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

2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Thymoglobulin® and Extended Delay of Calcineurin Inhibitor Therapy for Renal Protection after Liver Transplantation: A Multicenter Study
L. Coromina¹, S. Shah², B. Xervos³, M. Zimmerman⁴, K. Sasaki¹, T. Diago¹, K. Hashimoto¹, F. Aucejo¹, m. Fujiki¹, H. Block-Beach¹, A. Patterson², C. Miller¹, C. Quintini¹, B. Eghtesad¹
¹The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³The Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, ⁴Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: Thymoglobulin® (r-ATG) has been used as induction therapy in liver transplantation (LT). No prospective, randomized, controlled, trial (RCT) has been performed to evaluate effect…
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Impact of Recipient Age in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT): Caution is Needed for Elderly Patients≥70 Years
B. Ekser¹, W. C. Goggins¹, R. S. Mangus¹, P. Mihaylov¹, J. A. Fridell¹, M. A. Lacerda², M. S. Ghabril², J. A. Powelson¹, C. A. Kubal¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Gastroenterology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Recent SRTR analysis showed that elderly recipients (≥70 years) accounts for 2.6% of all liver transplant alone (LTA) and do as well as younger…
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A Single Measurement of Torque Teno Virus Helps to Predict Mortality in Renal Transplant Patients
E. Gore¹, C. van Leer¹, A. de Joode², I. Nolte³, J. Westra⁴, A. Gomes Neto², H. G. Niesters¹, S. J. Bakker²
¹Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
*Purpose: Multiple studies have used longitudinal Torque Teno Virus (TTV) measurements to assess the immune status after transplantation. Longitudinal measurements generally show a TTV load…
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MDSCs Prolong Allogeneic Cardiac Graft Survival by Regulating Interferon Type 1 Signaling
S. Cai¹, P. T. Sage¹, T. J. Borges¹, T. Ichimura¹, S. K. Eskandari¹, J. Y. Choi¹, I. Salkuj¹, B. S. AI Dulaijan¹, H. Allos¹, J. Miao², L. V. Riella¹, A. K. Chandraker¹, J. R. Azzi¹
¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: We previously demonstrated that donor-derived regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg), contrary to recipient derived DCreg, promote antigen-specific allograft protection. As myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) show…
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US: Have We Made Any Progress among Pediatric Candidates over the Last Twenty Years?
T. Purnell¹, S. Bae¹, X. Luo¹, A. Chen¹, D. Crews¹, L. Cooper¹, O. N. Bignall II², K. Covarrubias¹, D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: A recent JAMA study demonstrated worsening disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) among adults in the US. We examined twenty-year trends…
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Alloreactive B Cells in Transplant Tolerant Recipients Cannot Differentiate into Antibody-Secreting Cells but Can Suppress Donor-Specific IgG Production By Naïve B Cells
S. H. Khiew¹, J. Chen¹, D. Jain¹, Q. Wang¹, D. Yin¹, M. Alegre², A. S. Chong¹
¹Department of Surgery, Section of Transplant, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Donor specific transplantation tolerance has long been the goal of clinical transplantation. Clinical observations suggest that donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are a major cause of…
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Exosomes Isolated from Human Lung Transplant Recipients Diagnosed with Bronchiolitis obliterans Syndrome are Unique in Their Ability to Induce IL-6 via Rab27A Signaling Pathway
M. Rahman, M. Sharma, S. Angara, M. Smith, R. Bremner, T. Mohanakumar
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Rab27, a member of the Rab subfamily of GTPases, has the ability to induce exosome secretion. Exosomes are small membrane vesicles (40-150nm) that regulate…
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IgG Glycosylation Causes Podocyte Injury in Transplant Glomerulopathy through Calcium Calmodulin Kinase IV
R. Bhargava, K. Maeda, M. Pavlakis, G. Tsokos
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant glomerulopathy(TG) is a major cause of late allograft loss. Increase in urine podocin/creatinine ratio in TG signifies acceleration of podocyte detachment from glomerular…
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Kidney Allograft Recipient Absence of Myeloperoxidase Decreases Donor-Specific Antibody Titers and Attenuates Antibody-Mediated Allograft Rejection
S. Miyairi, N. Dvorina, A. Valujuskikh, W. M. Baldwin 3rd, R. L. Fairchild
Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The incidence of antibody-mediated kidney graft rejection continues to increase. We previously reported that dysregulated donor-specific antibody (DSA) responses were induced in B6.CCR5-/- mice…
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Stem Cell and Granulocyte- Colony Stimulating Factor Therapies to Improve Functional Outcomes in Limb Transplantation
J. Weiss¹, C. Phillips¹, E. Malin¹, V. Gorantla², S. K. Salgar³
¹Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, ²Surgery, Wake Forest University, Salem, NC, ³Clinical Investigation, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
*Purpose: Although, over 200 clinical Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) such as hands, legs, and face have been performed worldwide, still there are many challenges such…