Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 177 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Outcomes Following Colectomy in Liver Transplant Recipients.
S. DiBrito, Y. Alimi, C. Haugen, I. Olorundare, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang.
Surgery, JHU, Baltimore
Liver transplant recipients (LTR), like the general population, often require surgical procedures for non-transplant related issues. Given the need for immunosuppression and the physiologic impact…
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Third Liver Transplantation, Outcomes, and the Impact of Previous Graft Survival.
M. Barry,¹ M. Gupta,² D. Goldberg,³ M. Levine,² D. Simpson,² K. Olthoff,² A. Shaked,² P. Abt.²
¹School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: Retransplantation with a third liver allograft is controversial with significant technical and medical challenges. National outcomes have not been described. We hypothesize that prior…
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Surgical Outcomes of Pair-Watch Suturing Technique (PWST) for Duct-To-Duct Biliary Anastomosis in an Attempt to Reduce the Biliary Complications in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
A. Tanemura, Y. Iizawa, H. Kato, Y. Murata, N. Kuriyama, Y. Azumi, M. Kishiwada, S. Mizuno, M. Usui, H. Sakurai, S. Isaji.
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
Objectives:Biliary stricture is one of the major complications after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction. To prevent biliary stenosis, we have adopted…
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Eliminating False Positive Virtual Crossmatch Results for Lung Transplant Candidates by Using Multiple Antibody Testing Platforms.
O. Timofeeva,¹ M. Kashem,² S. Geier,¹ D. Grogan,² S. Keshavamurthy,² J. Gomez-Abraham,² Y. Toyoda,² F. Cordova.²
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine, Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; ²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: At present, immunologic risk for lung transplant patients is evaluated based on Virtual crossmatch (VXM) by comparing recipient's HLA antibodies detected by Single antigen…
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Echinocandins in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs).
Y. AlJishi,¹ C. Rotstein,¹ D. Kumar,¹ A. Humar,¹ L. Singer,² S. Keshavjee,² S. Husain.¹
¹Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Toronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Purpose: Echinocandins are a class of antifungal drugs that have activity against Aspergillus species. However, the use of echinocandins in LTRs is not well reported.…
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Transcatheter Relief of Symptomatic Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
B. Goldstein, G. Tiao, M. Alonso, N. Johnson, J. Heubi, K. Averin, J. Bucuvalas.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background: Technical-variant allograft (TVA) pediatric liver transplantation (LT) is associated with vascular complications. Early recognition and treatment of hepatic venous outflow obstruction (HVOO) may be…
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The Effect of Low-Dose IL-2 in Clinical Facial Transplantation: Molecular and Immunological Response.
N. Murakami,¹ T. Win,¹ T. Borges,¹ C. Lian,¹ G. Murphy,¹ E. Bueno,¹ R. Clark,¹ T. Strom,² B. Pomahac,¹ L. Riella.¹
¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
BackgroundRegulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in immune tolerance and low-dose recombinant IL-2 administration has been reported to expand Tregs in vivo. Although…
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CD4⁺/CD8⁺ T Cell Ratio as a Predictive Marker for Early Graft Failure in Pig to Non-Human Primate Islet Xenotransplantation with Immunosuppression.
S. Choi,^1,3,4 H.-J. Kim,^1,2,3,4 I.-H. Yoon,^1,2 J.-S. Kim,^1,2,6 S.-J. Kang,^1,2,3,4 H.-Y. Nam,^1,2 B.-H. Min,¹ J.-S. Shin,^1,6 J.-M. Kim,^1,6 Y.-H. Kim,^1,5 W.-W. Lee,^1,2,3,4 C.-G. Park.^1,2,3,4,6
¹Xenotransplantation Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea; ⁶Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Background: Outstanding results from nonhuman primate study put islet xenotransplantation with immunosuppression closer to the clinical application. To establish successful immune suppressive protocols, immune monitoring…
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Anti-HLA I Antibody Enhances Endothelial Cell-Induced Polarization of Human Monocytes to M2a/c-Like Macrophages.
X. Wei, N. Valenzuela, M. Rossetti, E. Reed.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
HLA antibody (Ab)-mediated rejection (AMR) is often characterized by graft-infiltrating macrophages, which correlate with tissue fibrosis. Recent studies suggest they may mainly represent M2-polarized macrophages.…
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Kidney Donation After Brain Death Followed by Circulatory Death Confers Comparable Outcomes with Kidney Donation After Brain Death.
Q. Sun,¹ Q. Sun,¹ H. Zhou,² R. Cao,³ M. Lin,⁴ X. Hua,¹ L. Hong,¹ Z. Huang,¹ N. Na,¹ R. Cai,⁴ G. Wang,² F. Meng.³
¹Renal Transplantation, Lingnan Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China; ³Renal Transplantation, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Guangzhou, China; ⁴Renal Transplantation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
The shortage of donor organs is an obstacle to meet the growing need of grafts. Although using DBD donors is the best available strategy, brain…