2017 American Transplant Congress
Beta Cell-Specific Free Circulating DNA May Predict the Outcome After Clinical Islet Transplantation.
Optimizing engraftment and early survival of human beta cells after clinical islet transplantation is critical to long-term function, but there are no reliable, quantifiable measures…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Re-Transplant Rate in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Bladder drainage, although no longer the most commonly performed method for exocrine drainage of the pancreas, remains an option for patients undergoing simultaneous pancreas- kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Techniques for Pancreas Transplantation Graft without Vascular Reconstruction (Report of 8 Cases).
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background / Purpose: Pancreas is complicated by its blood supply and vascular structure. At present, it is necessary to do the vascular remodeling and reconstruction…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Depth Characterization of the Innate Immune Response in Transplant Recipients with EBV Viremia.
Background:Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) manifests as a spectrum of disease ranging from asymptomatic viremia to PTLD. Innate immune cells such as monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tolerogenic Potential, Migratory Pathways, Engraftment and Long-Term Survival of Human Hematopoietic Chimeric Cells – A Novel Strategy to Induce Tolerance in Transplantation.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell-based therapies represent a new promising strategy for tolerance induction in transplantation. One of the methods for immune response modulation in solid organ and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Ethylene Carbodiimide Fixed Donor Splenocytes Combined with α-1 Antitrypsin Induce Indefinite Donor Specific Protection to Mice Cardiac Allografts.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Peritransplant infusion of ethylene carbodiimide fixed donor splenocytes(ECDI-SPs) induces protection of islet and cardiac allografts. However, pro-inflammatory cytokine production during the peritransplantation period may negate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immunoregulatory Roles of CD137 Signaling in Graft-versus-Host Disease.
CD137 functions mainly as a costimulatory molecule for T cell activation. However, its functions have been found in a variety of other immune and nonimmune…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Semimature Dendritic Cell on Transplantation Tolerance of Hepatocytes Differentiated from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Objective Research of semimature dendritic cell(smDCs) inducing transplantation toleranceof hepatocytes differentiated from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and its mechanismtions.Methods Inducing 129 mouse ESCs labelled…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Immunophenotype of Peritubular Capillaritis in Renal Transplant Biopsies.
Background: Peritubular capillaritis (ptc) is a feature of acute antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in the renal allograft. However, it is not an specific feature for ABMR…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proteins in Preservation Fluid Predict Delayed Graft Function of Kidneys from Donors After Circulatory Death.
Background and objectivesKidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage kidney disease, and donor kidney shortage urges proper donor-recipient matching. Zero-hour biopsies provide predictive value…
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