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2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical, Aging, Morphometric Measures & Adverse Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Muzaale¹, N. Chu¹, H. Ying¹, B. Ross², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams-Demarco¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²UM, Ann Habor, MI
*Purpose: Sarcopenia is a hallmark of frailty, a geriatric phenotype which is common among kidney transplant (KT) candidates and recipients. Sarcopenic-obesity is a high-risk state…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Combination of 3-Month Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Proteinuria is a Valuable Tool for Evaluating Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival
C. Mottola¹, N. Girerd², K. Duarte³, A. Aarnink⁴, M. Kessler⁵, L. Frimat⁶, S. Girerd⁶
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ²Clinical Investigation Center 1433, INSERM U1116, INI-CRCT, F-CRIN, Lorraine University, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ³Clinical Investigation Center 1433, INSERM 1116, INI-CRCT, F-CRIN, Lorraine Univeristy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁴Laboratoire d’Histocompatibilité, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁵Nephrology and kidney transplant unit, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁶Nephrology and kidney transplant unit, INI-CRCT, F-CRIN, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
*Purpose: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) measured at 1 year is the usual outcome used to predict the long-term graft survival in the field of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Absolute Quantification of Micro RNA and Messenger RNA Using a Customized Amplicon in Real Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays
C. Li, C. Snopkowski, M. Cassidy, B. Botticelli, S. Albakry, J. R. Lee, M. Lubetzky, D. Dadhania, H. Yang, R. Ding, T. Muthukumar, M. Suthanthiran
WCMC, New York, NY
*Purpose: Transcript abundance in biological specimens quantified by RT-PCR assay is typically expressed as fold change between groups. Absolute quantification is preferable to relative quantification…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Phenotype of Proliferative Arteriopathy in Kidney Grafts
A. Perkowska-Ptasinska¹, M. Ciszek¹, D. Deborska-Materkowska¹, A. Debska-Slizien², P. F. Halloran³, M. Myslak⁴
¹Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland, ²Gdansk Medical University, Gdansk, Poland, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, AB, Canada, ⁴Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
*Purpose: Proliferative arteriopathy (PA) is a lesion characterized by a fibrotic tissue in the arterial intima. The phenomenon is marked by the lack of elastic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Should Kidney Retransplants Be Performed From Either Extended Criteria Donor Or Donation After Cardio Circulatory Death Donors?
D. Harriman, V. Gurram, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, C. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, M. Gautreaux, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, R. Stratta
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Donation after brain death expanded criteria donors (ECD) and donation after cardiocirculatory death (DCD) standard criteria donors (DCD/SCD) increase the donor organ pool but…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Reevaluating Cut-Off Points for the Expansion of Deceased Donor Criteria for Kidney Transplantation in Japan
Y. NAKAGAWA¹, M. Masahiro², M. Tasaki², K. Saito³, K. Takahashi⁴
¹Department of Urology,, Uonuma Kikan Hospital, Niigata, Japan, ²Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Department of Urology,, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ⁴Department of Urology,, Otsukadai Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: A shortage of donors poses a serious problem for organ transplantation around the world. In response, the concept of the Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect Of Tacrolimus Trough Variability On Kidney Transplant Outcomes
S. Heeney¹, K. R. Szempruch¹, R. Lee¹, A. Mintz², P. Serrano¹, R. Detwiler¹, C. Doligalski¹
¹University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: High variability in tacrolimus as assessed by tacrolimus coefficient of variability (TCV) in trough levels of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) has been associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion for Calcineurin Inhibitor-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. A. Muhsin, K. Safa, H. M. Gilligan, E. C. Heher, W. W. Williams, D. M. Wojciechowski
Nephrology Division, MGH, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) in kidney transplant recipients is a serious complication that can cause graft loss. It can be associated with immunosuppressive medications such…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Chloroquine’s Effect on T cell Proliferation
R. Muschalek¹, P. Jindra², R. Kerman², M. Kueht², W. Etheridge², M. Cusick²
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: An anti-malarial agent, Chloroquine (CQ), has been widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Although the precise mechanisms of CQ are…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Safety Of Entecavir And Tenofovir With Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin In Liver Transplant Patients
D. Kim¹, J. Lee¹, E. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, K. Ihn¹, D. Joo¹, K. Huh¹, B. Kim², M. Kim¹, S. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, J. Lee¹
¹Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Combination of potent nucleos(t)ide analougues (NAs) and hepatitis B immunoglobulin is recommended after liver transplantation for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence.…

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