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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Outcomes in Female African American Recipients

    A. Patel,1 R. Prashar,1 D. Lim.2

    1Transplant Nephrology, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI; 2School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

    We are aware of the multifactorial healthcare disparity affecting African American (AA) population with regards to renal transplantation. Little is known about AA female renal…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Objective Measures of Nutrition in Pre-Pancreas Transplant Patients with Type I Diabetes

    S. Nagaraju, R. Mangus, T. Salisbury, W. Bush, J. Davis, J. Powelson, J. Fridell.

    Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

    Diabetes mellitus is associated with a chronic loss of skeletal muscle and bone mass, accompanied by an increase in adipose tissue - sarcopenic obesity. Sarcopenia…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    A Study to Identify Marginal Factors for Donors of Pancreas Transplantation in Japan

    T. Ito, T. Kenmochi, K. Kurihara, N. Aida.

    Department of Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

    ObjectiveAlthough pancreas transplantation is generally performed with donors in less-than-ideal condition in Japan, such as over 40% of donors being over 45 years of age…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Early Infectious Complications Post Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

    J. Gołębiewska,1 P. Bachul,2 L. Basto,2 M. Kijek,2 N. Fillman,2 K. Cieply,2 K. Golab,2 L. Wang,2 M. Tibudan,2 C. Thomas,3 A. Dębska-Ślizień,1 J. Fung,2 P. Witkowski.2

    1Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland; 2Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; 3Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago.

    Introduction: We decided to assess infectious complications in patients after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) and check whether positive microbiological results of the islet…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multidisciplinary Transplant Rounds: A Step to Improved Team and Patient Satisfaction

    K. Sigafus,1 E. LaMura,1 M. Massimiani,1 C. Chiang,2 K. Nicoll,2 M. Yoho,3 M. Bleicher,2 S. Nazarian.2

    1Transplant, Bariatric Surgery & Orthopedic Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Quality, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    BackgroundMultidisciplinary communication (MDC) is critical for transplant patient (TXP) safety. We hypothesized that formal, scripted multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) would yield improved MDC HCAHPS scores (Hospital…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Lymph Node Reprogramming: Microparticle Delivery of Immune Signals to Induce Tolerance and Prolong Allograft Survival

    Y. Xiong,1 L. Tostanoski,2 C. Jewell,2 J. Bromberg.1

    1UMB, MD; 2UMCP, MD.

    Introduction: Microparticle (MP) loaded with peptide antigen plus other immune signals and delivered directly into lymph nodes (LN) can result in either pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Human CD8+CD28– T Cells Driven In Vitro by IL-15 Suppress in Allo-Specific Manner Partially through PD-1:PD-L1 Pathway

    F. Feng,1,2 G. Liu,1 P. Zhu,1 M. Zhu,1 X. Lu,1 J. Liu,2 X. Luo,3 Y. Liu,1 Y. Yu.2

    1Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 2Department of Urology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 3Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

    Background: CD8+CD28- T suppressor cells (Ts) have emerged as an important modulator of alloimmunity, but the in vitro inducibility of Ts subsets is rather unclear.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    IL23R is a Pathogenic Gene in Type 1 Regulatory T Cells during Mouse Cardiac Transplantation Models

    G. Gu, T. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Xia.

    Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Affiliated by Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

    IL23R has been confirmed to be a pathogenic gene in Th17 cells. However, its role in type 1 regulatory T cells (Tr1 cells) is not…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Low Intensity Conditioning Protocol for Inducing Chimerism-Based Tolerance in Non-Obese Diabetic Mice

    A. Chhabra, Y. Huang, H. Xu, A. Merchak, S. Ildstad.

    Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

    Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic disease affecting children. Islet cell or pancreas transplantation offer the most physiologic approach to glucose homostasis. However…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Improved Mouse Renal Transplantation Model Mimicking Clinical Antibody Mediated Rejection

    D. Zhao,1 T. Liao,1 S. Li,1 J. Zhou,2 F. Han,1 Y. Dong,3 Q. Sun.1

    1Organ Transplantation Institution, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 2Department of Pathology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzou, Guangdong, China; 3Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is main barrier to long term renal graft survival and mouse model is important to understand the mechanisms of AMR and…
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