Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 175 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission with Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Following Kidney Transplantation (KT).
E. Minja, S. Jackson, A. Matas.
Surgery, UMN, Mpls, MN
UTIs are common causes of hospital readmissions after KT. Our objective is to determine predictors of hospital readmissions for UTI within 1 year after a…
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Kinetic Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate and Urine Creatinine as Predictors of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation from Non-Heart Beating Donors.
M. Calvo, M. Moreno De La Higuera, V. Lopez De La Manzanara, A. Shabaka, M. Poma, I. Perez-Flores, N. Calvo Romero, B. Rodríguez-Cubillo, A. Sanchez-Fructuoso.
Nephrology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Predicting the occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF) and its duration can facilitate the management of patients after kidney transplantation (KT). Methods: A retrospective study…
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Depressive Symptoms, Physical Frailty, and Kidney Transplant Adverse Outcomes.
J. Konel, F. Warsame, H. Ying, C. Haugen, M. McAdams DeMarco, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Depression is the most prevalent mental health illness in ESRD patients. Physical frailty, a measure of physiologic reserve, is associated with depressive symptoms. They are…
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The Search for a Polyomavirus BK Nephropathy (BKPyVN)-Specific Transcriptomic Signature.
L. Pan,¹ G. Zeng,² Z. Lyu,³ Y. Huang,² P. Randhawa.²
¹Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China; ²Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Pathology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
Recent work suggests that genes related to DNA replication signaling, RNA polymerase assembly, & pathogen recognition receptors are biomarkers for BKPyVN (Sigdel et al. Transplant…
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IgG Antibody Subclasses in Potential Renal Transplant Recipients with DSA, AHG-CDC CxM Negative and FxM Positive or Negative with Their Potential Donors.
A. Contreras, A. Casillas, L. Llorente, G. Lima, A. Arvizu, A. De Santiago, M. Vilatoba, J. Alberu, J. Arreola-Guerra.
Transplantation Departament, 1b Immunology Department, Inst Nal Ciencia Medicas y Nutricion SZ, Mexico City, Mexico
Background. In kidney transplant recipients, IgG3 and IgG4 DSA have been associated with shorter time to acute AMR and with later allograft injury (glomerulopathy &…
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Effect of Epigenetic Modifications in Ischemia-Reperfusion-Injury Post Liver Transplantation: An Integrative Approach.
D. Bagchi, S. Bontha, M. Dozmorov, A. Fernandez, V. Mas, D. Maluf.
Surgery, UVA, Charlottesville; VCU, Richmond
Background Free radicals generated during ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) might result in epigenetic modifications and gene expression (GE) changes affecting graft outcomes. Integrative analyses of…
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Low-Dose Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Intermediate Risk Renal Transplants: A Single Center Experience.
A. Baghban,¹ K. Belfield,² M. Azar,¹ E. Cohen,² M. Malinis.¹
¹Infectious Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, CT; ²Pharmacy, YNHH, New Haven, CT
IntroductionCurrent guidelines on cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis following organ transplant recommend using valganciclovir (VGCV) 900 mg daily for high (CMV D+/R-) and intermediate (CMV R+) risk…
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Does EBV Viremia at Time of Transplant Have a Negative Impact on Transplant Outcomes?
P. Verghese, H. Balfour, D. Schmeling, J. Grimm, S. Chinnakotla, A. Matas.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Being EBV antibody (Ab) positive at the time of transplant increases the risk of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) and is a significant threat to patient…
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Willingness to Donate Organs Among Persons Living with HIV.
S. Halpern, K. Kumar, A. Nguyen, S. Rasmussen, S. Anjum, A. Massie, A. Tobian, D. Segev, J. Sugarman, C. Durand.
JHU, Baltimore, MD
HIV-to-HIV organ transplants could shorten waitlist times among both HIV-infected (HIV+) and uninfected (HIV-) individuals. However, it is unknown whether HIV+ individuals are willing to…
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Mitochondrial Permeability Can Regulate Endothelial Cell Necroptosis and Promote Cardiac Allograft Rejection.
I. Gan,^1,2 J. Jiang,¹ D. Lian,¹ A. Jevnikar,^1,3 Z.-X. Zhang.^1,2
¹Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Background: Transplant injury is invariably associated with programmed cell death (PCD) resulting in organ rejection. Many forms of PCD have been described including apoptosis, pyroptosis,…