Am J Transplant, Volume 22, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 125 of 190 - ATC Abstracts

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Abdominal Incision Technique Tailored to Patient’s Age May Reduce the Rate of Surgical Wound Complication After Unilateral Kidney Transplantation- A Preliminary Report
Y. AlSalmay, P. Bachul, B. Juengel, J. Kumar, A. Perez-Guttierez, R. Barth, J. Fung, P. Witkowski
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previously, we compared the risk of abdominal wound complications after lateral rectus incision sheath (LRS) versus traditional Gibson incision in a retrospective analysis of…
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Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Comparison of Strategies Across the SPLIT Consortium
E. D. Knackstedt¹, S. G. Anderson², R. Anand², J. Mitchell², J. Bucuvalas³, L. Danziger-Isakov⁴
¹Univ of Utah/Primary Children's Hosp, SLC, UT, ²Emmes, Rockville, MD, ³Icahn School of Med at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of short (180d) cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX).*Methods: A prospective cohort study of primary pLTX (≤18 yrs…
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Differing Gene Expression Profiles and Signaling Pathways Observed Between Alloreactive and Tolerant T Cells in a Recipient Following Bilateral Orthotopic Lung Transplant (BOLT) and Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) from the Same Cadaveric UNOS Donor
P. Szabolcs, E. Garchar, D. Rajasundaram, X. Chen
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Primary immunodeficiency (PID) patients may develop pulmonary complications, and most are ineligible for either BOLT or BMT due to futility. A prospective trial in…
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Assessment of Circulating B Cell Developmental Stages Early After Kidney Transplantation. Preliminary Data from a Single Center
A. Fouza¹, A. Fylaktou², A. Xohelli², E. Sampani³, B. Nikolaidou², D. Asouhidou², N. Antoniadis¹, E. Kasimatis³, M. Stangou³, G. Tsoulfas¹, A. Papagianni³
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²National Peripheral Histocompatibility Center, Immunology Department, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³Department of Nephrology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
*Purpose: B lymphocytes (BL) is an important immune component in the function of kidney transplants, through antibody production, antigen-presentation to T cells, secretion of cytokines,…
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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets in Lung Transplant Patients
S. Sial, K. Cunningham, J. Moore, C. Dagostino, K. Lang, C. Kane
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Lung transplant patients are at an increased risk for invasive fungal infections and often require prophylaxis post-transplant, routinely including posaconazole at our institution. These…
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Utilizing Microsurgeon Expertise in the Salvage of Hepatic Artery Dissection
R. Sitta¹, N. Ascher², J. Roberts², M. Piper³
¹General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Living donor hepatic artery intimal dissection is a rare but devastating complication often resulting in inability to utilize the graft. We detail the salvage…
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Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates
S. Nishida¹, K. Okumura¹, A. Dhand², R. Bodin², S. Yaghoubian³, C. Greenberg¹, R. Misawa¹, G. Veillette¹, H. Sogawa¹, D. John¹, D. C. Wolf², B. Partiula², T. Diflo¹, R. Latifi¹, S. Lansman¹
¹Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ²Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ³Anesthesia, Westchester Medical Center/ New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Obesity-related fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common causes of End-stage liver disease (ESLD). Bariatric surgery (BS) is commonly indicated for these…
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Identification of Soluble and Cellular Biomarkers in Blood of End-Stage Patients Before Pediatric Liver Transplantation (pLTx)
E. Chichelnitskiy¹, L. Ruhl², I. Goldschmidt³, A. Karch⁴, L. Antiga⁵, D. Debray⁶, L. Hierro⁷, D. Kelly⁸, V. McLin⁹, E. Nicastro⁵, J. Pawlowska¹⁰, R. Mikolajczyk¹¹, U. Baumann¹², C. Falk¹³
¹Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH, Hannover, Germany, ³Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH; European Paediatric Liver Transplantation Network, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Research Group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁵Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ⁶Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ⁷Hospital Infantil Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁹Service Spécialités Pédiatriques, Genève, Switzerland, ¹⁰Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, ¹¹German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH Hannover; Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Halle, Halle, Germany, ¹²Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, MHH; Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK; European Paediatric Liver Transplantation Network, Hannover, Germany, ¹³Institute of Transplant Immunology, MHH; German Center for Infection Research, TTU-IICH, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: In the European multicentre “ChilSFree” study we aimed to identify soluble and cellular biomarkers in blood of various end-stage diseases before pLTx.*Methods: Using flow…
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Alloprimed Antibody-Suppressor CD8⁺ TCells Preferentially Kill Alloprimed Germinal Center B Cells
J. Zimmerer, S. Chaudhari, G. Bumgardner
OSUWMC, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a significant contributor to transplant rejection. Our prior work identified a novel subset of CXCR5+CD8+ T cells (CD8+ TAb-supp cells)…
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Single Cell RNAseq Analysis of Human Renal Allograft Rejection Demonstrates Distinct Transcriptomic Profiles That Vary Based on the Type of Maintenance Immunosuppression
T. Shi¹, A. Burg¹, K. Roskin², J. Rush³, B. Haraldsson³, A. Shields⁴, R. Alloway⁴, E. Woodle⁵, D. Hildeman¹
¹Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Rejection therapy has remained unchanged for 60 years and is associated with significant failure and infection rates. Development of new anti-rejection therapies requires mechanistic…