Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 163 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors to Define an Extended Criteria Donor Heart Do Not Appear to Have Cumulative Adverse Effects after Heart Transplantation
M. Olymbios, S. Dimbil, R. J. Levine, F. Esmailian, J. Patel, J. A. Kobashigawa
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: There remains a disparity between the number of patients awaiting heart transplantation (HTx) and the availability of donor hearts. This is exacerbated by relatively…
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Polymorphisms in Mycophenolate Mofetil Glucuronidation Gene Are Associated with Leukopenia and Decreased CLAD-Free Survival
A. Barnes, D. R. Calabrese, E. Henricksen, R. Florez, K. Dewey, P. Wang, J. Teraoka, K. Lien, S. Hays, J. P. Singer, J. Golden, J. Kukreja, J. R. Greenland
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Lung transplant recipients vary in their tolerance of the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 (UGT2B7) increase conversion of…
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Association Of Kdpi And Dgf With Dcd Kidney Transplants Outcomes
M. Sampaio, B. Abdalla, S. Bunnapradist
David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donors of circulatory death (DCD) have similar outcomes compared to donors of brain death (DBD) in kidney transplants. It is unclear if this is…
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Unique Gene Expression Signatures in Urine Distinguish T Cell Mediated Acute Rejection from BK Virus Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Patients
K. S. Keslar¹, W. Xu², A. A. Zmijewska³, K. A. Newell⁴, J. J. Friedewald⁵, M. I. Abecassis⁵, P. S. Heeger⁶, J. S. Bromberg⁷, R. B. Mannon³, R. L. Fairchild¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Nanostring Technologies, Seattle, WA, ³Univ. Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, ⁵Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL, ⁶Icahn School of Med., New York, NY, ⁷Univ. Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: There is a need to develop non-invasive approaches to detect ongoing kidney graft injury and distinguish immune from non-immune inflammation to guide therapy. Ideally…
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Maternal and Pregnancy Outcomes after Living Donor Nephrectomy in a Multistate Cohort
G. S. Lee¹, R. X. Wang², D. O. Walls³, P. P. Reese⁴, D. S. Goldberg⁴, P. L. Abt¹
¹Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, ³Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Studies have demonstrated increased risk of preeclampsia for pregnancies after kidney donation in homogenous populations or single-center studies. Our study aims to delineate maternal…
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Nationwide Survey of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1-Infected Kidney Transplant Recipients in Japan
J. Yamauchi¹, Y. Yamano¹, M. Matsuoka², N. Ichimaru³, M. Nishikido⁴, Y. Shibagaki⁵, A. Sugitani⁶, N. Nakamura⁷, M. Mieno⁸, K. Yuzawa⁹
¹Department of Rare Diseases Research, Institute of Medical Science, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ²Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ³Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Blood Purification Center, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Nephrology and Hypertention, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁶NHO Yonago Medical Center, Yonago, Japan, ⁷Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁸Center for Information, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan, ⁹Department of Transplantation Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
*Purpose: Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects 5 to 10 million people worldwide, and is endemic in Japan, sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and…
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The Clinical & Economic Impact Of Allosensitization In Liver Alone And Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation
M. Askar¹, G. Saracino¹, A. Elsabbagh², J. Fung³, T. Srinivas⁴, S. Flechner⁵, J. Trotter¹, G. Testa¹, B. Kaplan⁶, G. Klintmalm¹, J. Schold⁵, S. Asrani¹
¹Transplant Center, Baylor Scott & White, Dallas, TX, ²St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN, ³University of Chicago Medicine, Chigao, IL, ⁴Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Transplant Center, Baylor Scott & White, Temple, TX
*Purpose: Allosensitization is thought to have marginal impact among patients that undergo liver transplantation (LTA); further among simultaneous liver kidney transplantation (SLKT), livers may protect…
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Rejection Of Optic And Sciatic Transplants
M. Yonar¹, M. Uehara¹, V. Kasinath¹, F. Bei², R. Abdi¹
¹Renal, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Mechanisms of rejection of peripheral nerve and optic nerve remains largely unknown. The inability to prevent rejection of the optic nerve has thwarted the…
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Global Kidney Exchange
D. N. Bozek¹, O. Ekwenna¹, S. Paloyo², T. Dunn³, K. Krawiec⁴, S. Rees⁵, A. Roth⁶, M. Zimmerman⁷, J. Punch⁸, R. Forbes⁹, C. Marsh¹⁰, C. Kuhr¹¹, J. Rogers¹², M. Tan¹³, L. Basagoitia¹⁴, R. Correa-Rotter¹⁵, J. Ortiz¹, P. Sindhwani¹, M. A. Rees¹
¹University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ²University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital; St. Luke’s Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Alliance for Paired Donation, Perrysburg, OH, ⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁷Froedert Hospital-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁰Scripps Green Hospital, San Diego, CA, ¹¹Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ¹²Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ¹³Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁴ProRenal, ., Mexico, ¹⁵INNSZ, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Poverty prevents more kidney transplants (KTs) worldwide than any other barrier. Global kidney Exchange (GKE) is a mechanism to overcome this barrier.*Methods: In high-income…
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Tacrolimus Concentrations Can Be Reliably Measured in Capillary Microsamples
M. T. Gustavsen, N. Vethe, M. Lauritsen, A. Andersen, A. Åsberg, S. Bergan, K. Midtvedt
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: Routine therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of tacrolimus (Tac) is currently performed in venous bloods samples drawn at the hospital. The novel volumetric absorptive microsampling…