2019 American Transplant Congress
Natural Course Of Tacrolimus Intra-patient Variability In Liver Transplant Recipients
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: The evolution of tacrolimus (TAC) intra-patient variability (IPV) post liver transplant (LT) remains to be characterized. Identification of factors associated with high TAC-IPV may…2019 American Transplant Congress
Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of Non-Activated and Allo-Activated Eomesodermin+ CD8+ T Cells in Humans and Nonhuman Primates
*Purpose: The T-box transcription factors Eomesodermin (Eomes) and T-bet play a critical role in differentiation and function of CD8+ memory T cells (Tmem). We have…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Immunomodulatory Role of Type I Interferons in Alloimmunity
Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Despite a growing body of work on type 1 interferon (IFNAR1) signaling, there is a lack of consensus on the immunological properties of type…2019 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Patient Specific Search: Feedback from Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients
*Purpose: Patients in need of kidney transplantation face numerous obstacles when identifying a transplant center for treatment. Acceptance criteria, waiting time, and post-transplant allograft survival…2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs In Contemporary Transplant Practice
Renal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
*Purpose: The cost of kidney transplantation, in the context of increasing immunological and medical complexity and higher donor and recipient age, remains uncertain. In 2009,…2019 American Transplant Congress
The lncRNA-mRNA Co-Expression Analysis in Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Injury
*Purpose: Acetaminophen (APAP) could cause liver injury, or even acute liver failure, accounting for approximately one-half of all cases in developed countries. Once acute liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Barriers to Organ Donation among Asians Americans
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Queens County, NY, one of the most densely populated and most diverse areas in the country with >27% Asian but has one of the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: Long-term efficacy of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) therapy in kidney transplant recipients was unknown. Thus, we aimed to evaluate it in a Chinese cohort…2019 American Transplant Congress
Innate Immunity in Brain Dead Donors: Implications of Necroptosis in Kidney Allograft Outcomes
*Purpose: Regulated necrosis (necroptosis) has been implicated in renal injury from nephrotoxic agents and ischemia. With the use of suboptimal brain dead donors (BDDs) to…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence of Fungal Infections in Pancreas Transplant Recipients in the Absence of Systemic Antifungal Prophylaxis
*Purpose: Fungal infections after pancreas transplantation have been associated with morbidity and mortality, therefore transplant centers may elect to use systemic perioperative antifungal prophylaxis (ppx).…
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