2013 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Vascular Hemodynamics Improvement with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Unloading Is Sustained after Heart Transplantation
UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Background:Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is frequently seen in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) awaiting heart transplantation (HTx). Severe PHT is a contraindication for HTx. Both…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Persistence of Recipient MHC Class-II Antigen Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; Medicine and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: Following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation there is rapid replacement of host antigen presenting cells with donor antigen presenting cells. This has important implications of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Sustained Expression of CD39 Protects Acutely from Renal IRI but Promotes Fibrosis
Background: The adenosinergic axis is involved in renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) and the generation of adenosine by the action of CD39 and CD73 is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pegylated Interferon Maintenance Therapy for Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation
Hepatology, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Introduction: Recurrent hepatitis C (Hep C) is a major problem after liver transplantation. We analyzed our data on the virologic, biochemical and histological response with…2013 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from TAC-MMF to mTOR-TAC Immunosuppression in Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Reduces the Incidence of BK Viremia
Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; Pharmacy, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Background: BK nephropathy is an important cause of early graft loss after renal-pancreas transplantation. We sought to determine if conversion from tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil (TAC-MMF) to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitors in HLA Identical Living Related Donor Kidney Transplantation
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
The outcome of living related (LD) HLA-identical kidney transplant (tx) was excellent prior to the availability of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). Given the nephrotoxicity of CNIs,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Has Displaying KDPI in DonorNet® Led to a Spike in Discard Rates for Lower Quality Kidneys?
UNOS; Yale Med Ctr; Northwestern
Background: The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), derived from the Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI), began appearing in DonorNet with kidney offers on March 26,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association of Vitamin D and Albuminuria in Renal Transplant Recipients, The
Introduction: Albuminuria is commonly observed in renal transplant recipients and its etiology varies widely. It is associated with poorer graft function and worse patient and…2013 American Transplant Congress
IL-33 Receptor Expression by Cardiac and Aortic Allografts Limits Immune Infiltration and Development of Vasculopathy
Overview: Studies have found administration of IL-33 triples the survival of MHC-mismatched murine heart transplants (HTx) in the absence of any immunosupression. These data are…2013 American Transplant Congress
Microfluidic-Based Multiplexer for Long-Term Dynamic Islet Culture and Immunosuppression Study
Purpose: The in vitro study of human islets is often limited by the availability of specific tools. Microfluidic technology has emerged as a hugely promising…
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