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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes after Living Liver Donation: Analysis of National Data Base

    S. Hong, N-.J. Yi, K. Yoon, J-.H. Cho, J-.M. Lee, H. Kim, K. Lee, K. Suh.

    Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Background: Every year, more than 800 healthy people undergo hepatic resection for living liver donation in Korea. Although 27 years has passed since the first…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of Donor-Recipient Gender Matches on Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    J. Han, Y. You, H. Choi, B. Kwak, D. Kim.

    Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    PurposeSome investigators reported that the donor-recipient gender mismatches influence on long-term graft survival after deceased donor liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Exosomes from Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Hepatocytes Proliferation after Small-for-Size Liver Transplantation via RHO/ROCK Pathway

    L. Chen, J. Zheng, J. Cai, J. Yao, K. Zeng, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang.

    Department of Liver Transplantation, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Exosomes from umbilical cords-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs-Ex) have been recognized as their ability to promote tissue regeneration in many animal models. However, the in…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach Resulted in No Difference in Wound Complication Rates in Obese versus Non-Obese Renal Transplant Recipients

    S. King,2 S. Hill,2 L. Lipscomb,2 A. Jones,2 R. Jeffries,2 J. Africa.1

    1Glickman Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Charleston Area Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; 2Urology and Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.

    The anterior rectus sheath (ARS) approach is a modification of the conventional Kuss procedure for kidney transplant (KT). We have previously described the ARS approach…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    mRNA Transcript Profiling of 3 Genes in Renal Allograft Biopsies (Bx) Improves Accuracy of Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR) Diagnosis in Transplant Recipients Desensitized with IVIG+Rituximab+Immunoglobulin G-Degrading Enzyme of Streptococcus Pyogenes (IdeS)

    H. Zhang,1 C. Nast,2 J. Doldron,2 M. Cheung,2 A. Vo,3 S. Jordan,3 M. Toyoda.1

    1Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; 2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; 3Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background: Multiple molecular signatures specific to ABMR based on gene expression in renal allograft Bx of transplant recipients were reported. Here we assessed mRNA transcript…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Livers from Diabetic Donors Can Safely Be Used in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation

    I. Brüggenwirth,1 I. Vasiliauskaire,2 A. Westerkamp,1 W. Polak,2 A. Braat,3 R. Porte.1

    1Surgery, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands; 2Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3Surgery, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Liver grafts from donors with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) have been associated with reduced graft survival after liver transplantation. Transplantation centers are often…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation for Fatty Liver Grafts in Human

    W. Ju, S. Huang, Z. Guo, G. Chen, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

    BACKGROUND&AIMS: Fatty liver diseases have led to a continuous increase of available donor livers containing fat. Fatty liver grafts were identified as an independent risk…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Human Pancreatic ECM Scaffolds for Islet Culture and Transplantation

    D. Tremmel, S. Sackett, A. Feeney, R. Maguire, J. Odorico.

    Univ of Wisconsin, Madison.

    Extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role through structural and biochemical interaction with cells. Tissue-specific ECM, attained through decellularization (decel), has been proposed in many…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Variation in Deceased Donor Kidney Waitlist Deaths after Declining an Organ Offer

    F. Winterhalter,1 S. Husain,1 R. Patzer,2 S. Pastan,2 S. Mohan.1

    1Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY; 2Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 3Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

    Introduction: Despite the severe organ shortage, nearly 20% of all deceased donor kidneys procured in the United States are discarded annually. Wait times for kidney…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Landscape of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation with International Donors in the United States

    A. Thomas,1 M. Henderson,1 A. Shaffer,1 A. Massie,1 B. Koons,2 K. Lentine,3 D. Segev,1 F. Al Ammary.1

    1JHU, Baltimore; 2Villanova University, Villanova; 3SLU, St. Louis.

    International living kidney donors (LKDs) can donate to candidates listed in the US. Recently, concerns were raised that international LKD organ-recipients might not achieve the…
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