Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 193 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Impact of Kidney Transplant Type and Previous Transplant on Baseline Donor-Derived Cell Free DNA
K. K. Sureshkumar, B. Chopra
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Donor derived-cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a biomarker useful in predicting acute rejection in renal allografts. The technology uses next generation sequencing and does…
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Protection Role of microRNA let-7 in Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting JAK-STAT3 Pathway
C. Sun¹, Y. Hou², S. Huang³, L. Wu¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, ³Department of General Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable event in conventional organ transplant procedure and affects the prognosis in post-transplantation. Increasing evidence suggests that microRNA…
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Synergistic Anticancer Effect of Metformin in Combination with Immunosuppressant on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines
S. Suh¹, Y. Choi¹, K. Lee²
¹Surgery, Chung-Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: After liver transplantation (LT), immunosuppression is needed to avoid rejection and graft loss, however, it can stimulate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence and progression. Previous…
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Outcome of over 65 Years Old ESRD Patients Referred for Pre-Kidney Transplant Evaluation
A. M. Alabadi¹, A. H. Shaqaq¹, K. F. Hamawi¹, A. A. Alqatari², M. Alaskar², B. S. Alsadah², A. A. Alomran², K. B. Akkari¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, ²Faculty of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Potential kidney transplant recipients over the age of 65 years of age form a significant proportion of the total referred for kidney transplant evaluation.…
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Risk Factors for the Development of Avascular Necrosis: Single Center Experience
A. Karakok¹, A. Velioglu², I. H. Arikan², E. Asicioğlu², S. Tuglular¹
¹Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Nephrology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Avascular necrosis (AVN) is one of the most common bone complications after kidney transplantation. In recent years, it has become an important morbidity with…
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Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
A. Buemi¹, L. Romero¹, F. Zech², T. Darius¹, M. De Meyer¹, A. Devresse³, N. Kanaan³, E. Goffin³, M. Mourad¹
¹Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, ²Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, ³Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The benefit of renal transplantation in obese patients is changeling. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of recipient obesity on patient and…
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Survival of Right and Left Living Donor Renal Allografts is Equivalent Even with Higher-Than-Average Rates of Right Graft Utilization
D. C. O'Brien, J. Fridell, W. C. Goggins
Surgery, Indiana University, indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated comparable rates of graft survival for right and left living donor renal allografts, however such analyses have been conducted among…
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Impact of Timing of T Cell Mediated Rejection in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation
R. Mehta, D. Jorgensen, C. Puttarajappa, S. Hariharan, R. Mehta, P. Sood
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of timing of T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) occurrence in the first year after kidney transplantation (KT).*Methods: Single center retrospective cohort…
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Ureteral Complications Post Kidney Transplantation – Incidence and Preferred Treatment Modality
R. Patten¹, H. Mustafa², S. Desai³, J. Buggs⁴, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ureteral complications at a single transplant center. A secondary objective was to…
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The Effect of Desensitization Therapy on Sex Disparity in Living Kidney Transplantation
Y. Kakuta¹, M. Okumi¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Sex- and gender-based disparities which have shown women to have lower access to kidney transplantation have been reported. In living kidney transplantation (LKT), pregnancy-related…