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

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APOL1 Genotype Does Not Affect Donor Renal Function Post Live Kidney Donation.
K. Koutroutsos,¹ R. Sergeant,² F. Powell,² C. Freeman,² R. Charif,¹ J. Galliford,¹ P. Brookes,² D. Taube,¹ M. Loucaidou.¹
¹Kidney and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background: Apolipoprotein-L1 (APOL1) risk variants have emerged as a predictor of renal disease in individuals of African Ancestry (AA). The effect of APOL1 risk variants…
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Differential Expression of Long Noncoding RNAs During Cardiac Allograft Rejection.
G. Gu, H. Hang, T. Lu, Q. Xia.
Department of Hepatic Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
While transplant rejection is the major restriction in successful long lasting graft survival, induction of sustainable immune tolerance against transplant is one of the major…
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We Wish This Would Never Happen Again! Implementation of an Adverse Event Review System to Improve the Safety of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patients.
J. Gossett,¹ M. Lake,¹ J. Bucuvalas,² A. Basu,¹ L. Burkhart,¹ L. Danziger-Isakov,¹ A. Lorts.¹
¹Solid Organ Transplant Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; ²Division of Gastroenterology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background: 50% of SOT centers are cited by CMS for inadequate review of adverse events (AE)s. AE reviews are inconsistently performed, rarely cover near misses…
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Strategy for Analysis of Donor-Specific Antibody Repertoire: Paired Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chain Analysis of Individual Memory B Cells.
M. Lucia,¹ A. Gomez,² S. Luque,³ O. Bestard,³ W. Robinson,² O. Martinez.¹
¹Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford; ²Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford; ³Nephrology, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is the most challenging immunological barrier to overcome in human transplantation and one of the most prevalent causes of kidney allograft loss.…
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Training for Transplant: Frailty Assessment and Optimization in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
M. Mrdutt, D. Doherty, S. Tanner, J. Lappin.
Surgery, Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX
Purpose: To design and implement a frailty assessment and optimization program addressing potential modifiable risk factors that would ordinarily disqualify patients from kidney and/or pancreas…
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How Much Is a Kidney Worth? Comparing Kidney Transplant Strategies in Liver Transplant Candidates.
X. Cheng,¹ W. Kim,² J. Tan,¹ J. Goldhaber-Fiebert.³
¹Div Nephrology, ; ²Div Gastroenterology & Hepatology, ; ³Ctr Health Policy, Stanford U, Palo Alto
The number of simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants for renal failure complicating end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is rising. The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) will…