2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Fontan Liver Disease
1Internal Medicine, Emory, Atlanta, GA, 2Emory, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: To add to the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in post Fontan operation patients and present, to the best of our…2019 American Transplant Congress
Anti-CD272 Antibody (6B2) Induced Indefinite Survival of Fully MHC-Mismatched Murine Cardiac Allograft
Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: The co-inhibitory receptor B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA; CD272) has been implicated in the regulation of autoimmune and may potentially play an important…2019 American Transplant Congress
IL-10+ Plasma Cells Are Not Required for Breg Activity and Are Counterbalanced by Novel Pro-Inflammatory Plasma Cells
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Classically, B cells differentiate into Ab-secreting plasma cells (PCs; B220lowCD138hiBlimp1+Ig+) providing humoral immunity. B cells can also inhibit or promote immune responses through the…2019 American Transplant Congress
The C-Statistic Provides No Information on the Accuracy of Program Evaluations or the Presence of Unmeasured Confounders
*Purpose: The C-statistic of risk-adjustment models is regularly used to assess accuracy of program evaluations or determine presence of unmeasured confounding. However, the C-statistic depends…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Initiatives in Kidney Transplant Programs in the United States
*Purpose: Although minorities are the majorities in the kidney transplant waiting list, it is unknown if kidney transplant programs in United States have implemented linguistically…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Financial Analysis of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To compare and evaluate outcomes of for younger (Y) versus elderly (E) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) during the first year post-transplant. As the number…2019 American Transplant Congress
Do Reimbursement Programs Increase The Number Of Living Organ Donations?
*Purpose: Living-donor kidney transplantation is the gold standard treatment for the end-stage renal disease. However, living donors worldwide face significant financial and logistic barriers. To…2019 American Transplant Congress
Timing, Duration, and Source of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibodies (Ab) among HCV-Negative Recipients of an Organ from an HCV-Infected Donor
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Abbott Labs, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic has increased the number of deceased donors with active (Ab+/NAT+) or prior (Ab+/NAT-) HCV infection. Increased utilization of these donor organs…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of the Beneficial Activity of α-Lipoic Acid Treatment Depend on the Quality of the Graft Kidneys
*Purpose: In a previous preliminary study, with a small number of patients, we observed that the treatment of the donor and the recipient with the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Portal vs Systemic Venous Drained Pancreas Transplantation Alone Matched by Propensity Score Analysis
Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Center, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
*Purpose: Portal drainage (PD) of pancreas grafts has been associated with improved metabolic profile and fewer rejection episodes than systemic drainage (SD). These advantages would…
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