Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 29 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Belatacept-Based Regimens: Induction and Recipient Gender Influence Outcomes
N. Wilson¹, A. R. Shields², A. Wiseman³, A. L. Christianson¹, S. Tremblay¹, D. Kaufman⁴, J. P. Leone⁵, A. J. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, R. R. Alloway¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³U Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁶U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷U Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Renal function and adverse event profiles in kidney transplant (KTx) patients under belatacept (BELA) based immunosuppression are significantly improved over calcineurin inhibitors, however BELA…
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CD56^DimCD16^Bright NK Cells from Kidney Transplant Recipients with Antibody-Mediated Rejection Display Increased Proliferation, Self-Renewal, Pro-Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Profile
E. A. Bailly¹, K. Louis¹, C. Macedo¹, B. Ramaswami¹, M. Lucas¹, A. Zeevi¹, C. Lefaucheur², D. Metes¹
¹Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ²INSERM UMR-S976. Endothelium, Inflammation & Alloreactivity, Université de Paris, France
*Purpose: Contribution of NK cells to antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) injuries have recently been highlighted through transcriptomic analysis and immunohistochemistry of kidney and heart allograft biopsies.…
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Trends in Liver Transplantation in Patients with Renal Failure Since Implementation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Allocation Policy
P. J. Altshuler, O. Shaheen, A. P. Shah, J. Glorioso, A. Frank, C. Ramirez, W. Maley, A. S. Bodzin
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To reduce potentially unnecessary kidney utilization, as of August 10, 2017 a new allocation policy was implemented restricting Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) transplant to…
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Prophylactic Biliary Intra-Operative Stents at Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLTx)
M. Aldamry
Mcgill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Biliary complications can affect up to 40% of patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Endoscopic management has a high success rate but involves multiple…
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The Case Against Race: Proportion of Minorities Does Not Explain Low DSA Donation Performance
R. Lynch, K. Ross, D. Goldberg
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Chronic organ shortages result in unnecessary waitlist deaths, making improvements in donation an urgent problem in transplantation. Historically, barriers to donation have been noted…
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Peripheral Blood RNA Sequencing Unravels a Differential Role of Coding and Non-Coding Genes by Types of Kidney Allograft Rejection
S. Sur¹, S. Pineda¹, T. Sigdel¹, M. Sirota¹, O. Bestard², M. Sarwal¹
¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology and Transplantation, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Peripheral blood molecular patterns characterizing the different effector immune pathways driving kidney allograft rejection remain to be fully completely elucidated, to more fully type…
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Impact of Immunogenicity on Kidney Allograft Survival in Patients Treated with Induction Therapy
R. Michael, B. Mierzejewska, D. Bekbolsynov, J. Ortiz, O. Ekwenna, S. Stepkowski
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: The induction therapy is currently used in the majority of kidney transplant recipients, regardless of their level of donor/recipient compatibility. We examined whether lower…
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Trends in Transplant Center Responses to the Minimum Acceptance Criteria Across UNOS Regions, 2007-2019
E. M. Roth¹, Q. Yuan², N. Elias²
¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine trends in transplant center willingness to accept organs from Public Health Service increased-risk donors for infectious…
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Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Safe Alternative to Laparoscopic Technique for Kidney Transplant Donation
M. Spaggiari¹, R. Garcia-Roca², J. Oberholzer³, K. Tulla¹, O. Okoye¹, C. Di Bella¹, H. Jeon⁴, I. G. Tzvetanov¹, E. Benedetti¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Surgery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: To review outcomes after laparoscopic, robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy (RLDN) in the first, and largest series reported to date.*Methods: Retrospective chart review of 1084…
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Development of DSA Class II is Associated with Immunosuppressive Monotherapy and Increased Risk for Graft Fibrosis, Chronic Rejection and Graft Loss
M. Sterneck¹, B. Sultani¹, A. Ozga², S. Weidemann³, J. Hermann⁴, E. Grabhorn⁵, U. Herden⁶, L. Fischer⁶
¹University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ²Insitute of Medical Biometry, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ³Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ⁴Pediatric Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ⁵Pediatric Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, ⁶Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: Recent studies have suggested a negative impact of class 2 DSA on short term outcome of OLT recipients. The aim of this study was…