Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 56 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Survival after Pregnancy
S. Rao¹, L. Coscia², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: This study compared transplant survival after pregnancy in type 1 diabetic recipients (n=103) who received either kidney-pancreas (KP, n=61) or kidney alone (KA, n=42).*Methods:…
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Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Renal Chronic Allograft Rejection
K. Abou Daya, D. Zhao, K. Biery, M. Oberbarnscheidt
Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Chronic allograft rejection remains a major obstacle to long-term allograft survival. Tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) are ectopic lymphoid structures that arise in non-lymphoid tissues…
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Addressing Critiques of the Proposed CMS Metric of Organ Procurement Organ Performance: More Data Isn’t Better
D. Goldberg¹, B. Doby², R. Lynch³
¹Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: CMS has proposed a rule change to re-define the OPO donation metric, using CDC inpatient death data to calculate: # of donors/1,000 inpatient deaths…
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Interstitial Inflammation with Chronic Allograft Injury Best Predicts Graft Loss
M. Ajaimy, M. Parides, A. Colovai, Y. Azzi, L. Liriano Ward, P. Nandigam, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, S. Greenstein, J. Graham, E. Akalin
Einstein-Montefiore Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to identify clinical, serological and histopathological predictors of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients who underwent clinically indicated graft biopsies for worsening…
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Living Liver Donation in Previous Kidney Donors – A Valuable Resource for Hepatic Allografts without Compromising Donor Safety
A. Nair, K. Sasaki, T. Diago Uso, M. Fujiki, B. Eghtesad, D. Kwon, F. Aucejo, C. Quintini, C. Miller, K. Hashimoto
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Living liver donation in Western nations permits a valuable expansion of the donor pool beyond the majority of deceased donors, whilst conversely providing the…
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Variations in Recipient and Donor Clinical Characteristics between Heart Transplant Centers
W. T. McKinney¹, M. J. Bruin², S. Chu², D. Schladt³, J. Synder³, C. M. Martin⁴, T. Alexy⁴, B. L. Kasiske⁵, A. K. Israni¹
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Cardiology Division, University of Minnesota Department of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: When a patient has discretion over which heart transplant program will evaluate them for the waitlist, prior knowledge of program acceptance practices can enable…
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Epstein Barr Virus Identifies Variations in the Latency Gene EBNA3C That Are Associated with Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
E. Maloney, J. Toh, S. M. Krams, C. O. Esquivel, O. M. Martinez
Stanford University Sch of Med, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is a gamma herpes virus that is associated with a variety of human malignancies including EBV+ B cell lymphomas in…
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Tissue Specificity and the Role of Lymphocytes in Estrogen-Mediated Protection from Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
P. T. Hernandez, C. S. O'Brien, S. J. Concors, L. N. Krumeich, Z. Wang, G. Ge, W. Hancock, M. H. Levine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major contributor to delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation. We previously demonstrated lower rates of DGF…
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Tonic-Signaling Chimeric Antigen Receptors Drive Exhaustion in Regulatory T Cells
C. Lamarche¹, C. Mackall², E. Weber³, M. Levings⁴
¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Standford, CA, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tregs are a promising cell therapy to prevent or treat autoimmune diseases or allograft rejection.…
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Evaluation of an Opioid Restrictive Pain Management Initiative in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Tischer¹, S. Maryan², L. Pacurar¹, S. Kumar¹, S. Waits¹, M. Englesbe¹, R. Sung¹, K. McMurry¹
¹Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²ProHealth Care, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: Recent national policy changes make it imperative to implement practices to reduce opioid prescribing. Despite the importance, evidence to guide opioid utilization following kidney…