2017 American Transplant Congress
Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Predicts Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Objective: Recent studies showed that high levels of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) are associated with all-cause or cardiovascular death among hemodialysis patients. However, there are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Race, Admissions, and Renal Transplant Waitlisting.
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: We have previously shown that increased hospitalization while listed for renal transplantation is associated with excess waitlist mortality, reduced odds of transplantation, and inferior…2017 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Multiple Donations from a Living Donor in the US.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2SLU, St. Louis
Guidelines for uncommon forms of living donation, such as multiple donations from the same person, are lacking. To inform future practice standards, we examined the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcome of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Due to Pre-Existing vs. De Novo DSA in Kidney Allograft Recipients.
BackgroundAntibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) can occur in patients with pre-existing anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) or in patients who develop de novo DSA. However, how these processes…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Randomized Trial for Predicting CMV Infection According to Baseline CMV-Specific T-Cell Immunity in Kidney Transplant Patients.
Background: Despite the use of either anti-viral prophylaxis (PF) or preemptive (PE) therapy given based on donor/recipient IgG-serostatus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation persists after kidney transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel 3-Dimensional Culture System Enables In Vitro Study of Human Bone Marrow Plasma Cells.
Purpose: Historically, in vitro study of human plasma cells (PCs) has been greatly limited by their short survival (48-72 hrs). Therefore, systems that maintain viability…2017 American Transplant Congress
Current Practice and Ethical Dimensions of Implementing APOL1 Testing into Living Donor Evaluation: A National Survey.
1Northwestern University, Chicago; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester
BackgroundAfrican American (AA) live kidney donors (LKDs) have an even greater risk of kidney failure than European American live donors. Apolipoprotein 1 (APOL1) gene variants…2017 American Transplant Congress
Disease Progression on Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Is a Strong Predictor of Recurrence for Pediatric Hepatoblastoma.
1Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; 2Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
Purpose. In addition to peri-operative chemotherapy, proper triage between orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and partial hepatectomy (PH) is critical to limiting disease recurrence in pediatric…2017 American Transplant Congress
Antidepressant Medication Use Before and After Kidney Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes.
Limited data are available on the implications of antidepressant medication use in kidney transplant recipients.We examined a novel database wherein national transplant registry identifiers for…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Vivo Administration of Plerixafor in Humans Mobilizes Bone Marrow Resident Plasma Cells That Demonstrate Apoptosis in Both Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood.
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati; 3Duke, Durham
Plasma-cell (PC) targeted therapies can reduce HLA sensitization. However, bone marrow (BM) niche resident plasma cells (BMNRPC) demonstrate resistance to proteasome inhibitor (PI) therapy. Plerixafor…
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