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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Blood Transfusion Before Organ Transplant: Patient Sensitization and Outcomes.

    I. Cich, K. Rudser, R. Brown, H. Ibrahim, R. Thorson, J. Patil, G. Loor, M. Hertz, C. Cohn.

    Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    BackgroundBlood transfusions (Btf) can cause alloimmunization to HLA antigens. Antibodies to HLA (HLAb) can increase patients' calculated panel reactive assay (cPRA) and make it more…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Dual Treatment of Suboptimal Doses of CsA and MSC Infusion Fully Prevents Acute Rejection in an Allogenic Model of Renal Transplantation.

    L. de Ramon,1 A. Merino,1 E. Ripoll,1 N. Bolaños,1 M. Gomà,3 J. Cruzado,1,2 J. Grinyó,1,2 J. Torras.1,2

    1Experimental Nephrology, IDIBELL-UB, Hospitalet Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 3Pathology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hopitalet Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

    The immunomodulatory characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may lead to multifaceted strategies in rejection of organ transplantation. This study was designed to investigate the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Complement Markers in Immunoadsorption Combined with Membrane Filtration.

    P. Malvezzi,1 F. Defendi,2 F. Eskandary,3 T. Jouve,1 L. Rostaing,1 C. Dumestre-Perard,2 G. Böhmig.3

    1Clinique de Néphrologie, CHUGA, Grenoble, France; 2Laboratoire d'Immunologie, CHUGA, Grenoble, France; 3Department of Medicine III, Medical University, Vienna, Austria

    Introduction: In HLA incompatible transplantation pretransplant desensitization is mandatory in order to eliminate the donor-specific alloantibody that might fix complement (C). In a randomized crossover…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome After Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Elderly Patients > 65 Years: Assessing the Long Term Survival.

    A. Thorat, S.-C. Hsu, L.-B. Jeng, H.-R. Yang, P.-C. Li, C.-C. Yeh, T.-H. Chen, K.-S. Poon.

    Organ Transplantation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Background:In Asia, the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is most common cancer. Despite of the surveillance most tumors are diagnosed at late stages and thus HCC continues…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Allograft Offers: Predictors of Turndown and the Relationship of Organ Acceptance Sequence to Kidney Allograft Survival.

    J. Cohen,1,2 J. Shults,2 D. Goldberg,2,3 D. Sawinski,1 P. Abt,4 P. Reese.1,2

    1Renal Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 4Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background: There is growing interest in understanding patterns of organ acceptance and reducing organ discard. Little is known about how donor factors, holidays, and location…
  • 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…
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