Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 163 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Circulating Wnt Pathway Factors Are Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Transplant Vascular Injury
M. Seifert,¹ A. Malone,² L. Boohaker,¹ J. Gaut,² S. Jain,² D. Brennan,^2,3 R. Mannon.¹
¹UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham; ²Washington University, St. Louis; ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Purpose: Transplant vascular injury (TVI) is a major cause of renal allograft failure and is resistant to treatment. Non-invasive pathogenic biomarkers of TVI would provide…
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What's Normal? An Evaluation of Pediatric T Cell Markers in Healthy Controls
M. Sosniuk,¹ A. Halpin,^1,2,5,6,7 J. Wizniak,⁷ A. Szkotak,^6,7 S. Urschel,^1,2,5 L. Ionescu,^1,2,5 L. West.^1,2,3,4,5,6
¹Dept of Pediatrics, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ²Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Canada; ³Dept of MMI, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁴Dept of Surgery, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁵Canadian National Transplant Research Program, National, Canada; ⁶Dept of Laboratory Medicine, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ⁷Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Canada.
INTRODUCTION: Studying pediatric patients includes challenges such as difficulty obtaining samples, limited normal controls and small volumes. Standardized flow cytometry (FC) lymphocyte immunophenotyping panels are…
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Hyperglycemia Aggravates Hepatic Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Liver Resident Macrophage M2 Polarization via C/EBP-Homologous Protein-Mediated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
Z. Rao, J. Sun, X. Pan, Z. Chen, H. Sun, P. Zhang, M. Gao, Z. Ding, C. Liu.
Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background:Aggravated liver ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury has been observed in hyperglycemic hosts, but its underlying mechanism remains undefined. The aim of the study was…
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Significant Difference between Proteasome and Immunoproteasome Inhibition in Acute Kidney Injury
F. Han, C. Ding, Y. Zhao, P. Tian.
Department of Kidney Transplantation, Hospital of Nephropathy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has successful administrated in kidney transplant recipients with acute or chronic antibody-mediated rejection, but there were some unfavorable cases which arised…
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Repeat Kidney Transplant Patients with Active Rejection Have Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA
S. Mehta,¹ J. Chang,² T. Hailey,¹ D. Hiller,³ M. Grskovic,³ J. Yee,³ R. Mannon.¹
¹University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL; ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; ³CareDx, Brisbane, CA.
Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is an established marker of active rejection in de novo kidney transplant recipients. Here we characterize dd-cfDNA in patients who…
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Serum Treatment with Fetal Bovine Serum Significantly Increases Luminex-Based HLA Antibody Assay Specificity by Reducing Heterophile Antibody Interference
A. Jaramillo,¹ J. House,¹ L. Nelson,¹ S. Stoll,¹ R. Ridgley,¹ H. Khamash.²
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) values obtained from Luminex-based HLA antibody assays are used to determine the relative strength of HLA antibodies. However, MFI values can…
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Temporal Variability of IgG Subclasses
D. Pinelli, M. Gopalakrishnan, A. Joong, P. Thrush, A. Tambur.
Northwestern University, Chicago; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago.
The temporal model of IgG subclass switching supports sequential IgG conversion; however, the diversity of previously stimulated B cells is known to shape responses in…
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Efficacy of IVIG + Rituximab Desensitization Therapy on HLA Antibodies is Independent of HLA Loci
X. Zhang,¹ S. Jordan.²
¹HLA and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Comprehensive Transplant Center/ Cedars-Sinai Health Systems, Los Angeles, CA; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Aim: Desensitization with the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and Rituximab therapy is commonly used to promote transplant of highly sensitized patients. It is suggested that HLA-DQ…
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Compatible Donor and Recipient Pairs' Perspectives on Participation in Kidney Paired Donation Programs: The Emotional Implications of Indirect Donation and Transplantation
M. Fortin,¹ J. Gill,² F. Ballesteros,¹ J. Gill.²
¹CHUM, Montreal, Canada; ²UBC, Vancouver, Canada.
The inclusion of compatible pairs in kidney paired donation (KPD) may be a strategy to increase the chance of transplantation for incompatible pairs in KPD…
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Effect of Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Kidney Transplant
K. Tsujimura,¹ M. Ota,¹ H. Ishida,² K. Tanabe.²
¹Surgery, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Tomishiro-shi, Okinawa, Japan; ²Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccine in kidney transplant recipients.Methods: We retrospectively studied 98 participants who underwent kidney…