2017 American Transplant Congress
Confirmation of the Safety of Cryopreserved Human Cord Blood Derived Di-Chimeric Cells in the NSG Mouse Model.
Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell therapies are a promising approach for tolerance induction in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA). Thus, we have developed a new supportive therapy of ex…2017 American Transplant Congress
Activation of Inflammation Amplifier in Kidney Graft and Urinary Biomarker for Chronic Rejection.
[Introduction and Objective] Inflammation amplifier (IA), a local chemokine inducer in non-immune cells is induced by simultaneous activation of NFκB and STATs (IL-17, TNFα, and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Protective Effect of New Delivery System of Nitric Oxide Releasing Nanofiber in Rat Model of Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
Objective: Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is very important in various clinical setting including kidney transplantation. Nitric oxide (NO) is well known for having various protective…2017 American Transplant Congress
Split Liver Ex-situ Oxygenated Machine Perfusion: A Novel Approach to Organ Preservation and Treatment.
Ex-situ machine perfusion (MP) is a promising method to improve organ viability prior to transplantation and is being used in various clinical trials worldwide. However,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppression (IS) Withdrawal (ISW) After ATG and Rituximab in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR): RESTARRT Early Results (NCT01318915).
Growing evidence implicates B cells in transplant tolerance. RESTARRT is a 6-center ISW study in adult living-related-donor KTR receiving ATG induction and rituximab with a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Once-Daily versus Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in Living Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter, Parallel Group, Open-Label, 5-Year, Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial.
Background:Tacrolimus (TAC)-based induction therapy appears to be the standard immunosuppressive regimen for most kidney transplantation recipients (KTRs). TAC is available as a twice-daily (TAC-BID) and…
