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

2020 American Transplant Congress
The Urine Qisant Score: Non-Invasive, Accurate, Diagnosis and Prediction of Kidney Transplant Rejection
J. Y. Yang¹, R. Sarwal¹, T. Sigdel¹, I. Damm¹, B. Rosenbaum¹, J. Liberto¹, C. Chan-On¹, J. Alberu², F. Vincenti¹, M. M. Sarwal¹
¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Mexico, Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Accurate and non-invasive monitoring of renal allografts post-transplant is essential for early detection of acute rejection (AR) and to directly impact the long-term survival…
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Factors Predicting Outcome after Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the Era of Intra-Operative Flow Measurements and Inflow Modulation
D. Sonbare, D. Jorgensen, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To identify pre/intra-operative factors which predict adverse outcome after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).*Methods: All patients who underwent first LDLT at UPMC, Pittsburgh from…
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Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes Are Consistent Regardless of Transplant Center Characteristics in the United States
K. Ross, R. Lynch, R. Patzer
Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black liver transplant recipients experience poor post-transplant outcomes; little is known about potential mechanisms of this disparity. We investigated whether racial disparities in liver…
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Cadaveric Uterus Transplant Outcomes: Cleveland Experience
C. Quintini¹, G. D’Amico¹, B. Eghtesad¹, E. Richards¹, C. Kwon¹, K. Hashimoto¹, S. Ricci¹, R. Flyckt², C. Ferrando¹, A. Simioni¹, L. Del Angel Diaz¹, C. Miller¹, T. Falcone¹, A. Tzakis³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel treatment modality for women with absolute uterine factor infertility. The majority of uterine transplants performed in the world…
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Donor Kidney Perfusion Fluid Extracellular Vesicles as Markers of Graft Function
A. K. Rutman, S. Negi, N. Saberi, J. Tchervenkov, S. Paraskevas
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation is a life-saving treatment for many patients with end-stage renal failure. Recently, machine perfusion of kidneys prior to transplantation has emerged as…
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CD47/SIRPα Signaling Controls TLR4-Driven Inflammatory Response via Regulating the Akt-β-Catenin Axis in Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC)-Mediated Immune Regulation in Liver Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
M. Sheng, Y. Lin, C. Li, Y. Tian, D. Xu, Y. Zhan, A. J. Coito, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski, B. Ke
Surgery, Dumont - UCLA Transplant Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Innate immune-driven local inflammation induced by ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) causes hepatic dysfunction and failure following liver transplantation. Although mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapy has…
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Post-Operative Delirium and Cognitive Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Chu, D. Segev, M. McAdams Demarco
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Post-operative delirium may be a marker for greater cognitive vulnerability to stressors. As a result, those with post-operative delirium may experience steeper decline in…
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Navigating Through IgM Antibodies in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants from A2/A2B Donors to B Recipients
M. Kueht, A. Gamilla-Crudo, S. Hussain, R. Kulkarni, J. Fair, H. Stevenson-Lerner, M. Mujtaba
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Multiple studies have shown acceptable deceased donor transplant (DDT) outcomes from A2 and A2B donors into B recipients; however, concerns remain for acute rejection…
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Induction Immunosuppression in Primary Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Shaker¹, K. Ramanathan¹, S. Riad², D. Vock³, S. Chinnakotla¹
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Induction immunosuppression for pediatric liver transplants varies widely among centers. We sought to evaluate the impact of different induction regimens on patient and graft…
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Risk of Tuberculosis in Kidney Transplantation Recipients Compared to Dialysis Patients or General Population: A Nationwide Cohort Study with Matched Controls
S. Park¹, J. Kim², M. Yu³, J. Lee², K. Han⁴, S. Park¹, Y. Kim², D. Kim², Y. Kim², H. Lee²
¹Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Hanyang Guri Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Catholic University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection has been reported to be increased in kidney transplant recipients. However, a nationwide cohort study from an Asian…