2013 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Outcomes of Liver Transplantation after Acetaminophen Overdose
Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States. A substantial proportion of these patients survive with conservative treatment. Liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Due to BK Nephropathy: A Paired Kidney Analysis
The purpose of this case control study was to identify risk factors for transplant failure due to BK Nephropathy (BK).Using SRTR data from 1987-2011, we…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Impact of Recipient and Donor Weight on Simultaneous Pancreas / Kidney (SPK) Graft Function
Introduction: Increased body weight in transplant patients has become a huge problem over the last years. Over the last decade only 52% of recipients and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Preformed Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) Detected by Highly Sensitive Solid Phase Assays: Prediction of Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR)
Dept. of Transplantation Medicine, Weil Cornell- NYPH, NY, NY; IGT, Rogosin Institute, NY, NY
Background:Luminex platform based solid phase antibody assays are used to identify unacceptable antigens for kidney transplant (Tx) candidates. Criteria for listing such unacceptable antigens varies…2013 American Transplant Congress
Antibody Targeting the TCR β-Chain Selectively Abrogates Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses by Modulating T Cell Transcriptional Patterns
Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH
Background: T cells are the master regulators of the immune system and represent critical targets for immune therapies. In this study we aimed to understand…2013 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Iron Deficiency in Kidney Transplant Candidates Based on the Updated KDIGO Guideline for Anemia, The
Kidney Transplant Program, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City
BACKGROUND: Kidney transplant (tx) candidates often receive iron replacement therapies to manage anemia of CKD. At the time of tx, ongoing iron deficiency may delay…2013 American Transplant Congress
New Evidence for CMV-Associated Polyfunctional T Cells Expressing Both CD57 and PD-1
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta
In models of chronic viral infection such as HIV, the canonical markers of T cell senescence (CD57) and exhaustion (PD-1) have been assumed to be…2013 American Transplant Congress
Mice, Men and Math: Finding Novel Drugs for Organ Transplantation
To ensure long term allograft function and reduce non-tolerable side effects, novel immunosuppressive drugs are needed in Transplantation. In a novel bioinformatics driven drug discovery…2013 American Transplant Congress
High Creatinine and Advanced Chronic Rejection (CR) Predicts Graft Loss in Non Adherent Kidney Transplant Recipients
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The risk factors for graft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with non-adherence (NA) to immunosupression who present with rejection are not known.We analyzed 208…2013 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
BACKGROUND: Age limits for transplantation have expanded significantly in the last 20 years, with a 5-fold increase in the number of older adults receiving kidney…
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