2013 American Transplant Congress
Internet Use among Kidney Transplant Candidates
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Background: The Internet is a convenient, immediate, cost-effective, and private way to deliver healthcare information necessary for making informed treatment decisions. Little is known about…2013 American Transplant Congress
Increased Gene Transcripts Related to Immune Activation in Allografts but Not in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Despite Lack of Histopathologic Findings of Rejection
Montefiore/Einstein Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
Background: Donor specific antibodies (DSA) increase the risk of developing antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). However, some patients with DSA have normal biopsies, questioning the role of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Development and Prospect of Donation after Cardiac Death in China
From March 2010, a pilot program of organ donation in human has been implemented by China Red Cross Society and the Ministry of Health (MOH).…2013 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress Cytotoxic Activity of Natural Killer Cells in Islet Cell Transplantation
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Introduction:The immune response occurs against islet graft immediately after islet transplantation has remained a major obstacle. We have shown that both the expression of TNF-related…2013 American Transplant Congress
Modulating T Cell Migration in the Postischemic Liver: Hepatic Stellate Cells as New Therapeutic Target?
Department of Surgery-Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background: CD4+ T cells play a critical role during hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury although the mechanisms of their migration in the postischemic liver in remain…2013 American Transplant Congress
Matrix Cellular Activation of Non-Phagocytic SIRP-α Stimulates NADPH-Oxidase To Promote Cell Death, Limit Blood Flow and Promote Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) remains a source of organ transplant injury and accelerant of graft rejection. Current interventions to mitigate IRI and promote tissue preservation…2013 American Transplant Congress
B-Cell-Attracting Chemokine-13 (CXCL13) in Human and Murine Kidney Allograft Rejection
Purpose: B-cells play an important role in acute renal allograft rejection. It is known that the B-cell-attracting chemokine 13 (CXCL13), which is expressed by dendritic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Autophagy-Deficient T Cells Are Resistant to Cell Death after Costimulatory Blockade
Nephrology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
The induction and maintenance of stable transplant tolerance involves both regulatory and deletional mechanisms, the latter of which have been attributed to T cell apoptosis.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Search for New Nephroprotective Strategies in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
The classical OLT technique (>90% of cases in our centre) leads to increased rates of acute kidney injury (AKI up to 81, 4%). The purpose…2013 American Transplant Congress
Human Microbiota Characterization in the Course of Renal Transplantation
BACKGROUND: The human microbiota comprises all microbes associated with the human body and could play an important role for transplant recipient health. It may serve…
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