Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 11 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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A Single-Centre Study on the Diagnosis and Management of Transplant Ureteric Strictures: An 11 Year Experience
W. G. Norton¹, E. Aitken¹, M. Clancy², E. Murio¹, K. Gillis¹
¹Department of Renal Transplantation, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The optimal management of transplant ureteric stricture is unclear. This study presents a single-centre's 11-year experience of the diagnosis and management of these cases.*Methods:…
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Race Misclassification in Kidney Transplantation Research
A. Kernodle, V. Thompson, X. Chen, D. Segev, T. Purnell, M. McAdams-DeMarco
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recently, the use of socially constructed “race” in kidney disease research has received national attention partly because of the research bias created when race…
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Hypomethylated Regulatory Regions in Immune Signaling Genes Characterize Rejection Prone Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients
R. Sindhi¹, X. Shao², C. Ashokkumar¹, T. Pastinen³, R. Sindhi⁴
¹Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²National Research Council Canada, Digital Technologies Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Transcriptional regulation of LT rejection may reveal novel predictive and therapeutic targets. To identify signaling pathways which are differentially regulated by DNA methylation in…
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Transbronchial Cryobiopsy vs Conventional Forceps Biopsy in Lung Transplant Recipients Multicenter Study
M. Svorcova¹, J. Vachtenheim¹, J. Havlin¹, P. Jakubec², D. Rakita³, J. Balko⁴, J. Simonek¹, J. Kolarik¹, J. Pozniak¹, R. Lischke¹
¹3rd Surgery Department, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University, National Lung Transplant Program Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Department of respiratory disease and tuberculosis, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ³Department of pneumology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Transbronchial biopsy is considered the gold standard in the diagnosis of acute cellular rejection after lung transplantation. There still remains the discussion in conventional…
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Lung Transplantation Outcomes in Recipients Living with HIV in the United States
J. M. Czeresnia¹, S. Madan², M. M. Abbasi³, V. Hemmige¹
¹Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Department of Medicine - Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Department of Surgery - Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: To compare outcomes of lung transplantation in HIV-positive and HIV-negative recipients in the United States.*Methods: A national transplant database (UNOS/SRTR) was queried for cases…
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Surveillance of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Throughout Treatment of Acute Rejection in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
K. A. Klein¹, E. L. Kincaide¹, M. Fei², A. M. Bell², M. Y. Arar³, D. Ranch³
¹Pharmacotherapy Education and Research Center, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²CareDx, Inc., Brisbane, CA, ³Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a dynamic plasma biomarker for allograft rejection with limited data in pediatric renal transplant recipients and few reports describing…
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Impact of Cytomegalovirus and BK Virus Infection on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Park, J. Yang, J. Kwon, J. Lim, Y. Kim, J. Paek, K. Jin, S. Han
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) or BK virus (BKV) infection is one of the important opportunistic infections in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). CMV or BKV infection can…
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Quality of Life of Brazilian Kidney Transplant Patients: A Sub-Project of ADHERE Brazil Multicenter Study
A. R. Almeida¹, F. R. Grincenkov², F. A. Colugnati¹, J. O. Medina³, S. De Geest⁴, H. Sanders-Pinheiro¹, S. ADHERE BRAZIL¹
¹Nephrology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ²Psychology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ³Nephrology, Hospital do Rim. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Department of Public Health, Institute of Nursing Science, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: While the quality of life (QoL) is known to improve after kidney transplant (KT), epidemiologic data are limited in Brazil. We aimed to describe…
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Urinary Metabolomic Profiling from Spontaneous Tolerant Kidney Transplanted Recipients Shows Enrichment in Tryptophan-Derived Metabolites
L. Colas¹, A. Royer², J. Massias³, M. Chesneau¹, C. Kerleau⁴, P. Guérif⁴, M. Giral⁴, Y. Guitton², S. Brouard¹
¹CRT2I, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, ²LABERCA, ONIRIS, Nantes, France, ³LABERCA, ONRIS, Nantes, France, ⁴Service de Néphrologie et Immunologie Clinique, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
*Purpose: Operational tolerance is the holy grail in solid organ transplantation. Previous reports showed that the urinary compartment of operationally tolerant recipients harbored a specific…
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Early Il-33 Action on Myeloid Cells is Critical In Resistance to Systemic Candida Albicans Infection
H. Cho¹, S. Park¹, B. Kwon², H. Park¹, Y. Kim³, J. Lee⁴, J. Park⁴, K. Park⁴, K. Yoo⁴
¹Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ²School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ³Biomedical research center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Invasive candidiasis could be a cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients with organ or bone marrow transplantation. In this study, we systematically…