2013 American Transplant Congress
Natural Killer Cells Cause Apoptotic Cell Death and Micro-Inflammation in Early Mouse Kidney Allografts
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
The roles of natural killer (NK) cells in organ transplant injury and rejection are largely unknown. This is of particular interest, because current immunosuppressive drugs…2013 American Transplant Congress
Late after Lung Transplantation Many Patients Have Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies (DSA) and High DSA Levels Appear To Be Associated with Poor Outcomes
The presence of DSA after lung transplantation has been associated with adverse outcomes, but the utility of long-term routine screening remains controversial. For lung recipients…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Polycystic Liver Disease: A 20-Year Experience
Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Introduction: Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) can lead to massive, highly symptomatic hepatomegaly and a reduced quality of life. While hepatic resection and cyst fenestration can…2013 American Transplant Congress
Serum and Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as Predictive Biomarker for Acute Rejection and Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation
PURPOSE: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has emerged an early marker protein for kidney dysfunction in various clinical settings. Data on NGAL expression during acute rejection…2013 American Transplant Congress
Laparoendoscopic Single Site Donor Nephrectomy Offers Better Cosmesis, and Comparable Surgical Outcomes to Conventional Retroperitoneoscopic Surgery
Objectives: Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (RPLDN) has been our standard care for living donors, using 3 flank ports and Pfannenstiel extraction. Our conventional strategy for RPLDN…2013 American Transplant Congress
Detailed Analysis of Cell-Mediated Immunity to Influenza Vaccination in Transplant Recipients, A
Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Introduction: Humoral responses to influenza vaccination in transplant recipients are variable. However, little is known about the generation of cell-mediated immunity after vaccination. We conducted…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Role of Ethnicity and IBD
Division of Liver Transplantation, Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa, FL
Liver Transplantation (LT) provides excellent long-term outcomes for recipients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Though the association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and PSC is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Expression of the Transcriptional Regulator snail1 in Kidney Transplants with Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Features
Background: The epithelial response to injury is stereotyped, and is reminiscent of an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), such as observed during embryogenesis and tumorigenesis. In the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Granules Use in Kidney Transplanted Infants. Dose and Safety
Paediatric Nephrology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Background:Tacrolimus in infants has been administered as an extemporaneously compounded oral liquid made by hospital pharmacy. Modigraf ® is a new tacrolimus formulation available as…2013 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Time-Zero Biopsy Scoring of Ischaemia/Reperfusion Injury after Liver Transplantation, The
Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
IntroductionThe utility of time-zero biopsies after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) remains unclear. The aim of this study is to evaluate histological grade of ischaemia/reperfusion injury…
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