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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Transcriptome Analysis of CD4-Lymphocyte Specifically Deleted of IKKbeta or NEMO in an Experimental Model of Rapid Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN).

    F. Thaiss,1 J. Huang,2 M. Chen,1 H. Paust,1 G. Zahner,1 M. Alawi,2 R. Geffers,3 L. Guo.1

    1Nephrology, Univ. Hospital UKE, Hamburg, Germany; 2Bioinformatics, Univ. Hospital UKE, Hamburg, Germany; 3Genomics, Helmholtz Center Infection, Braunschweig, Germany

    RPGN is T-cell mediated and can recur after kidney transplantation. T-cell receptor stimulation leads to intracellular signaling events ultimately causing activation of transcription factors such…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Imaging Cell Biology in Transplantation.

    T. Ueno,1 M. McGrath,1 M. Yeung,1 K. Jung,2 Y. Kihara,3 O. Konno,3 Y. Nakamura,3 H. Iwamoto,3 S. Yun,2 A. Chandraker.1

    1Transplantation Research Center, Brighma and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2Department of Dermatology, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 3Transplantation Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

    Background: Following transplantation, a set of coordinated events occurs within the recipient immune system. Immature dendritic cells (DCs) migrate to sites of inflammation, become activated…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Direct Comparison of Hypothermic and Normothermic Organ Preservation in a Porcine Ex-Vivo Kidney Model.

    N. Vallant,1,2 B. Sandhu,1 N. Wolfhagen,1 C. Pusey,1 V. Papalois.1

    1Renal and Transplant Department, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Visceral-, Transplant- and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Background: Hypothermic machine perfusion is a well established method for deceased donor organ preservation as well as pre-transplant assessment and preconditioning. Recent translational and clinical…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Alloimmune Quiescence in Recipients with Long-Term Surviving Kidney Grafts.

    K. Brown,1 W. Baldwin,1 E. Poggio,2 W. Braun,2 R. Fairchild.1

    1Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Nephrology and Glickman Urological Institue, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    Recent studies of tolerant kidney transplant patients have identified increased numbers of circulating B cells expressing an immature/transitional phenotype (IgD+CD27-/IgD+CD27-CD24+CD38+). Similar frequencies of these immature/transitional…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    One Year Outcomes of Low-Dose vs Very Low-Dose Extended-Release Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate mofetil in De Novo Kidney Transplantation: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Y. Hidaka,1 S. Yamanaga,1 M. Toyoda,1 S. Narumi,2 Y. Watarai,2 T. Kobayashi.3

    1Kidney Center, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; 2Transplant Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; 3Kidney Transplantation, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

    Purpose: Once-daily tacrolimus extended-release formulation (TACER) has now been widely accepted in kidney transplant field. However, the optimal dosage for TACER is still not known.Patients…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Single-Center, Prospective, Open Label Pilot Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Everolimus Associated with Mycophenolic Acid and Prednisone in Adult Patients Submitted to an Allograft Renal Transplant with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawl on Week 16th.

    L. Giordano,1,2 M. Lasmar,1,2 H. Vianna,1,2 E. Lasmar.1,2

    1Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2Nephrology Department, Rede Mater Dei de Saúde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Although CI have proven efficacy in kidney transplantation worldwide, they are drugs with nephrotoxic potential and may contribute to chronic renal allograft nephropathy. As a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate Use of a Panel of Reactive T Cell (PRT) Assay as a Pre-Transplant Marker of Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    D. Brennan,1 L. Kayler,2 D. Wojciechowski,3 A. Limaye,4 A. Gaber,5 I. Durrant.6

    1Washington University, St. Louis, MO; 2Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 4Washington University, Seattle, WA; 5Houston Methodist, Houston, TX; 6Oxford Immunotec, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background:To assess risk of T cell mediated acute rejection a recently developed assay uses a panel of reactive T cell lines (PRT) to measure recipient…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Cyclosporine Effects on Blood Pressure Are Exaggerated in Pubertal Girls After Renal Transplantation.

    A. Melk,1 R. Sugianto,1 B. Schmidt,2 K. Krupka,3 B. Höcker,3 B. Tönshoff,3 E. Wühl.3

    1Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; 2Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany; 3Pediatric Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hypertension is a common problem after renal transplantation. We investigated potential contributing factors for high blood pressure (BP) in 336 pediatric transplant recipients from the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Persistent Hypophosphatemia Among Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Donor-Dependent and Associated with Superior Long-Term Allograft Outcomes.

    N. Otto, T. Schachtner, P. Reinke.

    Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany

    Significant variations in posttransplant phosphate levels are recognized after kidney transplantation, and associated with more favorable allograft outcomes. Although posttransplant hypophosphatemia may be associated with…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric and Young Adult Population with End Stage Renal Disease (2005-2015).

    R. George,1 M. Basu,2 L. Greenbaum,1 A. Kirk,2,3 N. Kutner,4 R. Patzer.2,5

    1Pediatric Nephrology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Dept of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 3Dept of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; 4USRDS Rehabilitation, QoL Special Studies Center, Atlanta, GA; 5Dept of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

    In the last decade, few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in the choice of renal replacement therapy (RRT) among children with End Stage Renal Disease…
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