Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 143 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Immune Checkpoint PD-L1 Pathway as an Effective Platform for Localized Immunomodulation to Attain Indefinite Allogeneic Islet Graft Survival
L. Batra¹, P. Shrestha¹, H. Zhao¹, K. B. Woodward¹, M. Tan¹, O. G. Nuno¹, A. Togay¹, M. M. Coronel², A. J. Garcia², H. Shirwan¹, E. S. Yolcu¹
¹Institute for Cellular Therapeutics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, ²Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Allogenic islet transplantation is an effective therapeutic approach for the treatment of T1D. However, chronic immunosuppression to control rejection is a major limitation. The…
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Benefits of Transplantation Over Chronic Dialysis in Septugenerian ESRD Patients with Diabetes
S. Karhadkar, A. Shaik, A. Di Carlo
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: In 2016, nearly 125,000 adults in the United States began treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (i.e., kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplantation). Of…
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Migration of Passenger Leukocytes During Ex Vivo Warm Perfusion
L. Brasile¹, B. Stubenitsky²
¹Research and Development, BREONICS Inc., Watervliet, NY, ²Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands
*Purpose: Organ transplantation is a unique immunologic situation in which donor and recipient antigen presenting cells (APCs) are present upon reperfusion. Passenger leukocytes (PL) are…
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Opioid Use Prior to Liver Transplant is Associated with Increased Risk of Death after Transplant
H. J. Braun, M. P. Schwab, C. Jin, D. Amara, T. Grace, R. Croci, C. E. Freise, J. P. Roberts, R. Hirose, N. L. Ascher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The impact of the opioid epidemic on liver transplant (LT) candidates and recipients has not been widely studied, but pre-LT opioid use in LT…
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Pretransplant BKV-IgG Serostatus and BKV-Specific ELISPOT Assays for the Prediction of BKV Infection
H. Bae¹, J. Jang¹, H. Lee², S. Yun¹, E. Oh³
¹Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-040, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University of Korea, Incheon, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-040, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: BK Polyomavirus (BK) can lead to major infectious complications and damage to the graft in kidney transplantation (KT). We investigated whether pretransplant BK serostatus…
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Th17 Cell Inhibition in a Costimulation Blockade Based Regimen for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Using A Non-Human Primate Model
D. P. Moris, A. Atia, M. Rae, M. Song, L. Stempora, F. Leopardi, K. Williams, J. Kwun, W. Parker, A. Cardones, A. D. Kirk, L. C. Cendales
Surgery, Duke, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is challenged by the morbidity of non-specific immunosuppression required to prevent rejection. The use of highly specific biologics has not…
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Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion is Superior to Anoxic and Oxygenated Hypothermic Machine Perfusion for the Preservation of DCD Porcine Kidney Grafts
L. Mazilescu¹, M. Kaths², P. Urbanellis¹, M. Hamar³, T. Goto¹, I. Linares-Cervantes¹, Y. Noguchi¹, A. Konvalinka¹, A. Ghanekar¹, D. Bagli⁴, R. John⁵, L. Robinson⁶, M. Selzner¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, ³Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ⁴Departments of Surgery(Urology)&Physiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: To increase the donor pool, better preservation strategies for the storage of marginal kidney grafts are crucial. Currently, kidney grafts are either stored on…
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Desensitization for Deceased Donor Transplantation: Testing a New Paradigm in the Nonhuman Primate
Z. W. Fitch, R. Schmitz, P. M. Schroder, M. Manook, A. Y. Choi, J. Yoon, J. Kwun, S. J. Knechtle
Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Desensitization regimens have rarely been applied to deceased donor allotransplantation. We hypothesized that belatacept monotherapy during a simulated deceased donor waiting list period would…
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Perfect Outcome of Ureteral Stenosis after Small Incision Surgical Treatment Under Magnetic Resonance Urography Localization in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study
G. Liu, X. Wang, W. Peng, R. Wang, H. Huang, J. Wu, J. Chen
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of ureteral stenosis after treatment with small incision open surgery under Magnetic Resonance Urography (MRU) localization in…
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Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of Clazakizumab® as a Desensitization Agent in Highly-HLA Sensitized ESRD Patients (NCT03380962): 12m Follow-Up
A. A. Vo¹, N. Ammerman¹, E. Huang¹, M. Toyoda², S. Ge², A. Peng¹, R. Najjar¹, S. Williamson¹, C. Meyers¹, S. Sethi¹, K. Lim¹, J. Choi¹, S. C. Jordan¹
¹Kidney Transplant, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 mediates inflammation and activation of T-cells, B-cells & plasma cells. Thus, IL-6 may represent an important target for desensitization (DES). Here we report…