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…2013 American Transplant Congress
Th17 Memory Cells Are More Dependent on Coinhibition by CTLA-4 Than Th1 Memory Cells and Are Associated with Rejection in Patients Treated with Belatacept
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
T cell memory is comprised of an assortment of phenotypic lineages suited for microbial immunity that may cross-react with allogeneic antigens to drive pathological immune…2013 American Transplant Congress
Extended Criteria Donor (ECD) Renal Allograft Use in Older Recipients in a Short Wait Time Center: Is There an Advantage?
Surgery, Univeristy of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Medicine, Univeristy of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Merion et al. (JAMA, 2005) concluded that ECD renal grafts benefit a recipient if they are older than 40 with hypertension or diabetes, and have…2013 American Transplant Congress
TOL101 Signaling Pathways, a Novel CD3 Independent T Cell Inactivation & Treg Induction Cascade
In a Phase 2 renal transplant study, the anti-ΑΒ TCR antibody TOL101 inhibited T cell function in transplant patients at a range of doses. When…2013 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the Pediatric Population: Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Purpose: To review the pediatric recipients of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) at our institution and examine predictors of adverse outcomes, particularly in patients ≤5 years…2013 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for High MELD Score Patients
Background: Liver transplantation is the only effective treatment for the very sick liver failure patients. For the success of liver transplantation, it is better to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Imaging of Acute Allograft Rejection by Ultrasound Detection of Microbubbles Targeted to T-Lymphocytes in a Rat Renal Transplantation Model
ObjectiveWe propose anti-CD3-antibody-mediated contrast-enhanced ultrasonography using human T-lymphocytes for image-based diagnosis and differentiation of acute allograft rejection (AR) established in a rat renal transplantation model.MethodsAfter…2013 American Transplant Congress
Lower Serum Magnesium 1-Year Posttranplantation Is Associated with Decreased Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients
Hypomagnesaemia is a known side effect of immunosuppressive regimen, especially calcineurin inhibitors, and has been associated with new onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT), decreased graft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Therapeutic Mycophenolic Acid Area-Under-Curve (MPA AUC) Levels Abolish Donor-Specific Antibody Formation in Established and De Novo Renal Transplant Patients
PinnacleHealth Transplantation, Harrisburg, PA
Background: Donor-specific antibody (DSA) formation is a key factor in development of antibody-mediated rejection and irreversible renal dysfunction. Prevention of DSA formation is critical, mandating…2013 American Transplant Congress
Minimization of Immunosuppression for ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Based on the Strength of Pretreatment Anti A/B Antibody Titer
Acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) used to be a major problem in ABO-incompatible KidneyTransplantation (ABOi-KTx), and currently rituximab has been accepted to reduce the prevalence…
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