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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) as Prognostic Indicator of Outcomes in Older Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation.

    A. Asderakis, U. Contractor, U. Khalid, P. Donato, L. Szabo.

    Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Introduction: Our group has shown excellent results using old DCD donor kidneys to older recipients. There are continuing efforts to predict those older recipients who…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of CYP4F11 as a Marker of Accommodation in Biopsies from Recipients of an ABO-Incompatible Renal Transplant.

    K. Dominy,1 M. Willicombe,3 T. Al Johani,2 J. Galliford,3 A. McLean,3 T. Cook,3 C. Roufosse.3

    1Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; 2King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Recipients of an ABO incompatible transplant have circulating anti-AB antibodies, A and/or B antigens expressed on endothelium and usually C4d deposition on the endothelium, yet…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Clinically Relevant Immunosuppression Promotes MCMV Reactivation and Dissemination Following Transplantation of Latently Infected Kidneys.

    Z. Zhang,1 S. Yan,1 L. Zhao,1 S. Kurian,2 M. Hummel,1 D. Salomon,2 M. Abecassis.1

    1Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago; 2Dept. of Molecular & Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla

    Reactivation of latent Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an important problem facing clinical transplantation. We have previously described a model for murine CMV (MCMV) reactivation following kidney…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Enhanced Liver Regeneration After Partial Hepatectomy in Mice Treated with a Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor.

    J. Latona,1 A. Shah,1 J. Cheng,2 P. Messersmith,2 E. Heber-Katz.3

    1Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; 2University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 3Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA

    Purpose: Resection of more than 70% of liver mass increases incidence of post-operative hepatic failure due to an inability of the liver remnant to adequately…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Clearance of Transaminases During Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion.

    M. Bral,1 N. Aboelnazar,2 B. Gala-Lopez,2 S. Hatami,2 D. Freed,1 A. Shapiro.1

    1Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Department of Experimental Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    One of the most promising applications of normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion is the possibility of real-time graft viability assessment. Many liver biomarkers are considered…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Solid Organ Cancer After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Long Term Impact.

    A. Buxeda, D. Redondo, M. Pérez-Sáez, A. Bartolomé, M. Mir, A. Pascual, A. Sans, M. Crespo, J. Pascual.

    Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

    Cancer after kidney transplant (KT) is the only cause of death that is increasing. We analyzed incidence, risk factors and characteristics of postKT solid cancers…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Ciprofloxacin for Urinary Tract Infection Prophylaxis in Post-Renal Transplant Patients with Ureteral Stent Placement.

    P. Kakadiya, M. Levy, G. Gupta, A. King, S. LeCorchick.

    Hume-Lee Transplant Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA

    BackgroundUrinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection post renal transplant. Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) is often the antibiotic drug of choice due to prophylaxis coverage…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    BK Viruria Levels within 3 Months Post Renal Transplantation Can Predict the Development of BK Viraemia.

    N. Lioufas,1 R. Masterson,1,2 P. Hughes.

    1Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    Aim: To determine the utility of screening for BK viruria (BKVR) to predict the development of BK viraemia within the first year of renal transplantation.Background:…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome of Adult Living Donor Renal Transplants in Different Era: Analysis of UNOS Database.

    V. Whittaker, R. Gruessner, M. Laftavi, Z. Acun, A. Gruessner.

    Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY

    Background:Living donation is the potential solution to increasing donor donor shortage. This retrospective analysis of UNOS database analyses the outcome of living donor transplantation across…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Non-Directed Donors (NDD) Less Than 25 Years.

    D. Larson, J. Wiseman, A. Roman, D. Berglund, H. Ibrahim, A. Matas.

    UofM, Mpls

    Many transplant centers will not accept NDDs less than 25 because of: a) concerns about maturity; and b) they potentially have decades during which they…
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