Am J Transplant, Volume 3, Suppl 5 Archives - Page 10 of 178 - ATC Abstracts

2013 American Transplant Congress
Revisiting the Second Kidney Transplant in Children
C. Bell, J. Angelo, J. Bynon, R. Swinford
Department of Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC), Medical School, Houston, TX; Division of Immunology & Organ Transplant, UTHSC, Medical School, Houston, TX
Purpose: To describe the path of children after primary transplant (tpx) failure and determine factors influencing the probability and wait times for second tpx.Methods: Retrospective…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Adjunctive Bortezomib Therapy for Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. McDermott, J. Lee, M. Aull, T. Muthukumar, C. Hartono, D. Serur, J. Lee, V. Sharma, J. Kim, A. Watkins, S. Kapur, M. Suthanthiran, D. Dadhania
Transplant Med, NYPH-Weill Cornell
Background: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is associated with poor graft survival. Targeted treatment with bortezomib has been shown to reduce donor specific antibodies (DSA), but…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Associations of Nephrosclerosis with Kidney Function and Size in Living Kidney Donors (LKD)
E. Heaphy, Y. Ohashi, S. Nurko, B. Stephany, R. Fatica, H. Amer, A. Rule, J. Schold, E. Poggio
Nephrology and HTN, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Nephrology and HTN, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Despite their selection on health, LKD have been found to have subclinical nephrosclerosis. Identifying pre-donation characteristics that predict nephrosclerosis is of critical importance. We evaluated…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Clostridium difficile Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients during the Modern Era of PCR Testing
J. Lee, D. Tsapepas, J. McDermott, S. Martin, A. Anamisis, K. Fester, J. Powell, J. Scheffert
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Background: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at risk for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) which occurs in up to 31% of lung transplant (LT) patients.…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Six Months Ciprofloxacin Prophylaxis on BK Viremia and BK Nephropathy, The
M. Jason, W. Manitpisitkul, N. Wilson, J. Bromberg, S. Barlett, A. Haririan
Department of Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Purpose: BK nephropathy is a serious complication after kidney transplantation and can ultimately lead to graft failure. Since fluoroquinolones inhibit BK DNA topoisomerase it has…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Post-Donation Body Weight Changes on Kidney Donor Blood Pressure, Kidney Function and Metabolic Parameters
E. Heaphy, Y. Ohashi, B. Stephany, S. Nurko, R. Fatica, H. Amer, A. Rule, J. Schold, E. Poggio
Nephrology and HTN, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Quatitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Nephrology and HTN, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Obesity has been associated with chronic kidney disease and its risk factors. Therefore, we hypothesized that weight increase post-donation would adversely affect kidney function, blood…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefits of Preemptive Renal Transplantation for Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease Patients
B. Sayed, S. Amaral, N. Kutner, R. Patzer
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Pediatrics, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; USRDS Rehabilitation/QoL Special Studies Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for pediatric end stage renal disease (ESRD), and preemptive transplantation may reduce morbidity and mortality. In the pediatric population,…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Ginseng Treatment on Immune Response and Autophagic Cell Death in Cyclosporine-Based Immunesuppression
S. Lim, K. Doh, L. Jin, S. Piao, S. Heo, B. Chung, M. Cho, C. Yang
Convergent Research Consortium for Immunologic Disease, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Transplant Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary&s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ginseng is a popular traditional herbal medicine and has been used since ancient times. However, the study associated with ginseng effect on cyclosporine (CsA) treatment…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Polyomavirus Infection Augments the CD8 T Cell Response Against Antigens Expressed by Transplanted Kidneys
J. Wang, Y. Dong, C. Breeden, J. Albrecht, A. Lukacher, K. Newell
Emergency Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China; Emory University; Penn State University
Our previous work has shown that in mice polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN) requires both acute infection with mouse polyomavirus (MPyV) and an intact alloimmune response. The…
2013 American Transplant Congress
Does CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Equation Have Stronger Predictive Power for Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival?
D. Joo, A. Lee, S. Lee, M. Kim, K. Huh, M. Ju, S. Kim, Y. Kim, B. Kim
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Select One, Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Select One, Korea; The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Select One, Korea
Background: eGFR measured by the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation is well-known to be more accurate than MDRD equation in chronic renal disease…