Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 41 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alternate Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Regimens
D. Quan¹, J. Phillips¹, E. Chiang¹, V. Kuo²
¹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Davis, CA
*Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis may help prevent UTI early post RT. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the…
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Incidence and Risks Factors of Kidney Allograft Loss Due to BK Virus: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, K. Agrawal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Leeaphorn², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: BK virus infection can lead to graft dysfunction and loss in kidney transplant patients. Incidence and prevalence of BK Viremia (BKV) and BK Virus…
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Increasing Access to Kidney Transplantation Through a Satellite Clinic
R. H. Naik, E. Ramos, B. Paueksakon, A. Lyles, L. Smith, J. Lawson, E. Zavala, S. Shawar, J. H. Helderman, S. Karp, D. Shaffer, R. Forbes, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Distance to a transplant center, a potential barrier for candidates seeking kidney transplant evaluation, can be addressed by satellite clinics. Here we describe our…
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Association of Perfusion Characteristics and Post-Transplant Liver Function in Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation
Z. Zhang, Y. Tang, Q. Zhao, Z. Guo, X. He
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: It has been showed that normothermic machine perfusion (NMP), a novel preservation method, is able to assess and resuscitate liver grafts with risk factors.…
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A Novel Injectable Hydrogel-Based Approach to Localize and Tune the Actuation of Enhanced Costimulation Blockade to the Strength of Transplant Rejection
A. Komin¹, C. Liang², P. Majumder², X. Calderon-Colon³, O. Tiburzi³, M. Iglesias Lozano¹, Y. Zhang¹, G. Brandacher¹, J. Patrone³, J. Schneider², G. Raimondi¹
¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²NIH National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, ³JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
*Purpose: Complications from long-term use of calcineurin inhibitors remain a major issue for transplant patients and alternative therapies are needed. The clinical efficacy of CTLA4-Ig…
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Effect of Increased Recipient Age on Solid-Organ Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes: A Systematic Review
J. E. Ling
Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia
*Purpose: Increased recipient age has been associated with poorer solid organ pancreas transplant (SOPTx) outcomes. We hypothesized that recipient age cut-offs in Australia and New…
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Mass Cytometry-Based Immunoprofiling as a Tool to Predict Rejection in a Large Cohort of Pediatric Transplant Recipients
M. Rao¹, J. T. Harden², M. Lapasaran², C. O. Esquivel³, O. M. Martinez², S. M. Krams²
¹Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Surgery and Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Rejection remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. Early detection remains a challenge; furthermore, the changes in immune makeup which accompany rejection…
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Ex-Vivo Perfusion with UW Cold Storage Solution Improves DCD Rat Liver Preservation
R. Fyffe-Freil, N. Wickramaratne, J. Khoraki, H. Kang, C. Chmielewski, R. Li, M. J. Mangino
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The donor pool of livers can be expanded by the successful use of donor livers recovered under DCD conditions. It is assumed that perfusion…
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Antibody-Suppressor CD8⁺ T Cells Ameliorate Antibody-Mediated Rejection Following Kidney Transplant in Mice
J. M. Zimmerer¹, J. L. Han¹, Q. Zeng², B. A. Ringwald¹, C. Cassol¹, R. Warren¹, M. Abdel-Rasoul¹, C. K. Breuer², G. L. Bumgardner¹
¹Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: We previously reported the novel alloantibody suppressor activity of alloprimed CXCR5+IFN-γ+CD8+ T cells following hepatocellular transplant in mice. We utilized a murine kidney transplant…
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Formation Of Artificial Blood Vessels Using ECM In 3D Bioprinting
P. Cywoniuk, T. Bryniarski, T. Dobrzanski, K. Kosowska, M. Klak, G. Tymicki, P. Kowalska, M. Gomolka, P. Turowski, I. Zamora, A. Berman, M. Wszola
Foundation of Research and Science Development, Warsaw, Poland
*Purpose: Development of fully functional blood vessels in expanding field of artificial tissues and organs for transplantations in regenerative medicine is fundamental to provide proper…