Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 65 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Klotho Enhances FoxO3-Mediated Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Expression by Negatively Regulating PI3K/AKT Pathway during Tacrolimus-Induced Oxidative Stress
S. Lim,¹ K. Luo,¹ J. Il,¹ Y. Shin,¹ E. Ko,^1,2 B. Chung,^1,2 C. Yang.^1,2
¹Transplant Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Mammalian members of the forkhead box protein O (FoxO) class of transcription factors are implicated in the regulation of oxidative stress, and FoxO proteins are…
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Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation in Pigs: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury is Avoidable?
Z. Guo, X. He, Y. Tang, F. Ji, Z. Zhang, Q. Zhao, S. Huang, Z. Zhu, W. Ju, G. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
BACKGROUND&AIMS: In organ transplantation, ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is considered as an inevitable event and the major contributor of graft failure. Great efforts have…
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Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion Prior to Liver Transplantation Can Prevent Platelet Aggregation and Platelet Induced Sinusoidal Cell Injury
D. Kollmann,¹ I. Linares,¹ S. Ganesh,¹ R. Rosales,¹ N. Tessandier,² E. Boilard,² M. Hamar,¹ P. Urbanellis,¹ P. Yip,³ O. Adeyi,³ M. Selzner,¹ N. Selzner.¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant, UHN, Toronto, Canada; ²Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL), Québec, Canada; ³Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, UHN, Toronto, Canada.
Background. Normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) is a novel method for graft-preservation applied alternatively to static cold storage (SCS). We examined the impact of…
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Malignancies in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Long-Term Observational Study
D. Khadzhynov, F. Halleck, F. Froehlich, L. Lehner, E. Schrezenmeyer, K. Budde, O. Staeck.
Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Previous studies have shown increased incidence of malignancies in patients after kidney transplantation. However, most of the existing data on post-transplant malignancies is limited…
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Impact of Renal Parenchymal Calcifications in a Cohort of Renal Transplanted Patients and Their Correlations with Long Term Graft Outcome
C. Alfieri,¹ G. Moroni,¹ D. Cresseri,¹ A. Regalia,¹ F. Zanoni,¹ V. Binda,¹ M. Gandolfo,¹ M. Campise,¹ M. Meneghini,¹ M. Ikehata,¹ P. Messa.^1,2
¹Nephrology Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy; ²Nephrology Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, University School of Medicinw, Milan, Italy.
Background: Renal calcifications(RC) have been described in kidney transplantation(KTx), but the aetiologyand significance of this finding are still unclear. Our aim is to evaluate the…
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Proton Pump Inhibitor Use among Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Wilson, S. Bala, B. Concepcion.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Background: Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) have been associated with CKD and other serious adverse effects. PPI use in the transplant population has not been well-described.…
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Outcomes and Risk Factors of Kidney Transplantation from Pediatric Donors to Adult Recipients
G. Chen, X. Liu, C. Wang, Z. Wu, C. Wang, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Objective To investigate the outcomes of kidney transplantation from pediatric donors to adult recipients, and explore the risk factors for DGF and graft loss after…
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Evaluation of Accepting Kidneys of Varying Quality for Transplantation or Expedited Placement with Decision Trees
S. Mehrotra,¹ H. Gordon,¹ K. Bui,¹ J. Friedewald,² D. Ladner,² B. Kaplan,⁴ V. Kilambi.³
¹Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; ²Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ³Operations Research, RAND Corporation, Boston, MA; ⁴Transplant Services, Baylor Scott and White, Houston, TX.
Underutilization of marginal-quality kidney-organs for transplantation has occupied the community and led to introducing the idea of expediting the placement of kidneys for populations at…
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Assessment of Methenamine Hippurate for the Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Single Center, Retrospective Study
I. Hollyer,¹ F. Varias,³ B. Ho,¹ M. Ison.¹
¹Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ²Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA.
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Methenamine hippurate is a non-antibiotic drug that inhibits bacterial growth in the bladder…
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The Effects of Age-Adjusted Marriage Duration on Graft Outcomes in Spousal Donor Kidney Transplantation
M. Yu,¹ J. Park,² H. Cho,¹ J. Ha,¹ C. Ahn,¹ Y. Kim,¹ H. Lee.¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
It is well known that graft survival rate in spousal donor kidney transplantation (SKT) is similar to that of living related donor kidney transplantation (LRKT)…