Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 123 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes by Hospital Quality
K. Ross, R. Patzer, R. Lynch
Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black patients experience inferior outcomes after liver transplant (LTx). Studies of other outcomes have shown that disparities are partially attributable to variation in quality…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Time-in-Therapeutic Range of Tacrolimus is Associated with Superior Outcomes in Living Kidney Transplants
T. Lin, T. Song, S. Yin, Y. Jiang, Z. Huang, X. Wang, J. Liu, Z. Wang
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Tacrolimus-based regimens remain the backbone of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant, and therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus is necessary due to a narrow…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT) Global Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) Stratifies Cardiovascular Risk among Renal Transplant (RTx) Candidates
M. Minder, S. Mason, J. Ethington, R. McCubrey, D. Min, N. Sekaran, J. Orford, D. Morris, S. Anand, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes (DM) are both associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE). The…
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Chronic Kidney Disease among Liver Transplant Candidates: A Rising Burden and Its Impact on Post-Liver Transplant Outcomes
G. Cullaro¹, E. C. Verna², B. P. Lee¹, J. C. Lai¹
¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the end manifestation of persistent renal damage, a pathology distinct from the reversible acute kidney injury (AKI). This distinction…
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TIPS Effectively Treats Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Multi-Center U.S. Retrospective Study of 1,260 Patients
M. German¹, A. Lee¹, A. Hristov¹, A. Said¹, J. Boike², J. Ge³, N. Jest⁴, G. Morelli⁴, K. Kolli³, J. Lai³, A. Desai⁵, S. Junna⁶, B. Pokhrel⁶, T. Couri⁷, S. Paul⁷, C. Frenette⁸, N. Christian-Miller⁸, E. Verna⁹, U. Rahim¹⁰, A. Goel¹⁰, A. Das², S. Pine², D. Gregory², L. VanWagner², E. Spengler¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁵University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁷University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁸Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA, ⁹Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁰Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Hepatic hydrothorax (HHT) occurs in 5-10% of patients with cirrhosis. Current literature on the use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in the treatment…
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Optimal Timing of Hepatitis C Treatment among HIV/HCV Co-Infected End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: Pre vs. Post-Transplant
B. Shelton¹, G. Berdahl¹, D. Sawinski², B. Linas³, P. Reese², M. Mustian¹, R. Reed¹, P. MacLennan¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
*Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients co-infected with HCV and HIV have access to effective treatment options for HCV infection. However, they also have access…
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miR-20a Inhibits Autophagy by Targeting AKT and BIM in Renal Reperfusion Injury
T. Lin, T. Song, Y. Jiang, J. Liu, Z. Wang, L. Li, Z. Huang, Y. Fan, X. Wang
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Previously, we found up-regulation of miR-20a after kidney ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury and may serves as a protector; however, its specific mechanism remains unclear.Autophagy…
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Racial and Income-Based Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Context of a Nationally-Financed Health System in Brazil
A. Saha¹, G. Ferreira², Y. Yu¹, M. Waldram¹, V. Colares², J. Bastos², M. Henderson¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Santa Casa de Misericordia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
*Purpose: Changes in economic and social factors in low- and middle-income countries have led to rising burden of chronic disease. Brazil, a middle-income country with…
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T Cell Repertoire of Tissue Infiltrating T-cells at Time of Rejection
R. Reindl-Schwaighofer¹, J. Vetter², J. Weinberger³, S. Schaller², A. Heinzel¹, G. Gualdoni¹, C. Aschauer¹, K. Jelencsics¹, K. Hu¹, S. Winkler², R. Oberbauer¹
¹Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria, ³Austrian Red Cross, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: Tissue infiltration of T-cells is the hallmark of acute cellular graft rejection. Next generation sequencing of T-cell receptors enables in depth analysis of the…
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BTLA Suppressed Acute Rejection by Regulating T Cell Receptor Downstream Signal Pathways and Cytokine Production in Renal Transplant and Contributed to Prolongation of Allograft Survival
J. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. Fei, H. Chen, L. Sun, Z. Han, J. Tao, X. Ju, R. Tan, M. Gu
No.300 Guangzhou Road of Nanjing, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the role of BTLA in the progress of acute rejection after kidney transplantation.*Methods: In human allograft renal transplanted…