Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 108 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Clinical Outcomes of HIV-Infected Kidney Transplant Recipients Managed with an Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal Protocol
A. Al Jurdi, E. Liu, M. Aull, M. Lubetsky, D. Serur, S. Kapur, T. Muthukumar.
Weill Cornell Medicine / New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
AimAssess the clinical outcomes of HIV-infected kidney transplant recipients managed with an early corticosteroid withdrawal protocol.MethodsSingle center chart review of HIV-infected kidney recipients between 2006…
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Technical Challenges in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Diagnosis and Solutions
R. Öllinger,¹ K. Alqasim,¹ F. Klein,¹ N. Raschzok,¹ P. Ritschl,¹ S. Chopra,¹ N. Otto,² T. Denecke,³ U. Gerlach,¹ M. Schmelzle,¹ P. Reinke,² J. Pratschke.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Charité, Berlin, Germany; ²Department of Nephrology, Charité, Berlin, Germany; ³Department of Radiology, Charité, Berlin, Germany.
IntroductionDue to organ scarcity living donation is becoming a major source of kidneys for transplantation. Besides medical contraindications, anatomy of the kidneys may be a…
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Polymorphisms of Nucleotide Factor of Activated T Cells Cytoplasmic 2 and 4 and the Risk of Acute Rejection Following Kidney Transplantation
Z. Wang, Z. Han, J. Tao, H. Chen, L. Sun, R. Tan, M. Gu.
Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background: Acute rejection (AR) is a common complication of kidney transplantation. Nuclear factors of activated T cells (NFATs) are transcription factors involved in the activation…
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No Deleterious Effect from the Presence of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) or Positive Flow Cytometry Crossmatch (FCXM) on the Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney (SLK) Transplant Recipients
H. Khamash, A. Kumar, B. Aqel, R. Heilman, A. Jaramillo, K. Reddy, A. Moss.
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix.
SLK transplant recipients have excellent outcomes that rival kidney alone recipients in terms of graft and patient survival and have better outcomes in terms of…
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Medical and Psychosocial Outcomes of Directed and Non Directed Living Liver Donors
J. Steel, S. Ganesh, A. Lai, S. Shen, N. Zharichenko, S. Nawaz, K. Kingsley, M. Dulovich, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar.
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Few transplant centers accept Good Samaritan living liver donors. The aims of this study were to compare the medical and psychosocial outcomes of directed…
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Water-Jet Dissection for Donor Hepatectomy during Living Donor Liver Transplantation
K. Gotoh,¹ H. Eguchi,¹ Y. Iwagami,¹ D. Yamada,¹ T. Asaoka,¹ T. Noda,¹ K. Kawamoto,¹ S. Kobayashi,¹ K. Umeshita,² Y. Doki,¹ M. Mori.¹
¹Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ²Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Background The most important issue in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is donor safety. Although donor hepatectomy has evolved technically over the years, it is…
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Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Huc-MSCs Alleviate Rat Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Neutrophil Inflammatory Response
J. Yao,^1,2 J. Cai,^1,2 J. Zheng,^1,2 L. Chen,^1,2 Y. Zhang,^1,2 Y. Yang.^1,2
¹Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital, Organ Transplantation Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ²Guangdong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Biotherapy and Translational Medicine of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, .
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been reported possessing therapeutic effects on immunoregulation, tissue repair and regeneration from bench to bedside. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from…
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An Open-Label Proof-of-Principle Phase 2a Study to Evaluate Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Allogeneic Organ Transplant Tolerance (ASCOTT)
A. Chruscinski,¹ H. Atkins,² M. Macarthur,¹ C. Anne Marie,² D. Grant,¹ C. Bredsen,² E. Renner,¹ L. Lilly,¹ N. Selzner,¹ O. Adeyi,¹ R. Smith,¹ S. Moshkelgosha,¹ A. Humar,¹ S. Juvet,¹ G. Levy.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Background: Long-term survival of recipients of solid organ transplants is hampered by chronic rejection, disease recurrence and immunosuppression-induced toxicity. Self-tolerance is re-established after autologous hematopoietic…
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The AKI-Predict-Score: A New Prediction Model for Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation
M. Kalisvaart,¹ A. Schlegel,¹ I. Umbro,² K. Roberts,¹ D. Mirza,¹ T. Perera,¹ J. Isaac,¹ A. P. Mitterhofer,² J. de Jonge,³ P. Muiesan.¹
¹Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Internal Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy; ³Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
BackgroundPostoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication after liver transplantation and associated with impaired survival rates, chronic kidney disease and higher costs. Although…
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Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Protects Rabbit Kidney Graft through Down Regulation SPP1-MMP7 Signaling Axis
Q. Hu,¹ Z. Zhong,¹ S. Xue,¹ W. Liang,¹ J. Lan,¹ J. Liang,¹ Y. Xiong,¹ Y. Wang,¹ Q. Ye.^1,2
¹Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Transplant Center of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Technology on Transplantation, Wuhan, China; ²The 3rd Xiangya Hospital of Central Sourth University, Changsha, China.
Background: Multicenter studies have indicated that hypothermic machine perfusion(HMP) can be used to prolong cold ischemia time with high-quality preservation and allow utilization of kidney…