Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 180 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Mass Cytometry-Based Characterization of Adaptive Immunity in Transplant Recipients with Self-Limiting or Chronic EBV Viremia
V. H. Ferreira¹, C. J. Guidos², A. Humar¹, D. Kumar¹
¹UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²SickKids Research Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: SOT recipients are at high risk for EBV-associated PTLD. EBV viremia is a risk factor for PTLD. In some patients viremia is self-limited while…
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Kidney Regeneration with Biomimetic Vascular Scaffolds Based on Vascular Corrosion Casts
S. Min¹, H. Mo¹, A. Han¹, J. Ha¹, J. Yoo²
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: We have developed a biomimetic renal vascular scaffold based on a vascular corrosion casting technique. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of using…
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Persistent Mixed Chimerism, Immune Reconstitution, and Tolerance in Recipients of HLA Matched Kidney and Hematopoietic Cell Transplants
S. Busque, J. Scandling, R. Lowsky, J. Shizuru, E. Meyer, K. Jensen, A. Shori, R. Hoppe, E. Engleman, T. Pham, S. Strober
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: We evaluated the immune reconstitution of recipients of HLA matched combined kidney and hematopoietic cell transplants after tolerance induction*Methods: Twenty nine recipients of living…
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Hepatocyte SIRT1 Modulates ATF4/CHOP and Mitigates Liver Transplant Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: From Bench-to-Bedside
H. Hirao¹, S. Kageyama¹, K. Kadono¹, K. Nakamura¹, T. Ito¹, K. J. Dery¹, D. Oncel¹, X. Li², B. Ke¹, F. M. Kaldas¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski¹
¹Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
*Purpose: We and others have reported on benefits of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress modulation against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although…
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Kinetics of Pretransplant DSA, Post-Transplant Histology, and Graft Failure after Kidney Transplantation
A. Senev¹, E. Lerut², V. Van Sandt³, J. Callemeyn¹, M. Coemans¹, B. Sprangers², D. Kuypers², M. Emonds¹, M. Naesens²
¹Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium
*Purpose: The association between the kinetics of pretransplant DSA levels and outcome after kidney transplantation is currently not well known. In this large cohort study…
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Have Graft Outcomes Improved for Pediatric Transplant Recipients Since the Implementation the Kidney Allocation System
C. S. Bell¹, S. Hebert², A. De Golovine³, R. Swinford¹
¹Division of Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth - Houston, Houston, TX, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Renal Diseases &Hypertension, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth - Houston, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) that utilizes a Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) in matching transplant recipients to donors was implemented in December…
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Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for Mixed Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcioma
M. Najjar¹, K. Bruestle¹, P. Jiang¹, S. Robbins-Juarez¹, R. Hwang¹, A. Mathur¹, E. C. Verna¹, A. Griesemer¹, B. Samstein¹, T. Kato¹, Y. M. Saenger¹, K. J. Halazun², J. C. Emond¹
¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Mixed hepatocholangiocarcinomas (HCC-CCA) are rare tumors with both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) differentiations. They are usually associated with a worse prognosis than…
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Physiochemical Hla Properties Identify Low Immunogenic Donor/recipient Pairs Predicting Long-term Kidney Graft Survivals
D. Bekbolsynov¹, B. Mierzejewska², C. Ho¹, M. Rees², S. Stepkowski²
¹Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: Although it is well-recognized that HLA matching improves the long-term kidney graft survival, less than 10% of transplants are currently HLA matched. We measured…
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The Risk of Systematic Error in Liver Transplant Opioid Research
J. N. Fleming, N. A. Pilch, S. Ball, P. K. Baliga, D. DuBay, D. J. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Opioid use before and after liver transplant is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality; yet data assessing opioid utilization has centered on sources with…
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Circulating Donor Specific Antibody and Biopsy C4d Positivity in Pancreas Rejection Increase the Probability of Earlier Return to Insulin after Rejection
S. M. Riad¹, S. Jackson², E. B. Finger³, R. Kandaswamy³
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Outcome data following rejection in pancreas recipients are sparse. We sought to study the influence of C4d positivity and the presence of circulating DSA…