Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 139 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Resident Perceptions and Evaluations of a Fellow-Led Transplant Service versus Resident-Led Surgical Services
A. Williams, M. Barrett, N. Matusko, S. Dennahy, R. Sung, G. Sandhu, K. Woodside.
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Transplant rotations as a core requirement for surgical training have been questioned. However, surgical resident perceptions of a fellow-led transplant service have not been…
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Tomotherapy and Donor Hematopoietic Cells for Tolerance to Kidney Transplants in Rhesus Macaques
D. Kaufman,¹ L. Haynes,¹ P. Hematti,¹ W. Burlingham,¹ L. Forest,² J. Post,¹ R. Redfield,¹ L. Fernandez,¹ A. D'Alessandro,¹ J. Haynes,¹ K. Jensen,³ S. Strober.³
¹Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI; ²Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Vet Med, Madison, WI; ³Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, CA.
The goal of this project was to develop a tolerance induction protocol for MHC 1-haplotype mismatched kidney transplants (txs) in a rhesus macaque model. The…
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Long Noncoding RNA NEAT1 Induces Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells in Heart Transplantation
J. Wu,^1,2 Y. Zheng,^1,2 S. Li,^1,2 M. Zhang,^1,2 H. Zhang,^1,2 X. Zheng,^1,2 Y. Sun,^1,2 B. Yu.^1,2
¹Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China; ²The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Harbin Medical University, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Purpose: Tolerogenic dendritic cells have been gaining interest as an efficient means of promoting antigen-specific tolerance in organ transplantation. Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 plays an…
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Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Directly Binds and Functionally Inhibits Allo-Regulatory Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells
Y. Lee, E. Davila, J. Bromberg, J. Scalea.
Surgery and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous group of naturally occurring, immunosuppressive cells that may be exploitable in transplantation.There are only a few incomplete…
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p40 Homodimer Induced Proliferation of Endogenous Donor-Reactive Memory CD8 T Cells within High Risk Allografts Requires Memory CD8 T Cell Expression of CD122
H. Tsuda, A. Valujskikh, R. Fairchild.
Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Increasing the duration of cold ischemic storage (CIS) from 0.5 to 8 hrs prior to transplant induces the increased proliferation of endogenous donor-reactive CD4 and…
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A Novel Endothelial Cell Based Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity Test in Kidney Transplantation
R. Lammerts,¹ J. van den Born,¹ W. Dam,¹ M. Seelen,¹ B. Hepkema,² B. Kroesen,² M. Daha,¹ R. Pol,³ S. Berger,¹ On behalf of the COMBAT Consortium.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Introduction:Relevant alloantibodies in kidney transplantation comprise anti-HLA antibodies, blood group antibodies (ABO incompatible) and anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) and can initiate antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). ABMR…
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Single vs. Multi-Drug Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
S. Patel,¹ J. Choi,¹ E. Moncho Escrivà,² S. Rizvi,¹ L. Samuels,¹ J. Luc,³ R. Morris,¹ H. Massey,¹ V. Tchantchaleishvili,¹ N. Aburjania.⁴
¹Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; ²University of Granada, Granada, Spain; ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
Purpose: Despite the fact that infection remains a major complication of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) therapy, an optimal antimicrobial surgical infection prophylaxis (SIP)…
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Cardiac MRI May Help to Determine When to Refer Heart Transplant Patients for Redo Heart Transplant
M. Kittleson, J. Patel, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Small vessel coronary artery disease is known to cause fibrosis. However, it is not clear whether myocardial fibrosis detected on MRI is associated with…
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Early Adjunctive Treatment with Human Cytomegaly Virus (CMV) Immunoglobulin Increased CMV-Free Survival after Heart Transplantation
M. Barten,¹ C. Neumaier,¹ A. Bernhardt,¹ M. Rybczynski,² R. Plaetke,³ H. Reichenspurner.¹
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ²General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; ³Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Eppendorf Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Purpose: There is still an ongoing discussion whether a prophylactic or a preemptive therapy against cytomegalovirus (CMV) is superior to reduce the incidence of CMV…
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“I'll Be Back”: Increasing Readmission Rates in the Era of the New Kidney Allocation System
N. Pilch, C. Mardis, H. Meadows, J. Fleming, N. Patel, C. Perez, P. Baliga, D. Dubay, V. Rohan, V. Rao, D. Taber.
MUSC, Charleston.
Background: National analysis of the impact of the new KAS has indicated an increase in DGF rates, total inpatient hospital costs & 30 day readmission…