Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 117 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Testing an Education Only Intervention to Increase Willingness and Pursuit of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
J. Loor¹, Y. Leyva¹, E. Croswell², M. Dew², L. Boulware³, L. Myaskovsky¹
¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Duke, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The Talking About Live Kidney Donation (TALK) intervention uses an educational video and booklet to improve consideration and pursuit of LDKT in kidney failure…
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Racial and Immunologic Disparities Impact Access to Repeat Kidney Transplantation Among Patients with Previous Failed Kidney Allograft
B. P. Lovasik¹, R. Zhang¹, R. Lynch¹, R. Patzer¹, A. Adams²
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The number of patients with a failed kidney transplant who are being considered for retransplantation is increasing steadily. However, disparities in access to repeat…
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The Impact of Tacrolimus Trough Variability on Acute Rejection Following Lung Transplantation
K. Evans¹, K. Beermann¹, H. Lee², M. Harris¹, C. W. Frankel³, H. Berry¹, H. Ali³
¹Pharmacy, Duke Health, Durham, NC, ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Duke Health, Durham, NC
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the association of tacrolimus coefficient of variation (CV) with biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection in the first year following lung…
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Evolution of Cellular and Humoral Immunity During and After a Three Doses-Course of mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccine in Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Cucchiari¹, N. Egri¹, J. Casals-Urquiza², J. Del Risco-Zevallos¹, D. Rodríguez-Espinosa³, E. Montagud-Marrahi², J. Rovira⁴, M. Ramirez-Bajo⁵, E. Banón-Maneus⁵, P. Ventura-Aguiar², M. Pascal¹, I. Revuelta⁶, B. Bayès², F. Diekmann²
¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament (LENIT), IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Seroconversion after a 2 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) ranges between 30 and 50% in different series. We previously…
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Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Across the Spectrum of Solid Organ Transplantation
S. R. Potter¹, J. Miles², K. Qu², R. Woodward², S. Dholakia²
¹Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX, ²CareDx, Inc, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a robust and clinically useful analyte initially validated for kidney allograft surveillance. Emerging data support the utility of dd-cfDNA…
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Everolimus Alleviates Renal Allograft Interstitial Fibrosis by Inhibiting Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Not Only via Inducing Autophagy but Also via Stabilizing iκB-α
Z. Gui¹, W. Zijie², M. Zheng³, M. Gu¹, R. Tan³
¹Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, ²Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China, ³Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD) is the major cause of late graft loss in long-term renal transplantation. In our previous study, we found Epithelial-mesenchymal transition…
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Impact of a Transplant Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement Implementation on an Institutional Medication Assistance Program Funding Utilization
A. D. Kataria¹, T. Sam¹, N. Wilson¹, A. Lee², L. Cole², D. Francis³, L. Zuniga³, B. Stein³, R. Goldstein³
¹Pharmacy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor Health Enterprise, Dallas, TX, ³Transplant, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Post-transplant medication cost can pose a significant barrier for patient adherence and graft outcomes. Strategic selection of medication agent is often challenging and requires…
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Histologic Borderline Reflects Molecular Injury Not Rejection: Results from the Trifecta Study
P. F. Halloran¹, K. S. Madill-Thomsen¹, Z. Demko², A. Prewett², P. Billings², P. Gauthier², .. and the Trifecta Investigators³
¹Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Natera Inc., San Carlos, CA, ³., ., AB, Canada
*Purpose: In the Trifecta study (NCT04239703), we recently compared indication biopsy diagnoses (MMDx and histology) and plasma %dd-cfDNA levels for indication biopsies (JASN in press…
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Wide Spectrum of Molecular Injury Highlights Heterogeneity of Banff Tubulitis and Interstitial Inflammation Lesions
M. J. Ellis¹, T. Maw², E. Huang³, E. Stites⁴, F. Shihab⁵, D. C. Brennan⁶, G. Shekhtman⁷, N. Agrawal⁷, J. Zeng⁷, S. Kung⁸
¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The pathological definition and clinical significance of borderline T cell-mediated rejection (BL-TCMR) remains an area of active debate, leading to inconsistencies in therapeutic strategy.…
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Correlation of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA with Histology and Molecular Diagnoses of T-cell Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Biopsies
D. Kumar¹, I. Moinuddin¹, L. Kamal¹, M. Shinbashi¹, N. Raju¹, R. Minniti¹, F. Moran¹, P. Halloran², G. Gupta¹
¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: We have reported the correlation of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) with histologic and molecular diagnosis (MMDx) of kidney transplant biopsies (Gupta et al, Transplantation…