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  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Safety According to Dose of Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Transplantation Network Meta Analysis

    S. Hwang, W. Park, K. Kim, J. Song, S. Lee

    Inha University, Incheon, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Valgancivlovir is importantly used to prevent post-transplant CMV infection among kidney transplantation patients. However, the dose of such drug being used still remains controversial…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Development of Self-Limited Low-Level BK Viremia/Viruria Suggests Ideal Immunosuppression to Suppress T-Cell and Antibody-Mediated Rejection and to Preserve Kidney Allograft Function

    B. Näf, T. Müller, R. Wüthrich, T. Schachtner

    University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    *Purpose: Polyomavirus BK (BKV) has been suggested as a surrogate marker of overimmunosuppression. Due to recent advances in monitoring strategies and pre-emptive therapy, progression to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients

    G. Guerra, L. Preczewski, A. Harshman, G. Ciancio, R. Vianna, J. Figueiro, M. Muldoon

    Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality is Not Associated with Urbanicity

    Y. Chen1, Y. Hung2, Y. Hsu3, C. de Crescenzo1, C. Rickert1, J. Adler4, D. Chang1, H. Yeh1

    1Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MA, 3Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 4Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Because of geographic disparity in transplant rates and organ usage, distance-based liver distribution has been proposed to replace Donor Service Area based distribution. However,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Immuno-Modulation of Primed Xenogeneic T Cell Response by mTOR Blockade of T Cells and Porcine Endothelial Cells

    S. Li, A. Kirk, H. Xu

    Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: Porcine vascular endothelial cells (PECs) play a central role in xeno-recognition and costimulation. The objectives of this study were to characterize the immuno-phenotype of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Eplet Mismatch Imputed from HLA Serotype-Level Data Can Improve Risk Stratification for Kidney Allograft Loss

    A. Heinzel, R. Reindl-Schwaighofer, A. Kainz, K. Hu, R. Oberbauer

    Department of Medicine III - Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    *Purpose: HLA-Epitope mismatch improves risk stratification following kidney transplantation. Based on population data, high resolution HLA types required for epitope prediction can be imputed based…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Endoscopic Injection Therapy for Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation

    H. Higuchi, H. Sasaki, H. Harada, T. Tanabe

    Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan

    *Purpose: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in a kidney graft is a complication of post kidney transplantation (KT) causing recurrent upper urinary tract infection and consequent kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Complement Activation and Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation

    C. Arias-Cabrales1, M. Pérez-Sáez1, M. Riera1, J. Gimeno2, D. Benito1, D. Redondo-Pachón1, A. Buxeda1, C. Burballa1, M. Crespo1, J. Pascual1, E. Rodríguez1

    1Nephrology, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, 2Pathology, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

    *Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) damage is the most important cause of delayed graft function (DGF), which has a negative impact on kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. Complement…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Thalidomide and Dexamethasone Combinatorial Treatment Induces Tolerogenic Signals by Systemic Immunomodulation of T Cells and Dendritic Cells

    B. Kim1, E. Kim2, J. Kim2, H. Choi3, H. Lee2, J. Lee4, M. Kim4, Y. Kim4, K. Huh4

    1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 4Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Preventing or reducing allograft rejection is critical in organ transplantation, and the need for immune modulation rather than immune suppression has been emphasized. Many…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Antibiotic Pretreatment Alleviates Liver Transplant Damage by Modulating the Composition of Commensal Microbiota

    K. J. Dery, S. Kageyama, H. Hirao, K. Kadono, H. Kojima, R. W. Busuttil, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski

    Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The human intestinal microbiome contains more than 100 trillion commensal microorganisms, exceeding the number of cells in the human body by 10-fold. Although recent…
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