Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 39 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

2017 American Transplant Congress
The American Transplant Congress Effect on Kidney Discard Rates in the United States.
D. Abdelwahab,¹ G. Wei,² I. Hall.²
¹Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background: Deceased-donor kidneys with high kidney donor risk index (KDRI) are often discarded despite evidence that certain candidates would have better survival accepting these kidneys…
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KDPI Usefulness in Spain: A Comparison with Classical ECD/SCD.
C. Arias-Cabrales,¹ M. Pérez-Sáez,¹ D. Redondo,¹ A. Buxeda,¹ C. Burballa,¹ S. Bermejo,¹ A. Sierra,¹ M. Mir,¹ A. Burón,² A. Zapatero,³ M. Crespo,¹ J. Pascual.¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ²Epidemiology and Evaluation, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ³Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Kidney donor shortage requires an expansion in selection criteria and objective tools to minimize discarded organs. Easy donor pretx variables such as age, standard/expanded criteria…
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Identification of NKG2D as Senescence Marker in Zero-Hour Kidney Biopsies Is Indicative for Clinical Outcome.
T. Resch,¹ J. Günther,¹ H. Hackl,² A. Sattler,³ S. Ebner,¹ P. Ritschl,³ M. Biebl,³ R. Öllinger,³ S. Schneeberger,¹ G. Brandacher,⁴ H. Schwelberger,¹ B. Zelger,⁵ D. Stauch,³ A. Pascher,³ J. Pratschke,³ K. Kotsch.³
¹Center of Operative Medicine, Department for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ²Division of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; ³Department for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ⁴Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Laboratory, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; ⁵Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
The definition of biological donor organ age rather than chronological age seems an obvious factor for the establishment of valid pre-transplant risk assessment. We therefore…
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Kidney-Specific Immunosuppression without Adverse Systemic Effects.
D. Kentrup,¹ K. Schuette-Nuetgen,¹ H. Pawelski,¹ H. Pavenstädt,¹ S. Hermann,² M. Schaefers,² G. Larbig,³ A. Kuebelbeck,³ S. Reuter.¹
¹Department of Medicine D, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; ²European Institute for Molecular Imaging - EIMI, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; ³Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Purpose: Immunosuppressive therapy is often accompanied by severe adverse effects. To overcome this, the aim of this study was the evaluation of a kidney-specific drug…
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CD4 T Cell Depletion Mitigates Ischemic Hepatocellular Damage and Promotes Immune Regulation in Mouse Liver Allografts.
S. Kageyama, K. Nakamura, R. Busuttil, J. Kupiec-Weglinski, Y. Zhai.
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Background: Extended cold preservation contributes to organ ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), which stimulates host allo-reactivity, leading to inferior clinical outcomes. We have shown that CD4+ T…
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Succinate Accumulation During Warm and Cold Ischemia in Mouse, Pig and Man: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Implications for Transplant Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
J. Martin,^1,3 A. Costa,² A. Gruszczyk,^1,3 M. Hamed,¹ N. Georgakopoulos,¹ G. Pettigrew,¹ A. James,³ C. Frezza,² M. Murphy,³ K. Saeb-Parsy.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²MRC Cancer Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ³MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Introduction: The burst of reactive oxygen species associated with ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is mediated through a specific metabolic pathway involving mitochondrial accumulation of the metabolite…
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Transcriptomic Analysis Revealed a Fibrotic Role of Epithelial Cells Originated from the Recipient in Kidney Transplant.
W. Zhang,¹ Z. Yi,¹ E. Stahl,² M. Menon,¹ K. Keung,³ K. Hao,² P. O'Connell,³ B. Murphy.¹
¹Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ²Department of Genetics and Genomic Science, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ³Renal Unit, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Renal fibrosis is one of major causes for chronic renal dysfunction in kidney diseases and graft loss in kidney transplant. With an aim to better…
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Highly Sensitized Patients and the Association of Early Cardiovascular Disease: Analysis of Korean Organ Transplantation Registry(KOTRY) Data.
J. Jeong,¹ J. Yang,² M. Kim,³ S. Shin,⁴ B. Chung,⁵ S. Han,⁶ C. Ahn.⁷
¹Department of Nephrology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea; ²Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Transplant Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁵Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea; ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Introduction : In recent studies, immune sensitization was associated with increased mortality in wait-listed kidney transplant candidates. We investigated whether the risk of immune sensitization…
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Immunosuppressive Regimen Modification Approaches in BK Nephropathy – A Comparative Study.
H. Ahmed, A. Roche-Recinos, C. Drachenberg, R. Ugarte, N. Costa, M. Mavanur, B. Thomas, A. Haririan.
Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
The optimal approach for IS reduction in renal transplant recipients with BKN is not well defined. A number of clinical and in vitro studies suggest…
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Impact of Post Kidney Donation Gout on eGFR and Kidney Stones.
B. Sengupta, J. Menk, A. Matas.
Surg, Biostats, UMN, Mpls, MN
Compared to matched non donor controls, living kidney donors have a higher rate of hyperuricemia early post donation (Kasiske,Am J Kidney Dis,2016) and a higher…