Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 4 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Recipient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes from Hypertensive Live-Donor in the United States
S. Riad¹, S. Jackson², D. Vock³, A. Matas⁴
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Complex Care Analytics, M-Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Controlled hypertension in select prospective kidney donors is no longer an exclusion criterion for donation. We examined the association between pre-donation hypertension (HTN) and…
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Experiences of Women Trainees in Transplant Surgery
A. E. Gomez-Rexrode¹, D. E. Cassidy¹, M. S. Anderson², J. R. Santos-Parker¹, L. M. McElroy³, S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the unique experiences of women surgical trainees to better understand the recruitment and training strategies needed to ensure meaningful progress toward gender…
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27 Months Follow Up of a Cohort in the Transplant Continuum After Using a New Electronic Medical Record Tool to Document Transplant Option Discussions Among Patients with EGFR <20 Ml/min/1.73m2
A. A. Yishak¹, M. S. Bhatnagar², A. V. Tomimatsu³, R. La Londe⁴, E. Clark⁵, K. B. Rubenstein⁶, S. Vupputuri⁶
¹MAPMG, McLean, VA, ²Kaiser Permanente |, Oakland, CA, ³Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, ⁴Kaiser Permanente, Oakland,, CA, ⁵Kaiser Permanente, Hyattsville, MD, ⁶MAPRI, Rockville, MD
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess: 1) the documentation of transplant option discussions; 2) the number of members listed & transplanted preemptively;…
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The Development and Characterization of AT1501, an Anti CD40L Antibody Lacking Fc Effector Function
S. Perrin¹, A. Gill², C. Gill², F. Vieira², K. Thompson², J. Lincecum², B. Jiang²
¹Novus Therapeutics, Irvine, CA, ²ALS Therapy Development Institute, Cambridge, MA
*Purpose: CD40L is a costimulatory type II membrane receptor for CD40. The binding of CD40L on T helper cells to CD40 on antigen presenting cells…
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Versatile Strategy to Enhance Nanomedicine Delivery to Graft Endothelial Cells
C. Albert¹, L. G. Bracaglia¹, A. Koide², J. DiRito¹, T. Lysyy¹, C. Edwards¹, J. T. Langford¹, D. Haakinson¹, S. A. Hosgood³, M. L. Nicholson³, J. S. Pober¹, W. M. Saltzman¹, S. Kiode², G. Tietjen¹
¹Yale University, new haven, CT, ²Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Efficient delivery of therapeutics to graft endothelial cells (EC) can potentially render organs more resistant to injury, improving clinical outcomes. Specific targeting of polymeric…
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IFNγ, and to a Lesser Extent TNFα, Elicits Protracted Endothelial Cell Expression of Costimulatory Molecules and Antigen Presentation Machinery
N. M. Valenzuela
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Beyond simply “recruiting” leukocytes to sites of injury, local stimulation by the donor vascular compartment may prolong alloimmune responses. Moreover, the dynamics of endothelial…
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Influence of Immunosuppressive Drug Trough Levels on Nk Cells in Liver Transplantation
R. Qin¹, J. Qin², C. Sun³, B. Nashan¹
¹Clinic for Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, ²Clinic for Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China., Hefei, China, ³Division of Life and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
*Purpose: Natural killer (NK) cells are enriched in lymphocytes within the liver and are considered to be main regulators of liver transplantation (LT) rejection and…
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Distinct Phenotype and Function of Antibody-suppressor Cxcr5⁺Cd8⁺ T Cells
J. Zimmerer, J. Han, M. Hart, S. Chaudhari, C. Peterson, G. Bumgardner
OSU, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: We have reported that the novel subset of antibody-suppressor CD8+ T cells (termed CD8+ TAb-supp cells) require the expression of CXCR5. In addition, alloprimed…
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Lacripep^TM-like Peptide N-104 Increases Insulin Secretion and Promotes Islet Transplantation Outcomes
M. Ma, P. Chhabra, K. Dias Teixeira, G. Laurie, K. Brayman
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: To study if LacripepTM-like peptide N-104 promotes beta-cell stabilization and islet transplantation outcomes. Background: Lacritin is a multifunctional tear protein with prosecretory, prosurvival and…
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Sigma-1 Receptor Agonists are Renoprotective in Experimental Kidney Transplantation
A. Hosszu¹, T. Lakat¹, A. Toth¹, D. Balogh¹, J. Hodrea¹, L. J. Wagner², A. J. Szabo¹, A. Fekete¹
¹1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (Tx) is associated with better quality of life and reduced costs compared to dialysis, but the shortage in donor organs is a…