2017 American Transplant Congress
Subpopulations of Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Kidney Allograft Recipients.
Human peripheral blood monocytes may be divided into different subsets based on the expression of membrane antigens. Our pilot data suggested that after the kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Technical Characteristics, Optimization and Outcomes of Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Performed on Kidney Transplant Patients.
Nephrology Service, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain
MATERIAL AND METHODS:From Januray 2014 to August 2016, 183 US-guided renal graft biopsies were performed in our institution.We decided to optimize our biopsy protocol, from…2017 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Electron Microscopy in Kidney Transplant Biopsies.
1LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA; 2Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Background: Banff 2013 criteria recommends performing ultra-structural studies with electron microscopy (EM) in most kidney transplant (KT) biopsies if the technology is available. We aimed…2017 American Transplant Congress
Variables Associated with Liver Graft Utilization and 30-Day Failure: A Liver Graft Quality Index.
The quantitative evaluation of liver graft quality remains one of the most understudied clinical problems in transplantation. A few scoring systems have been proposed, but…2017 American Transplant Congress
WHO Group II Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Decreased Survival in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation.
Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
End stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy often have WHO Group II pulmonary hypertension (PH), characterized by pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) >15…2017 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Concomitant Biopsy in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Identification of Rejection of Pancreas and Kidney.
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
Background: In simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKTx) recipients, animal studies suggest concordant rejection rates of 88% (ref: Gruessner et al,1994). Limited information is available…2017 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Serum Lipase Levels in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation May Indicate Anti-HLA Donor Specific Antibody Response.
Background: Development of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSAs) has been associated with inferior pancreas transplant outcomes. We analyzed data for pancreas and kidney transplant recipients…2017 American Transplant Congress
Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation into the Liver of a Patient with Previous Hepatitis C Infection.
Hepatic parenchymal disease such as hepatitis has been considered a relative contraindication to islet transplantation as the islets are infused into the liver. Islet transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
10 Years of DTAC Experience with Kaposi's Sarcoma – Not Just Another PTLD!
1DTAC, Richmond; 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond
Background:Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS), a tumor derived from the oncogenic virus human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8) is strongly associated with immunodeficiencies. Classically seen with AIDS, it can also…2017 American Transplant Congress
Expansion, Function and Clonotypic Analysis of Human Alloreactive Treg Stimulated with Different Dendritic Cell Populations or CD40L-Stimulated B Cells.
Purpose:In order to establish a protocol to generate large numbers of human alloantigen-reactive regulatory T cells (arTreg) with potent allospecific suppressive capacity for therapeutic application,…
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