Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 37 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Fosfomycin Tromeltamol (FOS) Is an Effective Alternative in Post Renal Transplant Urinary Tract Infection Prophylaxis Caused by Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis without Increasing Resistance Rate.
J. Arreola-Guerra,¹ J. Alberu,² L. Morales-Buenrostro,² E. Maravilla,³ R. Rosado,³ J. Sifuentes.³
¹Nephrology and Transplantation, Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Mexico; ²Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico; ³Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most important complications in renal transplant recipients (rTR) during the first year after renal transplantation (RT). Antimicrobial…
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The Associations Between Body Mass Index and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Mediated by Weight-Adjusted Immunosuppression Dosing.
K. Flabouris,^1,2 S. Chadban,^1,3,4 M. Ladhani,^1,3,5 M. Cervelli,⁶ P. Clayton.^1,2,6
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Adelaide, Australia; ²School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; ⁶Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Purpose: High body mass index (BMI) is associated with acute rejection after kidney transplantation. We hypothesised that weight-adjusted immunosuppression dosing is a contributing factor. We…
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A Donor BMI Greater Than 30 Is Not a Contraindication for Live Liver Donation.
N. Goldaracena, A. Doyle, D. Al-Adra, G. Sapisochin, M. Cattral, P. Greig, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, A. Ghanekar, D. Grant, N. Selzner, M. Selzner.
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background & aims: The increased prevalence of obesity worldwide threatens the pool of potential living liver donors. While the negative effects of graft steatosis on…
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Vital Role of the CoREST Complex as a Master Regulator of Foxp3+ T-Regulatory Cell Gene Expression and Suppressive Function.
L. Wang,¹ A. Samanta,¹ M. Levine,¹ U. Beier,¹ R. Han,¹ J. Kalin,² E. Holson,³ P. Cole,² W. Hancock.¹
¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
While the Foxp3 promoter and its three associated conserved non-coding sequence (CNS)/enhancer regions have received much attention, literally nothing is known of the contribution of…
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Inferior Graft and Patient Survival After Living Donor Renal Transplantation of Negatively Selected Right Kidneys.
S. Yamanaga,^1,2,3 A. Posselt,¹ C. Freise,¹ C. Niemann,¹ A. Rosario,¹ D. Fernandez,¹ T. Kobayashi,³ A. Ahearn,⁴ M. Tavakol,¹ S.-M. Kang.¹
¹Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²Department of General Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; ³Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; ⁴Department of Transplant Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Purpose: In living donor renal transplantation, the left kidney is usually chosen for anatomical reasons. The right kidney is sometimes chosen if it is believed…
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Reassessing Thymoglobulin Induction in Kidney Transplantation (RETHINK): An Analysis of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS) Registry.
I. Ashoor,¹ K. Martz,² R. Beyl,³ V. Dharnidharka.⁴
¹Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA; ²EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD; ³Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA; ⁴Washington University, St. Louis, MO
There is no consensus on Thymoglobulin (TMG) dose used for induction immunosuppression (IS) in pediatric kidney transplants (KTx). We aimed to identify: 1) TMG induction…
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Elevated Donor HbA1C Confers Impaired Overall Survival Following Renal Allotransplantation in Recipients of Allografts from Donors with Diabetes Mellitus: A National Analysis.
M. Mulvihill, B. Yerokun, R. Davis, A. Barbas, M. Hartwig.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: Donor diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for impaired outcomes following renal transplant. Donor DM is factored into the Kidney Donor Risk Index…
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Lymph Node Stromal Laminins Differentially Regulate T Cell Activation.
T. Simon, J. Bromberg.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Background:Our recent work demonstrated that laminins α4β1γ1 and α5β1γ1, components of the lymph node (LN) stroma, are differentially regulated. Tolerance is associated with relatively higher…
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Five Year Experience with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Renal Transplant Candidates.
A. Jung, Y. Kim, V. Dhar, D. Hanseman, J. Tadros, S. Dehart-Kilgore, R. Alloway, D. Schauer, S. Shah, A. Govil, E. Woodle, T. Diwan.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
INTRODUCTION: Obesity in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients may not be adequately addressed by medical management, and represents a barrier to renal transplantation. We…
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CTLA4Ig Suppresses Memory Responses to HLA-A2⁺ Skin Grafts in a Mouse Model of Allosensitization by Reducing CD138⁺ Plasma Cells.
G. Wu, I. Kim, N.-N. Chai, S. Jordan, A. Klein.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Purpose: In previous studies we demonstrated that CTLA4Ig suppresses de novo T-cell activation through blocking CD28 co-stimulation and attenuates recall alloantibody responses following re-exposure to…