Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 63 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Characteristics of Kidney Transplant Patients Diagnosed with Histoplasmosis
C. Miles, J. Hall, S. Westphal, E. Langewisch
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Histoplasmosis is responsible for the greatest number of hospitalizations and deaths due to endemic mycoses in the United States. Although lying near the western…
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Valganciclovir Prophylaxis is Not Associated with Polyomavirus Viremia after Renal Transplantation
D. Conti¹, D. Schuster¹, M. Garner¹, E. Maciera¹, S. Patel²
¹Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ²Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
*Purpose: Recent studies have implicated prophylactic valganciclovir (VGC) therapy after renal transplantation to be associated with an increased rate of BK polyomavirus viremia and nephropathy.…
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Decision Support Needs for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates and Social Support Networks
W. T. McKinney¹, A. Hart¹, S. Kurschner², M. Bruin³, J. Zulema-Woodward⁴, M. Partin², R. Patzer⁵
¹Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, ³College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Decision support tools to improve racial disparities in access to kidney transplant need to be relevant and tailored to underserved racial groups.*Methods: We conducted…
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The Scenario of Delayed Graft Function in Brazil
T. V. Sandes-Freitas¹, M. Mazzali², R. Manfro³, H. Tedesco-Silva⁴, L. Andrade⁵, V. Garcia⁶, E. Davi-Neto⁷, R. Esmeraldo⁸, C. Oliveira⁹, E. Lasmar¹⁰, R. Madeira¹¹, G. Ferreira¹², G. Meira¹³, F. Cavalcanti¹⁴, A. Bignelli¹⁵, D. Carvalho¹⁶, D. Pedroso¹⁷, L. Deboni¹⁸, A. Silva e Filho¹⁹, A. Vicari³, M. Sousa², .. on behalf of 'DGF multicêntrico' group²⁰
¹Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, ²HC/UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ³HCPA/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ⁴Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵HC-Botucatu/UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil, ⁶Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ⁷HC/FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸H. Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil, ⁹HUWC/UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil, ¹⁰H. Universitário São José, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹¹H. Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹²Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ¹³Santa Casa de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil, ¹⁴Real Hospital Português, Recife, Brazil, ¹⁵H. Universitário Cajuru, Curitiba, Brazil, ¹⁶H. São Francisco na Providencia de Deus, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁷H. Santa Isabel, Blumenau, Brazil, ¹⁸H. Municipal São José, Joinville, Brazil, ¹⁹H. Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil, ²⁰ABTO, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Unicenter Brazilian studies reported high incidences (50-70%) of delayed graft function (DGF). This is a multicenter Brazilian study aimed to evaluate the incidence, the…
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Public Education about Vascular Composite Allotransplantation and Donation: A Content Analysis of Social Media and Educational Documents
S. Rasmussen¹, M. Henderson¹, N. Anderson², J. Uriarte², B. Doby¹, C. Cooney¹, D. Segev¹, G. Brandacher¹, E. Gordon²
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Northwestern, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: : Consistent and accurate public messaging is crucial in organ donation and transplantation, particularly in the emerging field of vascular composite allotransplantation (VCA). Currently,…
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Outcomes of Pregnancy in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney (SPK) Transplant Recipients
S. Punjala¹, B. L. Phillips¹, P. Chowdhury¹, T. Pile¹, K. Harding², C. J. Callaghan¹, C. Nelson-Piercy², M. Drage¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Renal Transplant and Urology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The chance of successful pregnancy is low in women with end stage renal disease. In women with type-1 DM, not only are the fertility…
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Accelerated Decline in Glomerular Density: An Unrecognized Pathologic Process after Kidney Transplantation
A. Denic, B. H. Smith, W. D. Park, M. V. Luhman, M. P. Alexander, A. D. Rule, M. D. Stegall
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Studies in healthy adults have shown that glomerular density slowly declines with older age (-0.5% per decade), and globally sclerotic glomeruli (GSG) slowly increase…
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Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis of Extreme Marginal Renal Grafts Indicates Earlier Repair and Less Damage Following Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion Preservation
P. Urbanellis¹, L. Mazilescu¹, C. McEvoy¹, S. Ganesh¹, R. John¹, I. Mucsi¹, A. Ghanekar¹, D. Bagli², A. Konvalinka¹, L. Robinson¹, M. Selzner¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) was shown to prevent delayed graft function of kidneys subjected to prolonged warm ischemia (WI) compared to static cold…
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Tracking Tregs in a Non-Human Primate Model with Expanded Autologous Treg Infusions In Vivo
K. Bruestle¹, B. Piegari¹, H. Sakai¹, F. Fredriksson¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, S. Robertson², D. Hajosi², J. Weiner¹, A. Iuga³, S. M. Coley³, M. Sykes¹, A. Griesemer¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ²Institute for Comparative Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ³Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Regulatory Tcell (Treg) therapy is a promising tool for tolerance induction in solid organ transplantation. Despite encouraging results in humans and monkeys, questions about…
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Building Kidneys from Stem Cells for Transplantation
I. M. Rogers¹, J. Whiteley², T. Chow², T. Bongolan², L. Mazilescu³, P. Urbanellis³, S. Ganesh³, M. Selzner³
¹Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²LTRI-Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³MOTU, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Our vision is to build a human kidney by combining human stem cells with porcine kidney extracellular matrix.*Methods: Kidneys were decellularized followed by repopulation…