Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 56 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Multilevel Correlates of Immunosuppressive Nonadherence in Kidney Transplant Patients – The Multicenter ADHERE BRAZIL Study
H. Sanders-Pinheiro¹, F. A. Colugnati¹, K. Denhaerynck², E. O. Marsicano¹, J. O. Medina³, S. De Geest², A. ADHERE BRAZIL Study team¹
¹Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ²Institute of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão/Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Nonadherence to immunosuppressive therapy is a risk factor for poor clinical and economic outcomes after kidney transplantation (KT). Brazil, having the largest public and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Epstein Barr Virus DNA Integration in B Cell Lymphomas of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
M. C. McPherson, O. M. Martinez
Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Epstein Barr virus-positive (EBV+) B cell lymphomas can arise in immunosuppressed individuals, such as organ transplant recipients in the context of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder…
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Viral Enteritis in Intestinal Transplant Recipients
A. Servais, M. Vacha, D. F. Florescu, M. Keck
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: To evaluate viral enteritis episodes in intestinal transplant recipients (ITR)*Methods: This retrospective review included ITR transplanted between January 2008 and December 2016. Data for…
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The First Human Organ Transported by Drone and Steps Forward to Large Scale Organ Drone Use in the USA
J. R. Scalea¹, M. Scassero², N. Wereley³
¹Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²UAS Test Site, University of Maryland, California, MD, ³Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
*Purpose: Organ transportation has yet to be substantially innovated. Cold ischemia times (CIT) for kidneys are too long, and prolongation of CIT leads to delayed…
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Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Metabolic Disorders without Intrinsic Liver Disease: A 25 Year Experience
P. Vuong, L. Lee, N. Mineyev, S. Conlon, R. Shetty, W. Concepcion, C. A. Bonham, A. Gallo, T. Pham, S. Busque, M. L. Melcher, G. M. Enns, C. O. Esquivel
Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) for acute and chronic end-stage-liver-disease is a well-accepted therapy in pediatrics. However, for children with metabolic disorders (MD) without intrinsic liver…
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Single-center Retrospective Analysis of Prophylaxis and Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients with Poor Renal Function
Y. Fu, J. Pan, Z. Shen
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Department., Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PcP) is a potentially life-threatening complication in renal transplant recipients. Although the use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) chemoprophylaxis after kidney transplantation is…
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Responder B Cell Depletion Increased Allo-Reactive Regulatory T Cells Generated in Allo-Anergization
N. Tanimine¹, L. Contreras-Ruiz², K. Deng¹, N. Feeney¹, C. Rickert¹, K. Lee¹, E. Guinan³, J. Markmann¹
¹Department of Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ³Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are promising tool for induction and maintenance of transplantation tolerance. We have done a feasibility trial in kidney transplant recipients…
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The Effects of Chronic Kidney Disease on Antiviral T Cell Response
R. L. Crepeau¹, H. Li², L. P. Daley-Bauer³, M. L. Ford¹, P. D. Winterberg²
¹Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ²Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Microbiology & Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Accumulation of memory T cells bearing markers of sustained antigen stimulation have been described in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Cytomegalovirus (CMV) establishes…
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Circulating Exosomes with Cardiac Self-Antigens (Cardiac Myosin and Vimentin) and De Novo Development of Antibodies to Cardiac Self-Antigens Precedes Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection
R. Ravichandran, Y. Itabashi, W. Liu, T. Mohanakumar
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The aim of the study is to determine the kinetics of induction of circulating exosomes with cardiac self-antigens (SAgs), cardiac myosin (MYO) and Vimentin…
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FK506 Influence Glucose Metabolism by Short Chain Fatty Acid
W. Jiao¹, Z. Zhang¹, L. Liu², X. Hu¹
¹Urology, Capital Medical University Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China, ²GI Divison, West China Hospital, Beijing, China
*Purpose: FK506 is one of the most common immunosuppressant drugs in organ transplantation, which have been demonstrated to cause glucose metabolism disorder and alterd the…