2017 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Distress in Chronic Kidney Disease: Benefits of Kidney Transplantation.
PurposeWe describe the frequency of psychosocial distress among Canadian patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), and compare distress between pre-dialysis, dialysis patients and kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Change in Mycophenolate and Tacrolimus Exposure by Transplant Vintage and Race.
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC
There is strong evidence that both tacrolimus (FK) and mycophenolate (MMF) have improved outcomes in kidney transplantation; yet, the impact of exposure of these immunosuppressants…2017 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation Among Older Adults with ESLD.
1Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; 2Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
As the population ages and as the average age of liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates increases, understanding of the trends and outcomes is imperative for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Body Mass Index and Utilization of Liver Biopsy: An Evaluation of National Practices and Organ Utilization.
Background: As the prevalence of obesity in America increases, so has the proportion of donors with elevated body mass index (BMI). While graft steatosis >30%…2017 American Transplant Congress
Beta Cell-Specific Free Circulating DNA May Predict the Outcome After Clinical Islet Transplantation.
Optimizing engraftment and early survival of human beta cells after clinical islet transplantation is critical to long-term function, but there are no reliable, quantifiable measures…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Re-Transplant Rate in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Bladder drainage, although no longer the most commonly performed method for exocrine drainage of the pancreas, remains an option for patients undergoing simultaneous pancreas- kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Techniques for Pancreas Transplantation Graft without Vascular Reconstruction (Report of 8 Cases).
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background / Purpose: Pancreas is complicated by its blood supply and vascular structure. At present, it is necessary to do the vascular remodeling and reconstruction…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Depth Characterization of the Innate Immune Response in Transplant Recipients with EBV Viremia.
Background:Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) manifests as a spectrum of disease ranging from asymptomatic viremia to PTLD. Innate immune cells such as monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tolerogenic Potential, Migratory Pathways, Engraftment and Long-Term Survival of Human Hematopoietic Chimeric Cells – A Novel Strategy to Induce Tolerance in Transplantation.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell-based therapies represent a new promising strategy for tolerance induction in transplantation. One of the methods for immune response modulation in solid organ and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Ethylene Carbodiimide Fixed Donor Splenocytes Combined with α-1 Antitrypsin Induce Indefinite Donor Specific Protection to Mice Cardiac Allografts.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Peritransplant infusion of ethylene carbodiimide fixed donor splenocytes(ECDI-SPs) induces protection of islet and cardiac allografts. However, pro-inflammatory cytokine production during the peritransplantation period may negate…
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