2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus and Role of Reduced Dose Valganciclovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGC) is the optimal agent for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) but its use is limited by cost and leukopenia. Reduced dose VGC (rVGC) has…2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Early BK Viremia after Renal Transplantation at an Urban Academic Medical Center
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: BK viremia (BKV) is a deleterious complication after renal transplantation that can compromise allograft function. Centers face the challenge of identifying at-risk patients and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Inequitable Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities constitute 11% of the UK population, yet represent 31% of the national kidney transplant waiting list. Moreover,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bridging the Gap: Normothermic Perfusion of Discarded Livers Significantly Alleviates the Donor Shortage
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: European studies have shown that discarded liver grafts can be successfully transplanted if they meet viability criteria during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). The potential…2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Near Infrared Fluorescence Based Monitoring of Macrophage Mediated Inflammation
*Purpose: Clinical assessments for inflammation and acute rejection (AR) require regular, invasive biopsies followed by staining protocols that provide static images of tissue. Despite such…2020 American Transplant Congress
TPIAT Outcomes in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation (TPIAT) is becoming the standard of care for patients with severe chronic pancreatitis (CP). However, it is necessary to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Urinary APOA4 as a Biomarker for Chronic Renal Allograft Injury and Rapid Renal Function Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Chronic renal allograft injury (CRAI) remains a major cause of allograft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The aim of this study was to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Activation of YAP Attenuates Hepatic Damage and Fibrosis in Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: From Bench to Bedside
1Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
*Purpose: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major complication of hemorrhagic shock, liver resection and transplantation. YAP, the effector of Hippo pathway, is essential in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Challenges in Manufacturing Clinically Competent Regulatory T Cells from Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: The obesity epidemic has expanded rapidly over the last decade. Our program is developing a novel clinical protocol using expanded autologous regulatory T cell…2020 American Transplant Congress
Construction of Three-Dimensional Vascularized Functional Beta-Cells Tissues Using a Layer-by-Layer Cell Coating Technique
*Purpose: Regenerative therapy for type I Diabetes Mellitus has been expected to be a promising treatment. A subcutaneous site is an ideal candidate for stem…
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