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of T-Cell Depletion on CMV-Specific Memory T and B Cell Homeostatic Proliferation After Kidney Transplantation.
Human CMV infection is the most common opportunistic infection after kidney transplantation, with a negative impact on kidney allograft outcome. Transplant recipients are at higher…2017 American Transplant Congress
Glycolytic and Glutaminolytic Metabolism Supports IL-15 Induced Inflammatory Response of Temra CD8 from Kidney Transplant Recipients.
1CRTI UMR1064, INSERM, Nantes, France; 2CRCNA UMR892, INSERM, Nantes, France
Rational. We have recently shown that the accumulation of TEMRA CD8 in kidney transplant recipients (Tx) is associated with a higher risk of kidney dysfunction.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Histopathologic Features of Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Highly Sensitized (HS) vs Non-Sensitized (NS) Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background: The presence of preformed donor-specific antibody (pDSA) in HS pts and development of de-novo DSA (dnDSA) in NS patients are risk factors for ABMR.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus with Reduced Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from H2305 Study.
1H2305 Study Group, St Louis; 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Purpose: Everolimus (EVR) facilitated calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction has shown improved renal function (RF) without compromising efficacy in adult liver transplant recipients (LTxR). Here we…2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Web-Based Patient Portal Usage Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
BackgroundLittle is known about the characteristics of patients who use web-based patient portals for healthcare purposes. The aim of this study was to examine patient…
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