Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 181 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Offspring to Parent Living Donor Liver Transplantation
R. A. Choudhury, A. Dagan, H. Yaffe, D. Yoeli, E. A. Pomfret, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Offspring (donor) to parent (recipient) transplant is the most common form of living donor liver transplant in the United States. Following living donor kidney…
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Donor Exclusions and Shifting Trends in Living Liver Donor Evaluations: A Single Center Experience
S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
Transplant Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Not many studies have reported the donor exclusion rates and reason for their decline in US. We aim to report the breakdown of donor…
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A Novel Apparatus Mimicking Hypertensive Kidney With Primary Cultured Human Kidney Cells Using Rotational Force: Application To In Vitro Drug Screening In Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Kim¹, S. Lee², J. Moon¹, J. Kim¹, M. Yu³, C. Lee⁴, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang⁵, J. Jeong¹, J. Seon¹
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Internal Medicine, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Cheju, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cell culture is an essential part of the development for various medical technologies such as identifying the cause of the disease and developing new…
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Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Home to the Allograft and Can Control T Cell Responses
Y. S. Lee, T. Zhang, J. S. Bromberg, J. R. Scalea
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are a naturally occurring, heterogeneous population of highly immunosuppressive CD11b+GR-1+ myeloid cells that expand in response to inflammatory conditions. Although…
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The Inverted Renal CD4/CD8 Ratio Associated with the Development of Transplant Glomerulopathy and Arteriosclerosis
B. H. Ozdemir¹, F. N. Ozdemir², A. Ok Atılgan¹, E. Akcay¹, M. Haberal³
¹Pathology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Nephrology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, ³Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: Inversion of the CD4/CD8 ratio (
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Clinical Importance of the Updated Oxford Classification in Allograft IgA Nephropathy
S. Park¹, H. Go², C. Baek², J. Jeong¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Kim², J. Lee³, S. Min¹, J. Ha¹, E. Song¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Park², K. Moon¹, H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: An additional investigation on the clinical significance of the updated Oxford classification in allograft IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is warranted.*Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort…
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Anti-HLA Antibodies Are Associated with Deterioration in Long-Term Renal Function Independently of Donor Specificity
T. Mueller¹, P. Cippa², R. van Breemen¹, S. von Moos¹
¹Universityspital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Civico, Lugano, Switzerland
*Purpose: Donor-specific antibodies (DSA) negatively impact graft survival, the clinical relevance of non-donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (NDSA) is unclear. Hence, the purpose of our study is…
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Modeling Patients as Dynamical Systems: Evaluating the Efficiency of Kidney Transplantation through Multi-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis
F. J. Santos Arteaga¹, D. Di Caprio², D. Cucchiari³, J. M. Campistol³, F. Oppenheimer³, F. Diekmann³, I. Revuelta³
¹Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ²Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: The occurrence of kidney graft loss is determined by a large set of variables interacting across the different stages of the transplantation process. This…
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Clinical Utility of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System to Screen for Depression and Anxiety in Kidney Transplant Recipients
E. Tang, S. Dano, A. Ayub, V. Li, I. Escudero, N. Ullah, N. Edwards, M. Novak, I. Mucsi
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Anxiety and depression are frequent concerns in kidney transplant recipients and are associated with non-adherence and worse clinical outcomes. However, they are often underrecognized…
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Impact of Transplant Ureteral Stricture Location and Type of Ureteral Revision on Long-Term Graft Survival and Patient Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
C. Shepherd¹, R. Cameron², C. Holbrooks², A. Lin³, S. Nadig³, J. McGillicuddy³, D. Dubay³, D. Taber³, P. Baliga³, V. Rohan³
¹Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Transplant ureteral strictures are a major cause of morbidity following kidney transplantation and often require surgical revision including ureteroureterostomy (UU) and neocystoureterostomy (NC). Our…