Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 42 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of High Volume Perioperative Normal Saline Increases the Risk of Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation
K. Kolodzie¹, O. S. Cakmakkaya², E. S. Boparai³, M. Tavakol⁴, J. Feiner¹, C. U. Niemann⁵
¹Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Dept. of Medical Education, University Istanbul – Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ³School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁴Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, and Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Metabolic and physiologic effects of high volume perioperative Normal Saline (NS) resuscitation are well described, but the impact on delayed graft function (DGF) remains…
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Differences in the Cost of Kidney Organ Recovery by Organ Procurement Organization Size
P. J. Held¹, J. Bragg-Gresham², J. P. Roberts³
¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Univ of Michigan, Michigan, MI, ³Univ of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Economic theory suggests that there should be an initial decrease in costs of products as production levels increase. Using data from independent OPOs we…
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B7H1 Expression is Crucial for Tolerance Induction in Mouse Liver Transplantation
M. Morita¹, S. Datta¹, C. Miller², T. Hamilton¹, K. Hashimoto³
¹Inflammation & Immunity, Lerner Research Institution, Cleveland, OH, ²General surgery, Liver Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³General Surgery, Liver Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Following organ transplantation, lifelong immunosuppressive treatment is required and it causes severe side effects. Induction of donor specific tolerance is ideal, which actually spontaneously…
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Dichotomous Role Of Donor T Cells In The Efficacy Of Tolerogenic Therapies For Transplant Rejection
M. Iglesias Lozano, D. Bibicheff, M. Chicco, G. Brandacher, G. Raimondi
Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Costimulation blockade-based regimens are a promising strategy to promote transplant tolerance. However, their efficacy is affected by multiple factors, many of which remain unknown.…
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TCR Transgenes to Understand Human Xenotolerance Induction
G. Nauman, C. Borsotti, N. Danzl, M. Khosravi-Maharlooei, H. Li, E. Chavez, Y. Yang, M. Sykes
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, New York, NY
*Purpose: Swine thymus transplantation is a promising approach to clinical tolerance for pig-to-human xenotransplantation. In humanized mice, a swine thymus graft supports de novo selection…
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The Graft and Patient Survival of Kidney Transplantation According to Ethnicity in US Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Shin¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Jung¹, H. Rim¹, A. Chandraker²
¹Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: African American kidney transplant recipients experience disproportionately high rates of graft loss. The aim of this analysis was to use a UNOS data set…
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Long-Term Outcomes Following Uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death Kidney Transplantation: Opportunity for Increasing Donor Pool?
R. A. Choudhury, K. Prins, D. Yoeli, H. B. Moore, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Uncontrolled donation after cardiac death (uDCD) represents an underutilized source of donors in the United States. However, controversy surrounding the long-term durability of uDCD…
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IgG4 Subclass Class 2 Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) is Associated with Subclinical Rejection in Stable Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients with Normal Liver Tests
A. Jackson¹, S. Kanaparthi², B. Burrell³, D. Lucas⁴, R. Vega⁴, A. J. Demetris⁵, S. Feng⁶
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²The Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ³Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: DSA is a known biomarker of allograft rejection, yet injury phenotype and potential differ across organs. Among pediatric LT recipients entering iWITH (NCT01638559), an…
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Impact of Cytomegalovirus on the Immune System of Healthy Humans
W. Zhang, J. Robertson, G. Karadkhele, B. Johnson, C. Larsen
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: CMV is a frequent pathogen after transplantation. 2/3 of recipients harbor latent CMV and are at moderate risk. CMV- recipients divide into high or…
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Ligation Of Hla Class Il Molecules Disrupts Endothelial Barrier Through Src-dependent Ve-cadherin Destabilization
F. Li¹, R. A. Sosa¹, N. M. Valenzuela¹, E. Rozengurt², E. F. Reed¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Digestive Diseases Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Microvascular inflammation, vascular permeability, and accumulation of intravascular mononuclear cells are characteristics of acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection. Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-Cadherin) is a…