2013 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient BMI: Implications for ECD Renal Transplantation
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Introduction: Donor and recipient obesity appear to be independent risk factors for renal graft failure (GF). In the ECD context, this additional risk might increase…2013 American Transplant Congress
Development of New Onset Hypertension in Living Kidney Donors: Are Multiple Renal Arteries a Risk Factor?
Background After donation, multiple renal arteries(MA) a remaining kidney may increase the risk of hypertension (HTN). Method This study is a continuation of previous cohort…2013 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Aggravates Tacrolimus-Induced Pancreatic Injury by Pharmacologic Interaction between Everolimus and Tacrolimus
This study was conducted to investigate the pharmacologic interaction between EVR and TAC at the blood and pancreas level. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) was administrated with…2013 American Transplant Congress
Single Versus Dual Kidney Discards: A Detailed Analysis
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
An ideal kidney allocation system should maximize organ utilization and minimize organ discard rates. It is important to understand the most common reasons why kidneys…2013 American Transplant Congress
Role of Increased Autophagic Flux in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Undergoing Warm Reperfusion (WR) after Cold Ischemia (CI), The
Delayed graft function (DGF) is primarily caused by cold ischemia (CI) and warm reperfusion (WR). The mechanism by which CI/WR causes renal tubular epithelial cell…2013 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunosuppression and Subclinical Viremia in Pediatric Renal Transplantation
Background: Infection is the leading cause of hospitalization in pediatric renal transplant recipients. The impact of specific immunosuppressive agents on the incidence of infectious complications…2013 American Transplant Congress
Specific miRNA’s and Their Downstream Targets Are Associated with Acute Rejection in Pediatric Renal Allografts
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco; Stanford University, Stanford
BACKGROUND: miRNA’s are small RNA molecules involved in post-transcription mRNA regulation. A single miRNA may target whole functional pathways. miRNA's have been implicated to play…2013 American Transplant Congress
High Incidence of De Novo Post-Transplant Skin Cancer among Caucasian Recipients after Kidney Transplantation – An Analysis of OPTN/UNOS Data
Mendez National Institute of Transplantation, LA, CA; USC Keck School of Medicine, LA, CA
Background. Organ transplant recipients are at high risk of post-transplant skin cancer (PTSC) which presents a clinical challenge to physicians. It has been reported that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Voclosporin and Tacrolimus 1 Year Outcomes as Predicted by PKPD in the PROMISE Trial, A
Objective:To determine the PKPD of VCS, a new calcineurin inhibitor (CNi), compared to TAC in renal allograft patients and to explore PKPD parameters as predictors…2013 American Transplant Congress
Defect in the Th17 Pathway Worsens Renal Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy after Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury
Background: Ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI), which is inherent to kidney transplantation, is associated with the detrimental development of interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IF/TA). IL-17A, the…
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