2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Transplantation of Hepatitis C Infected Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients Cause Hepatitis C-Associated Kidney Injury?
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: With increasing utilization of Hepatitis C infected (HCV+) kidneys for transplantation into uninfected (HCV-) recipients, there is concern for the development of HCV-associated kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Preoperative Antibody Titer Against BK Polyomavirus May Predict BK Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation
Urology, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan
*Purpose: BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) is a causative agent of BKPyV-associated nephropathy (BKPyV-AN) and hemorrhagic cystitis, which occurs subsequent to BKPyV reactivation. Intravenous immunoglobulin is presumed…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Initiated Hepatitis B Vaccinations in Liver Transplant Recipients
1Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The risk of developing hepatitis B after liver transplantation remains high in nonimmune patients receiving an allograft from a hepatitis B core antibody positive…2020 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Improvement after Pancreatic Transplantation
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is a common cause of mortality in patients with uncontrolled diabetes. The purpose of this study is to assess whether patients receiving…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pig-To-Baboon Liver Xenotransplantation Utilizing Genetically Modified Swine
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2eGenesis, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose: Pig-to-baboon liver xenotransplant (LXT) continues with significant hurdles, including thrombocytopenia, coagulation dysregulation and rejection with the longest reported survival of 29 days utilizing a…2020 American Transplant Congress
Extended HLA Typing of Kidney Transplant Pairs is Necessary to Assign Presence of Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies
*Purpose: The need for extended high-resolution (HR) HLA genotyping in solid organ transplantation is currently widely debated due to higher costs and questioned clinical importance.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Phenotyping to Identify Kidney Transplants at Greatest Risk after Subclinical Acute Rejection
*Purpose: We hypothesize that the combination of protocol biopsy histology and gene expression profiles (GEP) for subclinical acute rejection (subAR) in the blood will improve…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transitional B Cell Cytokines for the Early Prediction of Long-Term Renal Allograft Decline
1Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, 2UCL, London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Early prediction of allograft loss using potentially modifiable risk factors is vital for conceiving novel therapeutic interventions to improve outcomes.*Methods: In this prospective, multicenter…2020 American Transplant Congress
Small RNA Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Liver Perfusate Provides Assessment of Organ Quality and Post Transplantation Graft Function
*Purpose: Donor quality plays a critical role during IRI and early graft outcomes. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) provide a novel source of valuable biomarkers that may…2020 American Transplant Congress
Lateral Flow Assay to Detect Soluble CD25 after Kidney Transplantation
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Technical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Kidney transplantations are one of the most common transplantations in the world; 80.696 kidneys were transplanted in 2017. Despite tremendous improvements in quality and…
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