2013 American Transplant Congress
High Cost of High MELD Waitlisted Patients, The
Surgery, DHMC, Lebanon, NH; Transplant, SLU, St. Louis, MO
Introduction: Economic analysis of liver transplant (LT) practice has generally focused on the LT episode and post-LT care. Consequently, the economic impact of the geographic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Disease Markers in Kidney Transplant Recipients Converted from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Everolimus
Introduction: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) is four times higher than in general population. Pulse wave velocity is considered an…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver Preservation with Machine Perfusion under Full Oxygenation Using a New Cell-Free Oxygen-Carrier Solution
Background: Machine perfusion (MP) has been implemented either under hypothermic and anoxic conditions or under normothermia with full oxygenation using blood as perfusate. This is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Clinical Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients Who Successfully Withdrawn Immunosuppression, The
UOC Chirurgia dei Trapianti, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
Background. Clinical operational tolerance was defined as stable normal graft function in the total absence immunosuppression (IS). It may be achieved in up to 20%…2013 American Transplant Congress
Leflunomide Confers Protection to the Post-Ischemic Kidney Via Inhibition of GADD153 Expression and Inflammation
Background: Ischemia reperfusion injury is associated with a number of clinical conditions including renal transplantation. We recently showed that pretreatment of mice with leflunomide significantly…2013 American Transplant Congress
High MFI Preformed Class II HLA Donor Specific Alloantibodies Increase the Risk of Early Rejection and Death after Liver-Transplantation
Aim: To evaluate the impact of preformed donor specific alloantibodies (DSA) on the risk of rejection and patient survival after isolated liver transplantation (LT). Methods:…2013 American Transplant Congress
Early Elevated Everolimus Levels Are Associated with More Toxicities without Improved Efficacy
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC
Background: Everolimus (ERL) is an mTOR generally utilized in CNI minimization or withdrawal regimens for kidney transplantation (KTX). The aim of this study was to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Everolimus Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics between Ethnicities
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC
Background: Everolimus is an mTOR generally utilized in CNI minimization or withdrawal regimens for kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to compare pharmacokinetic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Association between Infection and Increased Sensitization in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Montefiore-Einstein Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
Background: We investigated the association between bacterial/fungal infection and increased sensitization in post-transplant kidney transplant recipients due to interaction between innate and adaptive immunity and/or…2013 American Transplant Congress
Ileal FGF15/19 to Hepatocyte FGFR4 Axis Is a Novel Positive Regulator of Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy in Mice
Organ Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) or living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a complicated biological process, which is not only regulated by liver itself…
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