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Determinants of Delays and Reduced Rates of Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant among American Indians
M. Keddis, M. Ilyas, N. Zhang, H. Khamash, S. Leischow, A. Sharma, R. Heilman.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Introduction: American Indian (AI) patients experience delays in every step of the kidney transplant (KTx) evaluation. Our objective is to determine the contribution of co-morbid…
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Outcomes of ABO Non-Identical Pancreas Transplant
S. Nagaraju, R. Mangus, J. Fridell.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
A data review of all pancreas transplants since 2003 (n=606) at our institution revealed 41 recipients of a non-identical ABO donor pancreas. They were matched…
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Pancreas Retransplantation: Outcomes of This Technical and Immunological Challenge over 38 Patients
F. Paret,¹ D. Cantarovich,² G. Karam,³ T. Batard,⁴ M. Nedelec,⁵ J. Branchereau.⁶
¹Urology and Transplantation, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France; ²Nephrology and Transplantation, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France.
IntroductionPancreas transplantation is now a mastered technique for patients suffering from severe diabetes. However, a significant number of grafts are lost for technical and immunological…
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BETA-2 Score is an Excellent Tool for Monitoring of Islet Allograft Function and Early Detection of Transplant Dysfunction
P. Bachul,¹ J. Gołębiewska,² L. Basto,¹ M. Kijek,¹ N. Fillman,¹ K. Cieply,¹ K. Golab,¹ L-.J. Wang,¹ M. Tibudan,¹ C. Thomas,¹ A. Dębska-Ślizień,² J. Fung,¹ P. Witkowski.¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; ²Nephrology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
After validation of BETA-2 scores in our cohort of patients in relation to standard stimulation tests, we decided to assess the practical utility of BETA-2…
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Financial Impact of Testing Standardization for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Ugolini,² L. Dranow,¹ P. Sadler,² M. Berry,² J. Stehlik,¹ S. Drakos,¹ J. Nativi,¹ E. Gilbert,¹ S. McKeller,¹ A. Koliopoulou,¹ M. Yin,¹ E. Davis,² C. Selzman,¹ O. Wever-Pinzon.¹
¹Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT; ²Transplant Service Line, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT.
Background: Infection and bone marrow suppression surveillance is common practice in transplant recipients. Ordering of inappropriate lab tests can lead to repetitive blood draws, higher…
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After Action Review of Emergency Preparedness for “Hurricane Harvey” for LifeGift Houston
R. Wood, K. Myer.
LifeGift, Houston, TX.
ProblemReview and evaluate a Texas based OPO's response to Hurricane Harvey. The storm hit the Texas Coast on Aug. 25, 2017 and flooded the area…
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High Fibre Diet Induces Donor Specific Kidney Allograft Tolerance in Mice
H. Wu,^1,2 T. Kwan,² Y. Loh,² C. Wang,² L. Macia,² S. Alexander,^2,3 S. Chadban.^1,2
¹Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ²University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ³The Children Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
Aim: To investigate the impact of high fibre (HF) diet or dietary supplementation with the short chain fatty acid sodium acetate (SA) on kidney allograft…
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Vendor-Specific Differences in Identical Strains of Mice Yield Dichotomous Result in Lung Allograft Rejection
Y. Guo, Q. Wang, O. Onyema, A. Gelman, D. Kreisel, A. Krupnick.
Surgery, University of Virginina, Charlottesville, VA; Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Intro: Orthotropic transplantation of murine lung allografts has paved the way for mechanistic studies of pulmonary tolerance and rejection but discrepancies have been reported by…
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Umbilical Cords-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorates Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Activating the AMPK-mTOR/ULK1 Signaling Pathway Enhanced Autophagy
J. Zheng,^1,2 J. Cai,^1,2 L. Chen,^1,2 J. Yao,^1,2 K. Zeng,^1,2 H. Li,^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, Sun Yat-sen University, 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, .
UC-MSCs induction of anti-apoptosis has been indicated to play protective roles in liver ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) model. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of UC-MSCs in hepatic…
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Defining T Cell Subsets Involved in Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts
G. Furtmueller,¹ V. Malek,¹ B. Oh,¹ S. Reddy,¹ M. Iglesias,¹ G. Raimondi,¹ G. Brandacher, D. Cooney.
¹Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; ²Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
BackgroundVascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) is a clinically feasible therapeutic option for complex tissue defects. The highly immunogenic skin component of VCA represents a therapeutic challenge…