2017 American Transplant Congress
Contemporary Outcomes and Risk Factors of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease After Liver Transplant.
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Introduction:Acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is a rare complication of orthotopic liver transplant (LT) that has an estimated incidence of 0.1%-2% per year. This complication of OLT…2017 American Transplant Congress
Epigenetic Modifications in the Progression to Chronic Renal Allograft Injury.
1UVA, Charlottesville; 2VCU, Richmond; 3OSU, Columbus; 4NWU, Chicago
Background: The renal allograft is exposed to a milieu of environmental/metabolic stimuli that trigger epigenetic modifications and thereby gene expression patterns which influence function and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Early Results of the UK REVIVE Trial for Ex-Vivo Liver Warm Blood Perfusion of DCD and DBD Livers Using the Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Liver Technology.
Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Purpose:TheOCS Liver REVIVE Trial is a single-arm prospective trial to evaluate the safety and performance of OCS™ Liver system to preserve and assess DCD and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lower Incidence of DSA-Induced Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Abo-Incompatible Renal Transplantation.
<INTRODUCTION>Current progress in immunosuppressive therapy has successfully controlled ABO-incompatibility in renal transplantation, although donor specific HLA antibody (DSA) is still insurmountable. Our in vitro experiments…2017 American Transplant Congress
HLA-DR Based Murine Transplant Model for Studying Collagen Type V Autoimmunity in Chronic Allograft Rejection.
Dept. of Surgery/Transplant Division, UW Madison, Madison, WI
Background: In lung and heart transplant patients, chronic rejection manifests as fibro-obliteration of airways and vessels resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) or cardiac allograft…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes with Kidney Transplant from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time: UNOS Analysis.
Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Longer cold ischemia time (CIT) is associated with an increased risk of delayed graft function and may increase the risk of graft failure. Kidneys with…
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