Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 153 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Extra-Anatomical Hepatic Artery Reconstruction during Living Donor Transplantation on Biliary Complications and Graft and Patient Survival
Y. Chung, J. Kim, S. Kim, J. Rhu, S. Lee, K. Lee, S. Lee, G. Choi, J. Park, S. Kim, J. Joh, S. Lee
Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study was designed to analyze the feasibility of extra-anatomical hepatic artery reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation.*Methods: Patients who underwent their first living…
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Tolerogenic Nanoparticles Targeting the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
K. Janek¹, J. Fechner¹, S. Gong², Y. Wang², J. Mezrich¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has been shown to have a central role in the ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to direct differentiation of…
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Impact Of Selective Cd28 Blockade On Protective Immunity To A Murine Epstein-Barr Virus Homolog
R. L. Crepeau, J. A. Elengickal, M. L. Ford
Surgery, Emory University, ATLANTA, GA
*Purpose: CTLA-4Ig blocks CD80/CD86, the ligands for both CD28 and CTLA-4. Thus, in addition to the intended effect of blocking CD28-mediated costimulation, CTLA4-Ig also has…
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Defatting Steatotic Rat Livers during Ex Situ Normothermic Perfusion Improves Lactate Clearance and Bile Quality
S. Raigani¹, C. Carroll², S. Cronin², C. Pendexter², I. Rosales³, M. Yarmush¹, K. Uygun¹, H. Yeh¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Center for Engineering in Medicine, Shriners Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Donor livers with moderate-to-severe steatosis are not generally used for transplantation because of poor post-transplant function. Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion (ENMP) provides an…
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Effectiveness Of Percutaneous Embolization As Treatment Compared To Nephrectomy For Renal Graft Intolerance Syndrome In Late Graft Failure Patients
S. Kwon, J. Go, S. Park, S. Yoon, J. Kim, I. Moon
Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Failed renal allografts left in situ may cause inflammation presenting as graft intolerance syndrome (GIS). But there is no standardization for treatment of a…
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Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Belatacept in Kidney Recipients with Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies and Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity Decreases the Pathogenicity of Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies
K. Louis¹, D. Viglietti¹, D. Pievani¹, O. Aubert¹, D. Glotz¹, C. Legendre¹, A. Zeevi², A. Loupy¹, C. Lefaucheur¹
¹Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Switching from CNI- to Belatacept-based regimen has been associated with improved graft function in low-immunologic risk kidney recipients. We investigated the efficacy and safety…
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Lower Extremity Impairment and Frailty among Adults with Diabetes Awaiting Kidney Transplantation
E. Lorenz, A. Kukla, C. Kennedy, R. McCoy, L. Hickson
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Frailty and lower extremity impairment, both indicators of poor physical performance, are predictive of all-cause mortality among patients awaiting kidney transplantation (KT). Diabetes, the…
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Increase in 48 Month Cumulative Acute Rejection Rates in the Most Recent Cohort: The 2018 Transplant Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS)
V. Dharnidharka¹, C. Cramer², A. Chua³, A. Moudgil⁴, K. Martz⁵, T. Blydt-Hansen⁶, J. Smith⁷, A. Neu, on Behalf of The NAPRTCS Investigators⁸
¹Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁵Emmes Corporation, Rockville, MD, ⁶BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ⁷Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The NAPRTCS registry has collected data on children receiving kidney transplants in North America since 1987. The registry has served to document and influence…
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microRNA-375 Provides an Objective Measure of Pancreas Quality in Organ Donors
I. Shapey¹, A. Summers¹, J. O'Sullivan¹, P. Yiannoullou¹, J. Casey², S. Forbes², M. Rosenthal³, P. Johnson⁴, P. Choudhary¹, J. Bushnell⁵, J. Shaw⁶, N. Hanley¹, T. Augustine¹, M. Rutter¹, D. van Dellen¹
¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Donor pancreatic beta cells are at high risk from apoptosis. Objective methods for assessing the quality of donor pancreases for transplantation are limited. We…
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Tolerance Induction by Myeloid Progenitor Cells Modulates T and B Cell Responses
J. Domen, Y. Li
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: Modulation of the immune system using cellular therapy is an increasingly attractive option to prevent solid organ graft rejection, while at the same time…