Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 68 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Does the Choice of Renal Arterial Anastomotic Methods in Kidney Allografts with Multiple Renal Arteries Affect the Recovery Rate of Renal Plasma Flow after Kidney Transplantation?
K. Nishikawa, K. Shinoda, T. Yonekura, M. Maeda, H. Oguchi, Y. Hidaka, M. Muramatsu, T. Kawamura, Y. Hamasaki, K. Sakai, S. Shishido
Nephrology, Toho University, Faculty of Medicine, Ota-ku,Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: In cases of kidney allografts with multiple renal arteries, renal arterial anastomotic methods vary in each recipient. The aim of this study is to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Pretransplant C-Peptide Influence Outcomes Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A Case-Control Study
V. Gurram, K. Gurung, J. Rogers, A. Farney, G. Orlando, C. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, M. Gautreaux, R. Stratta
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The study purpose was to evaluate outcomes in SPKT pts according to presence or absence of pretransplant Cp*Methods: Selection criteria for Cp positive (Cp+,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Proteomic Profiling of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Human Lung Transplant Recipients
S. Bansal¹, M. McGilvrey², K. Garcia-Mansfield², R. Sharma², R. Bremner¹, M. Smith¹, R. Hachem³, P. Pirrotte², T. Mohanakumar¹
¹Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Collaborative Center for Translational Mass Spectrometry (CCTMS), Phoenix, AZ, ³Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Circulating exosomes in human lung transplant recipients (LTxRs) with acute (AR) and chronic rejection (bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome [BOS]) contain donor human leukocyte antigen (HLA)…
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Serum CXCL13 Levels Indicate Humoral Alloreactivity and Donor Specific Antibody Formation
E. S. Crichton, S. Zeng, I. Badell
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are an increasingly recognized cause of allograft injury, yet biomarkers to predict their development or guide their clinical management post-transplant are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Two Novel Methods to Establish Rat Kidney Transplantation Model
M. Zheng, Z. Gui, Z. Wang, J. Wei, X. Ju, R. Tan, M. Gu
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Rat kidney transplantation model is a standard animal model for the anti-rejection research of kidney transplantation. However, the current methods of the model require…
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Establishment of Spontaneous Tolerance of Kidney Allografts is Dependent on Mitigation of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via the BLTA-HVEM Pathway
Q. Yuan¹, S. Hong¹, E. Szuter¹, Y. Zhao¹, E. Acheampong¹, I. Rosales¹, M. Kronenberg², P. Russell¹, J. Madsen¹, R. Colvin¹, A. Alessandrini¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: Kidney allografts transplanted across certain mouse strain combinations (e.g. DBA/2 to B6) develop tolerance while other combinations do not (e.g. B6 to DBA/2). We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Follow Up of Imlifidase (IdeS) Desensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. C. Jordan¹, R. A. Montgomery², T. Lundgren³, C. Legendre⁴, N. Desai⁵, G. Eckerwall⁶, L. Laxmyr⁶, H. Olsson⁶, A. Runström⁶, Å. Schiött⁶, K. Sjöholm⁶, E. Sonesson⁶, L. Winstedt⁶, T. Lorant⁷, C. Kjellman⁶
¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²NYU Langone Health Transplant Institute, New York, NY, ³Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Hospital Necker & Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Hansa Biopharma AB, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
*Purpose: 46 highly sensitized patients received kidney transplants after desensitization with imlifidase (currently under investigation) across four Phase 2 clinical trials, and 6-month safety and…
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Basiliximab vs Antithymocyte Globulin Induction with Early Steroid Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Early Rejection Outcomes
A. Szczepanik¹, C. Burrelli¹, A. Bixby¹, K. Yadav², K. Chavin²
¹Pharmacy, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Surgery, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Steroid withdrawal within the first month of kidney transplant (KT) remains controversial and has demonstrated a higher risk of acute rejection. The impact of…
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The New UK National Kidney Allocation Scheme with Maximized ‘D4/R4’ Kidney Transplants: Appropriate Donor to Recipient Matching or System Overstretch?
R. Pearson, E. Murray, P. Thompson, P. Mark, M. Clancy, J. Asher
Renal Transplant, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The UK national deceased donor kidney matching scheme changed in September 2019, aiming to better match graft and patient survival. Donors and recipients are…
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Is Dual Allocation Successful at Higher Remuzzi Scores? Outcomes of Dual Kidney Transplants at Remuzzi Scores of 8 or Greater
V. Fleetwood¹, C. Kensinger², C. Papageorge¹, D. Aufhauser¹, G. Leverson³, B. Welch¹, D. Foley¹, P. Pasha¹
¹Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Transplantation, Piedmont Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Remuzzi score (RS) is a histologic assessment of donor kidneys based on degree of glomerulosclerosis, arterial narrowing, interstitial fibrosis, and tubular atrophy. The…