2019 American Transplant Congress
Absolute Quantification of Micro RNA and Messenger RNA Using a Customized Amplicon in Real Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays
*Purpose: Transcript abundance in biological specimens quantified by RT-PCR assay is typically expressed as fold change between groups. Absolute quantification is preferable to relative quantification…2019 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Phenotype of Proliferative Arteriopathy in Kidney Grafts
*Purpose: Proliferative arteriopathy (PA) is a lesion characterized by a fibrotic tissue in the arterial intima. The phenomenon is marked by the lack of elastic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Should Kidney Retransplants Be Performed From Either Extended Criteria Donor Or Donation After Cardio Circulatory Death Donors?
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Donation after brain death expanded criteria donors (ECD) and donation after cardiocirculatory death (DCD) standard criteria donors (DCD/SCD) increase the donor organ pool but…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reevaluating Cut-Off Points for the Expansion of Deceased Donor Criteria for Kidney Transplantation in Japan
*Purpose: A shortage of donors poses a serious problem for organ transplantation around the world. In response, the concept of the Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect Of Tacrolimus Trough Variability On Kidney Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: High variability in tacrolimus as assessed by tacrolimus coefficient of variability (TCV) in trough levels of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) has been associated with…2019 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion for Calcineurin Inhibitor-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nephrology Division, MGH, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) in kidney transplant recipients is a serious complication that can cause graft loss. It can be associated with immunosuppressive medications such…2019 American Transplant Congress
Chloroquine’s Effect on T cell Proliferation
*Purpose: An anti-malarial agent, Chloroquine (CQ), has been widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Although the precise mechanisms of CQ are…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Safety Of Entecavir And Tenofovir With Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin In Liver Transplant Patients
*Purpose: Combination of potent nucleos(t)ide analougues (NAs) and hepatitis B immunoglobulin is recommended after liver transplantation for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence.…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Physical Functionality, Progress of Liver Disease and Mortality in Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients in a Community Model
Liver Institute PLLC, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: The study was designed to look at relationships between diet and exercise interventions and liver disease prognosis in terms of survival and ability to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography is a Poor Predictor of Clinically Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Evaluation
*Purpose: Given the high incidence of major cardiac events in the first year post-liver transplantation (LT) (>30%), the aim of this study was to determine…
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