2020 American Transplant Congress
What Happens When You Administer Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Porcine Kidneys: Possible and Helpful or Not?
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of a Novel CD8+ B Cell Subset in Monkeys Tolerant of Heart Allografts
*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…2020 American Transplant Congress
B Cell Derived IL-1β and IL-6 Drive Homeostatic T Cell Recovery Following Lymphoablation
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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Investigation of Il35 Expressing Regulatory B Cells in Tolerance of Kidney Transplantation
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,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Dj-1 Amplifies Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Increases Parenchymal Apoptosis
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Sepsis following kidney transplantation is a frequent complication due to mandatory immunosuppression and increased infection risk. Kidney transplant recipients who develop sepsis show inferior…2020 American Transplant Congress
Exosomes Containing Kidney Self-Antigens (Collagen Iv, Fibronectin, Perlecan) Predicts Progression of Chronic Immune Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: We have shown that circulating exosome with lung self-antigens (SAgs) are detectable 1 year prior to chronic lung allograft dysfunction, independent of circulating antibodies.…2020 American Transplant Congress
UK Residents Transplanted Overseas: A Summary of UK Data from 2000-2016
*Purpose: Organ shortage has prompted UK residents to source organs overseas. Little is known about the circumstances in which these transplants take place, but stories…2020 American Transplant Congress
Direct Acting Anti-Viral Prophylaxis to Prevent Virus Transmission from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Kideney Transplant Recipients
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Previous trials in kidney transplantation (KT) have described a 12-week course of direct-acting anti-viral drugs (DAA) to treat HCV transmission from infected donors to…
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