2018 American Transplant Congress
T-bet and STAT6 Double Deficiency Favors IL-17 Immunity after Lung Transplantation
Background: The long-term success of lung transplantation is mainly limited by the development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in which IL-17 plays a critical role. Direct…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Organ Transplantation from Donors with Cancer History
Purpose: The inherent challenges of selecting an acceptable donor for each of the increasing numbers and acuity of recipients has led programs to take increased…2018 American Transplant Congress
First Birth after Uterus Transplant in the US
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction - Uterus Transplantation (UTx) is the first available treatment for women with Absolute Uterine Infertility (AUI). It allows the affected female to carry her…2018 American Transplant Congress
Recombinant Thrombomodulin alpha Attenuates Kidney Graft Damage after Long Cold Ischemia Time in a Rat Kidney Transplant Model
Objectives: Thrombomodulin (TM) extensively expresses on the endothelial cells in the steady state and is known to prevent hypercoagulation via combining with thrombin and inactivating…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Transplant Survival after Deceased-Donor Acute Kidney Injury
Deceased Donor Study Consortium, New Haven, CT.
Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently in deceased donors and is associated with organ discard. Prior studies indicate an association between donor AKI and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Antihypertensive Medication Use after Kidney Transplant: Practice Variation and Clinical Outcomes
Hypertension is common among kidney transplant (KTx) recipients, but the impact of antihypertensive medication (AHM) choice on patient and graft outcomes is not well defined.We…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Dropout Risk Score in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients Listed for Liver Transplant (LT) – Identifying a Threshold That Predicts Worse Post-LT Survival in Short Wait Regions
Background: Short wait time to LT for HCC patients may result in transplanting aggressive tumors at high risk for HCC recurrence who otherwise would have…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improved OPO Performance Drives Broader Organ Sharing in the United States
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.
Background: OPTN allocation policies in the United States include both local geographic priority and broader sharing. Local allocation priority varies by organ type. For example,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Initiated Kidney Transplant Exchanges and the Forgotten Incompatible Directed Donor Recipients
Although incompatibility is usually viewed as affecting potential recipients of live donors, it is also encountered in instances of directed donation of deceased donors. In…2018 American Transplant Congress
Superior Outcomes Using Normothermic Regional Perfusion in CDCD Liver Transplantation
Spanish Liver Transplant Registry, Spanish Society of Liver Transplantation, Madrid, Spain.
While there is increasing interest in its use, definitive evidence demonstrating superiority of normothermic regional perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death liver transplant has…
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