Am J Transplant, Volume 21, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 55 of 139 - ATC Abstracts

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Reduction in Hospitalizations and Deaths in Covid-19 Positive Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients Following Implementation of A Protocol for Early Treatment with Bamlanivimab
A. Ahearn, T. Maw, J. Emamaullee, J. Kim, E. Blodget, J. Kahn, C. Goldbeck, L. Sher, Y. Genyk
Abdominal Transplantation, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: In December of 2020, our program was identifying up to twenty COVID-19 positive abdominal transplant recipients per week. After seeing our high hospitalization and…
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Laminins Differentially Regulate Adaptive Alloimmune Responses
L. Li¹, M. Shirkey¹, W. Piao¹, Y. Xiong¹, V. Saxena¹, T. Zhang¹, J. Iyyathurai², R. Lakhan¹, R. Abdi³, J. Bromberg¹
¹Surgery, UMB, Baltimore, MD, ²CVID, UMB, Baltimore, MD, ³Harvard University, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Lymph node (LN) stromal cell expressed laminin α4 (Lama4) and laminin α5 (Lama5) fibers are associated with tolerance and immunity, respectively. They regulate cell…
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CD40 Blockade by the Fc-Silent Immunosuppressive Antibody Iscalimab Results in Diminished B Cell Activation and Differentiation and is Paralleled by Whole Blood Gene Expression Data
R. Kraaijeveld¹, M. W. van den Hoogen¹, A. E. de Weerd¹, E. Ferroro², G. Robert², U. Laessing², B. Haraldsson², J. S. Rush², C. C. Baan¹
¹Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: Blockade of costimulatory molecule CD40 by the Fc-silent immunosuppressive drug Iscalimab has shown to inhibit acute alloreactivity in non-human primates and is currently being…
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Clinical Value of Surveillance Biopsies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience with >800 Biopsies
B. Rocque¹, A. Zaldana¹, C. Weaver², J. Huang¹, A. Barbetta¹, V. Shakhin², C. Goldbeck¹, G. Yanni², R. Kohli², Y. Genyk¹, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: While pediatric liver transplantation (LT) results in excellent long-term outcomes, a high incidence of early acute cellular rejection (ACR) and late graft fibrosis persists.…
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Results of the Transplant Advance Practice Provider Survey: Opportunities for APPs to Contribute to Academic Pursuits
B. Muth¹, D. Krieger², N. McCormick³, M. Siegfired⁴, H. Domingo⁵, J. Yoo⁶, A. Frank⁷, K. Paolini⁸, A. Mayfield⁹, H. McDade⁹, A. Borth⁹, H. Hoy¹⁰
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁴Swedish Organ Transplant, Seattle, WA, ⁵Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁶Rush, Chicago, IL, ⁷Medstar Georgetown University, Annandale, VA, ⁸Erie County Medical Center, Grand Island, NY, ⁹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰University of Alabama - Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
*Purpose: The pillars of academic medicine are research, education and patient care. While transplant Advance Practice Providers (APPs) are primarily recruited for clinical roles, many…
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Change in Deceased Donor Demographics with Drug Intoxication Deaths: 2010 – 2019
D. Musgrove, D. Zaun, A. Israni, J. Snyder
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: To understand the demographic change in deceased donor causes of death associated with drug intoxication, we explored trends over the 10-year period ending in…
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A Fresh Look at Urbanicity and Its Impact on Additions to the Kidney and Liver Transplant Wait Lists
W. R. Johnson, S. A. Rega, I. D. Feurer, S. J. Karp
General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Our aim is to examine the collective effects of social determinants of health (SDH) on kidney and liver wait list additions in the United…
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The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Adverse Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation
E. Lorenz, T. Petterson, C. Schinstock, W. Sanchez, K. Yost
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Limited health literacy has been associated with a decreased likelihood of listing for transplant and an increased risk of waitlist mortality among kidney transplant…
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Natural Sensitization by Pregnancy, Testing Desensitization Strategies in Female NHPs Across Repeat Mismatches
M. Manook, J. Yoon, Z. Fitch, R. Schmitz, A. M. Jackson, J. Kwun, S. Knechtle
Duke Transplant Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Women are disproportionately represented in the highly sensitized patient cohort, and HLA-incompatible transplantation is undertaken predominantly in females. However, nonhuman primate (NHP) models to…
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Association of Donor Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status and Risk of Bk Polyomavirus Viremia After Kidney Transplantation
V. S. Potluri¹, D. E. Schaubel¹, M. E. Sise², B. P. Concepcion³, R. C. Forbes¹, E. A. Blumberg¹, D. Goldberg⁴, P. P. Reese¹, R. Bloom¹, D. Shaffer³, R. Chung², D. Sawinski¹, I. Strohben², N. Elias², A. Azhar⁵, M. Shah¹, J. Eason⁵, L. A. Binari³, M. Talwar⁵, V. Balaraman⁵, A. Bhalla⁵, B. Besharatian¹, M. Z. Molnar⁵
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁵Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Transplantation of kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection into HCV-negative recipients has become more common, but some studies have suggested…