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

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Outcome of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation After Stratified Desensitization.
K. Nanmoku, A. Kurosawa, T. Kubo, T. Shinzato, T. Shimizu, T. Kimura, T. Yagisawa.
Surgical Branch, Institute of Kidney Diseases, Jichi Medical University Hospital, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
Background. Plasmapheresis for antibody removal and rituximab for antibody production suppression are performed for desensitization against ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation. We evaluated clinical outcome for optimizing…
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Pre-TACE Immune Status Correlates with Treatment Response and Tumor Biology in HCC as a Bridge to Transplant.
T. Sandow,¹ H. Bohorquez,² D. Kirsch,¹ A. Albar,¹ P. Thevenot,³ K. Nunez,³ D. DeVun,¹ J. Gimenez,¹ G. Galliano,⁴ A. Cohen,² G. Loss,² D. Kay,¹ P. Gulotta.¹
¹Radiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ²Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ³Institute of Translational Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ⁴Pathology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Purpose:Immune factors are pivotal against disease progression after transplant in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). With chemoembolization (TACE) as a bridge to liver transplant, this study compares…
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An OPO Offer Acceptance Report for Hard-to-Place Kidneys.
A. Wey, N. Salkowski, B. Kasiske, A. Israni, J. Snyder.
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
Transplant program offer acceptance behavior varies substantially for kidneys after 100 previous offers (i.e., “hard-to-place offers”). An organ procurement organization (OPO) offer acceptance report could…
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Donor Factors Show Low Impact on Patient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes: A Paired Analysis of Left/Right Deceased Donor Kidney Pairs.
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Stein,² P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Charite and Max-Delbrück Center, Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Berlin, Germany
The impact of donor factors on kidney allograft outcomes and infectious complications has been suggested in many previous studies. However, analyses of left/right donor kidney…
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Plasma Extracellular Vesicles MicroRNA Signatures Associate with Graft Function Recovery Post-Acute Renal Allograft Injury.
V. Bontha, A. Fernandez-Pineros, D. Bagchi, D. Maluf, E. Rhone, V. Mas.
Surgery, UVA, Charlottesville
Background: Early host-allograft cell-to-cell communications have been reported to occur via extracellular vesicles (EVs)/protein-miRNA complexes that might determine early allograft outcomes like delayed graft function…
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Blockade of Tim-3 and PD-1 Reverses Dysfunctions of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in HBV Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
A. Hu, F. Liu, X. Zhu, X. He.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
The immunosuppression of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is associated with rapid progress of hepatitis B virus related hepatocellular carcinoma (HBV-HCC). The inhibition molecules of T…