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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Confirmation of the Safety of Cryopreserved Human Cord Blood Derived Di-Chimeric Cells in the NSG Mouse Model.

    J. Cwykiel, N. Filipek, E. Szilagyi, E. Tfaily, M. Siemionow.

    Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    Background: Cell therapies are a promising approach for tolerance induction in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA). Thus, we have developed a new supportive therapy of ex…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Activation of Inflammation Amplifier in Kidney Graft and Urinary Biomarker for Chronic Rejection.

    H. Higuchi,1,2 D. Iwami,1 K. Hotta,1 N. Shinohara,1 M. Murakami.2

    1Hokkaido University, Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; 2Hokkaido University, Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    [Introduction and Objective] Inflammation amplifier (IA), a local chemokine inducer in non-immune cells is induced by simultaneous activation of NFκB and STATs (IL-17, TNFα, and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Protective Effect of New Delivery System of Nitric Oxide Releasing Nanofiber in Rat Model of Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

    J. Kim,1 H. Ahn,2 D. Kim,1 S. Jung,1 E. Park,1 T. Lee,1 C. Ihm,1 S. Lee,1 J. Moon,1 Y. Kim,1 K. Jeong.1

    1Nephrology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 2Surgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

    Objective: Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is very important in various clinical setting including kidney transplantation. Nitric oxide (NO) is well known for having various protective…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Split Liver Ex-situ Oxygenated Machine Perfusion: A Novel Approach to Organ Preservation and Treatment.

    N. Karimian,1 V. Huang,1 S. Geerts,1 S. Mert,1 I. Beijert,2 F. Fontan,1 M. Aburawi,1 R. Porte,2 K. Uygun,1 J. Markmann,1 H. Yeh.1

    1Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; 2Division of Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Ex-situ machine perfusion (MP) is a promising method to improve organ viability prior to transplantation and is being used in various clinical trials worldwide. However,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosuppression (IS) Withdrawal (ISW) After ATG and Rituximab in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR): RESTARRT Early Results (NCT01318915).

    B. Burrell,1 J. Bromberg,2 C. Hartono,3 A. Posselt,4 A. Naji,5 D. Kaufman,6 R. Redfield III,6 S. Kanaparthi,1 D. Ikle,7 K. Much,7 N. Bridges,8 L. Sun,1 A. Priore,8 M. DesMarais,1 K. Crisalli,9 S. Chandran,1 J. Markmann.9

    1ITN, Bethesda/San Francisco; 2UMD, Baltimore; 3Rogosin, New York; 4UCSF, San Francisco; 5UPenn, Philadelphia; 6UWisconsin, Madison; 7Rho, Chapel Hill; 8NIAID/NIH, Bethesda; 9MGH, Boston

    Growing evidence implicates B cells in transplant tolerance. RESTARRT is a 6-center ISW study in adult living-related-donor KTR receiving ATG induction and rituximab with a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Once-Daily versus Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in Living Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter, Parallel Group, Open-Label, 5-Year, Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial.

    K. Unagami,1 M. Okumi,2 T. Hirai,2 D. Toki,3 H. Shirakawa,4 T. Shimizu,2 K. Omoto,5 M. Inui,3 H. Ishida,2 K. Nitta,1 K. Tanabe.2

    1Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 3Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan; 4Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 5Transplant Surgery, Toda Chuo General Hospital, Toda, Japan

    Background:Tacrolimus (TAC)-based induction therapy appears to be the standard immunosuppressive regimen for most kidney transplantation recipients (KTRs). TAC is available as a twice-daily (TAC-BID) and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy of Calcineurin Inhibitors Transferring to Rapamycin in Live Kidney Transplantation from Old Donors to Young Recipients.

    G. Chen, C. Wang, Z. Wu, C. Wang, J. Qiu, L. Chen.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Background Calcineurin inhibitor(CNI) nephrotoxicity is one of the major reasons for chronic allograft injury in live kidney transplantation from old donors to young recipients. Therefore…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Exposure and Subclinical Tubulo-Interstitial Inflammation in Low Immunological Risk Renal Transplants.

    I. Torres,1 A. Reisaeter,2 F. Moreso,1 A. Asberg,2 M. Perello,1 C. Dörje,2 J. Sellares,1 K. Midtved,2 H. Holdaas,2 D. Seron.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; 2Transplant Medicine, Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    The aim is to evaluate the relationship between maintenance immunosuppression, subclinical inflammation (i-score plus t-score) and interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IF/TA) (ci-score plus ct-score) in paired…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Change in QTC Interval After Kidney Transplant.

    E. Lai, V. Acharya, D. Nguyen, E. Graviss, W. Suki.

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of mortality in ESRD patients. A prolonged QTc interval on EKG is a predictor of adverse CV outcomes.…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Six-Month Surveillance Biopsies and Monitoring in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.

    J. Lyons,1,2,3 D. Ranch,1,2 R. Hall,1,2,3 P. Maxwell,1,2,3 K. Hitchman,1,2 Y. Hirase,3 B. Crowther.1,2,3

    1University Health System, San Antonio, TX; 2University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; 3University of Texas College of Pharmacy, Austin, TX

    Purpose: Evaluate the utility of surveillance biopsies and monitoring 6 months post-transplant.Methods: A retrospective single center chart review of pediatric renal transplant recipients from 01/2011–10/2015…
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