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

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Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury After Liver Transplantation Is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury.
S. Kubal,¹ M. Anderson,² J. Fridell,¹ B. Ekser,¹ T. Taber,² P. Li,¹ M. Ghabril,³ M. Lacerda,³ R. Mangus.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Department of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Background: The impact of liver allograft ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) on native renal function remains to be characterized. We hypothesized that severity of IRI correlates with…
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Alcohol-Induced Hepatic Cirrhosis Is Rising Among Young Adults.
C. Kling,¹ J. Perkins,¹ D. Donovan,² R. Carithers,³ L. Sibulesky.¹
¹Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background: Alcoholic cirrhosis is a common indication for liver transplantation. Recent population studies have shown no change in the overall prevalence of alcohol use, but…
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Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Accumulate in Intestinal Transplant (IT) Recipients (rc) and Suppress Recipient T-Cell (T) Response Against Donor Antigen.
S. Okano,¹ D. Kish,² K. Keslar,² W. Baldwin,² R. Fairchild,¹ C. Miller,¹ K. Abu-Elmagd,¹ A. Khanna,¹ M. Fujiki,¹ J. Fung,¹ G. Costa,¹ K. Hashimoto.¹
¹Transplant Center, Dept. General Surgery, Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Dept. Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
[Introduction] Recent advances of immunosuppressive regimens have decreased rejection rate and improved rc survival of IT. MDSC are potent immature myeloid cells capable of suppressing…
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Prolonged Survival with Co-Stimulatory Blockade Based Immunosuppression in Pig-to-Primate Liver Xenotransplantation.
J. Shah, M. Patel, N. Elias, I. Rosales, N. Navarro-Alvarez, M. Hertl, A. Cosimi, R. Colvin, J. Markmann, D. Sachs, P. Vagefi.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: Since the first attempt in 1968, survival following pig-to-baboon liver xenotransplantation (LXT) has been limited to <9-days due to a lethal coagulopathy. To improve…
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Higher Mortality Among Candidates Who Refused Increased-Infectious Risk Kidney Offers.
M. Bowring, L. Kucirka, A. Massie, C. Holscher, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore
Increased infectious risk donors (IRD) are younger and healthier than most deceased donors, but IRD kidneys are discarded at higher rates despite potential benefit to…
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The New Kidney Allocation System in France Meets it's Targets: Improving Age and HLA DR-QD Matching for Young Adults.
C. Jacquelinet, B. Audry, F. Bayer, M. Macher.
Direction Medicale et Scientifique, Agence de la Biomedecine, Saint-Denis, France
A new KAS was implemented in France as of February 2015, resulting from an intensive 3 yrs-simulation work in interaction with KTx advisory committee and…