Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 49 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Thalidomide and Dexamethasone Combinatorial Treatment Induces Tolerogenic Signals by Systemic Immunomodulation of T Cells and Dendritic Cells
B. Kim¹, E. Kim², J. Kim², H. Choi³, H. Lee², J. Lee⁴, M. Kim⁴, Y. Kim⁴, K. Huh⁴
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Transplantation Surgery, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Preventing or reducing allograft rejection is critical in organ transplantation, and the need for immune modulation rather than immune suppression has been emphasized. Many…
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Antibiotic Pretreatment Alleviates Liver Transplant Damage by Modulating the Composition of Commensal Microbiota
K. J. Dery, S. Kageyama, H. Hirao, K. Kadono, H. Kojima, R. W. Busuttil, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski
Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The human intestinal microbiome contains more than 100 trillion commensal microorganisms, exceeding the number of cells in the human body by 10-fold. Although recent…
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IL-21, a Potential Target of Active Rejection in Renal Transplantation
J. Shen, R. Wang, L. Guo, J. Lv, J. Wu, J. Chen
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Rejection remains an obstacle to overcome after transplantation. IL-21 is the most potent stimulators of driving GC B cells into plasma cells. Basic researches…
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Impact of Liver Graft Preservation Methods on the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome
G. A. Cresci¹, N. Sangwan², A. Simioni³, Q. Liu³, C. Quintini³
¹Pediatric Gastroenterology and Inflammation & Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) is a powerful platform for organ preservation and assessment. It induces metabolic reactivation that potentially helps clear accumulated toxic…
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Routine Human Renal Allograft Biopsies Analyzed for mRNA Content with a Novel Nanostring mRNA Human Organ Transplant (HOT) Panel
I. Rosales¹, R. Smith¹, E. Acheampong¹, T. Kawai¹, T. Tsuji², K. Hotta³, R. Colvin¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ³Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: In 2019 a Banff Working Group and Nanostring Technologies developed a panel of 770 mRNA probes for assessment of human organ allografts, based on…
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Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin versus Anti-T Lymphocyte Globulin Rescue Therapies in Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation from Donors after Cardiac Death
H. Yang¹, Y. Shi², X. Li¹, C. Long¹, H. Li³, Z. Wang³
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ²Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, ³Department of Urologic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is common in recipients of kidney transplants from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors, induction therapy with monoclonal or polyclonal…
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Increased Graft Survival Following Implementation of the Kidney Allocation Score
M. L. Samoylova¹, B. I. Shaw¹, W. Irish², S. J. Kesseli¹, A. Connor¹, A. S. Barbas¹, L. McElroy¹, K. V. Ravindra¹
¹Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation Score (KAS) was developed to improve matching of donor and recipients; we examine the effect of this change on transplantation practice…
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Impact of Chronic Changes on Preimplantation Biopsy (PBx) on Outcomes after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDKTx)
J. Ninan, R. Heilman, M. Smith, J. Harbell, S. S. Nair, C. Jadloweic, H. Khamash, A. Moss, K. S. Reddy
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The value of PBx is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of chronic changes on PBx on graft…
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Improving Vaccination Rates for Influenza and Pneumococcal Disease in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. M. McGrath¹, J. Baquir¹, L. Maestretti¹, G. James¹, K. DiNello¹, M. Patton¹, A. Fong¹, A. Gallo², V. Sigurjonsdottir², P. Grimm², A. Chaudhuri²
¹Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Pediatric renal transplant recipients are highly vulnerable to infections caused by influenza and pneumococcus and vaccines are recommended in this population. At our center,…
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Mid-Term Outcomes after Treatment for Antibody-Mediated Rejection by De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibody in Renal Transplant Recipients: Does Early Treatment Lead to Better Outcomes?
M. Okada¹, T. Tomosugi¹, T. Hiramitsu¹, S. Narumi¹, Y. Watarai¹, A. Kanda¹, K. Futamura¹, N. Goto¹, A. Takeda²
¹Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Nephrology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
*Purpose: De novo donor-specific HLA antibody (DSA) and antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) are strongly associated with late allograft loss in renal transplant recipients. However, the impact…