Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 221 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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The Pro-Inflammatory Profile of Alcoholic Patients Increases Risk for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
A. Q. Terry¹, R. A. Sosa¹, M. Rossetti¹, F. Li¹, J. Nevarez-Mejia¹, B. V. Naini¹, F. M. Kaldas², V. M. Groysberg¹, S. M. Younan², R. W. Busuttil², D. W. Gjertson¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski³, E. F. Reed¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) elicits cellular damage which triggers a pro-inflammatory immune response that can lower allograft survival in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients. In…
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Zoledronate Induced AKI with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria in a Transplant Kidney
S. Reddy, H. Khamash
Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: An unusual presentation of acute kidney injury with nephrotic range proteinuria following zoledronate in a normal functioning transplant kidney.*Methods: 61-year-old lady with history of…
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Pancreas Transplant in Patients Older Than 50: An Analysis of Outcomes and Immunosuppression
I. Booth¹, J. Casale¹, S. Freedman¹, B. Ravichandran¹, J. Scalea², A. Haririan², B. Masters¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant (PT) is the ideal therapy for many patients with diabetes and kidney failure. There are limited published data addressing the impact of…
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T Cell Dysfunction as Measured by Impaired Antigen Response is Associated with Infection and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Schaenman, M. Rossetti, V. Groysberg, G. Sunga, E. Liang, S. Bunnapradist, E. Reed
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk for infection, especially the growing numbers of older patients. Our previous studies demonstrated that senescent and exhausted T…
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Femto Pulse Analysis of Exosome RNA from Plasma of Renal Transplant Patients Confirmed the Unique Benefits of Plasma Exosome for Messenger RNA (mRNA) Transcript Analysis
H. Zhang¹, K. Wong², S. C. Jordan³, D. Warzak², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Agilent Technologies, Inc., Ankeny, IA, ³Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Previously, we reported the feasibility of measuring the mRNA transcript levels of various genes in plasma exosomes of renal transplant patients for prediction of…
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Abdominal Multiorgan Retrieval from Pigs in a Slaughterhouse: A Reliable and Efficient Donation after Circulatory Death Model for Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion
F. Neri, F. Dengu, G. Ebeling, L. Knijff, K. Rozemberg, J. Branchereau, P. Friend, R. Ploeg, J. Hunter
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Advances in organ perfusion technology have been driven by the increasing necessity to utilise organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD) and marginal donors.…
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What Happens When You Administer Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Porcine Kidneys: Possible and Helpful or Not?
K. Rozenberg¹, L. Knijff¹, J. Sierra-Parraga², L. Lo Faro¹, M. Hoogduijn², C. Baan², J. Hunter¹, R. Ploeg¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death kidneys are widely used to increase the donor pool, despite their inferior quality. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) could provide a…
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Characterization of a Novel CD8⁺ B Cell Subset in Monkeys Tolerant of Heart Allografts
J. A. Morrissette¹, K. Pruner¹, S. Lee¹, J. Paster¹, W. Sommer¹, J. O¹, I. Hanekamp¹, P. Sage², G. Benichou¹, J. C. Madsen³
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: We have previously reported that transient mixed hematopoietic chimerism induced via donor bone marrow transplantation can achieve tolerance to cardiac allografts in non-human primates…
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B Cell Derived IL-1β and IL-6 Drive Homeostatic T Cell Recovery Following Lymphoablation
S. Hasgur, R. Fan, A. Valujskikh
Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: T cell reconstitution after lymphoablation in allograft recipients may lead to acute rejection and poor graft outcome. Using a mouse model of heart transplantation…
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Investigation of Il35 Expressing Regulatory B Cells in Tolerance of Kidney Transplantation
J. A. Sullivan, J. H. Fechner, E. Jankowska-Gan, W. J. Burlingham, D. B. Kaufman
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The development and maintenance of peripheral tolerance is required for long term success of solid organ transplantation without immuno-suppressive drugs. Using a novel, post-transplant,…