Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 158 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Post- Transplant Recurrence of IgA Nephropathy: HLA as a Predictive Factor
C. R. Kavanagh¹, N. G. Jain¹, R. Vasilescu², J. Kamal³, I. Batal²
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Genomic studies have identified several HLA antigens to be associated with IgA Nephropathy in the native kidney. In contrast to the native kidney, there…
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Exosomes Released from Natural Killer Cells Activation of Immune Responses: Role in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
R. Ravichandran, Y. Itabashi, W. Liu, M. Rahman, S. Bansal, R. Bremner, M. Smith, T. Mohanakumar
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Recent studies demonstrated natural killer (NK) cells can induce cytotoxicity both by direct cytotoxic mechanisms and antibody (Ab) dependent cytotoxicity; however its role in…
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Epitope Analysis of Complement-Binding De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Class II Antibody
K. Yamanaka, M. Hashimoto, T. Kinoshita, Y. Fujita, S. Matsumura, T. Imanaka, A. Taniguchi, T. Yoshida, H. Kishikawa
Department of Kidney Transplantation Center, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
*Purpose: Patients with de novo donor specific antibody (dnDSA) after kidney transplantation have a poorer prognosis than patients without dnDSA. Meanwhile, patients with dnDSA do…
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CEACAM1 / ASK1 / p38 Signaling Axis Alleviates Peri-Transplant Liver Injury: From Mouse-to-Human
H. Hirao¹, K. Nakamura², S. Kageyama¹, T. Ito¹, K. Kadono¹, H. Kojima¹, K. J. Dery¹, S. Younan¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, F. M. Kaldas¹, J. Kupiec-Weglinski¹
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Although CEACAM1 (CM1; carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1; CD66a) regulates hepatic metabolic homeostasis, its role in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) remains unknown. A…
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Retroperitoneoscpic Donor Nephrectomy in the Right Side Provides Excellent Outcomes and Donor Safety Comparable with Left Side
D. Iwami, K. Hotta, N. Iwahara, N. Shinohara
Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: The left kidney is usually selected for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy while the right kidney raises concerns for donors’ and recipients’ safety and presents a…
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Surgical Nephrectomy of the Native Kidneys: Greater Cardiovascular Benefit in Renal Transplant Recipients?
J. Sleiman, G. Soler Pujol, L. Brukman, G. Laham, M. Schiavone, C. Castellaro, C. Diaz
Nephrology, CEMIC, Caba, Argentina
*Purpose: The survival of the graft in patients (px) with renal transplantation (RT) depends on multiple cardiovascular (CV) factors. With CKD progression, sympathetic activity increases,…
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Obesity and Terminally Differentiated T Cells in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
B. I. Shaw¹, H. Lee², C. Chan², R. B. Ettenger³, P. Grimm⁴, E. F. Reed⁵, M. Sarwal⁶, L. Stempora¹, B. Warshaw⁷, O. M. Martinez⁸, A. D. Kirk¹, E. T. Chambers⁹
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Pediatrics, Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ⁸Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Nutritional status is known to modulate immunologic responses in non-immunosuppressed individuals. We utilized the Immune Development in Pediatric Transplantation (IMPACT) study to assess differences…
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Determining Prognostic Factors of Longitudinal Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Curves Using Machine Learning Techniques
P. Bernhardt, J. Han, M. Kormaksson, J. Pascual, S. Berger, S. Chadban, C. Legendre, R. Oberbauer, F. Oppenheimer, C. Sommerer, A. Gawai, H. Tedesco
TRANSFORM Study Group, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: Various factors related to donors and recipients are integrally associated with post-transplant outcomes. Using machine learning (ML) techniques, we determine the possible prognostic factors…
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Post-Operative Liver Transplant Ultrasounds and Vascular Complications
S. Kanaparthi¹, R. Kayaleh¹, V. Gustainyte¹, C. Davis², J. Buggs³, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, K. Dhanireddy³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Vascular complications such as hepatic artery stenosis/thrombosis can occur following liver transplantation. Doppler ultrasound is the primary method of screening for vascular complications in…
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Utilization of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Liver Transplantation. A Single Center Experience
R. Cohen, N. Chandolias*, K. Khanmoradi, S. Campos, H. Kaul, J. Walter, S. Rossi, V. Navarro, R. Zaki
Department of Digestive Disease and Transplantation, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The evolution of effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), in the setting of the well recognized organ shortage and the…