2013 American Transplant Congress
Overcoming Hyperacute Rejection of Monkey ABO-Incompatible Renal Transplantation Using a Complement Inhibition-Based Strategy
Background: It has been demonstrated that complement inhibition-based strategy enables renal allograft accommodation and long-term engraftment in donor skin-presensitized monkeys. The effect of the same…2013 American Transplant Congress
CD3 Antibody-Induced Transplant Tolerance Relies on In Situ TGF-Beta and PD-1 Signaling in T Cells
CD3 antibody therapy, successfully used to treat patients with recent onset type 1 diabetes, can restore self-tolerance to autoantigens. We extented these tolerogenic properties to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pretransplant Donor-Specific HLA-Cw Antibodies and Risk of Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) cause acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and significantly compromise allograft survival. Clinical relevance of antiHLA-Cw antibodies is still unclear with…2013 American Transplant Congress
Renal Graft Survival Post Thoracic and Abdominal Transplant: A Single Center Experience
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction: ESRD is a common complication in patients with non-renal solid organ transplantation and such patients are living longer to receive kidney transplants. There is…2013 American Transplant Congress
Is Uric Acid an Independent Risk Factor for Graft Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients?
Background: Hyperuricemia is frequently observed in kidney transplant recipients and it has been implicated in poor allograft function and survival. However, this association remains controversial…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver Retransplantation in HIV-Infected Patients: A Multicenter and Multinational Cohort Study
We describe the indications, clinical characteristics, and outcome of liver retransplantation (reLT) in HIV-infected patients included in 8 prospective national cohorts.Methods: We analyzed data from…2013 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Mycophenolate in Leukopenic Renal Transplant Patients Is Not Associated with Worse Transplant Outcomes at 1 Year and 3 Year Post-Transplant
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Leukopenia is common in renal transplant recipients (RTRs), and is often managed by dose reduction of causative immunosuppressants, which may in turn increase the risk…2013 American Transplant Congress
Back to Bladder Drained Pancreas Transplantation Alone: A Single Centre Experience
Controversy remains whether there is still a role for bladder drainage (BD) in pancreas transplantation. Compared to excellent results in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation, pancreas…2013 American Transplant Congress
Protects Effect of HIF-1α in Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Mitochondrial Injury, The
Background. Ischemia by itself can trigger cell killing, and reperfusion accelerates the process. Many studies have demonstrated that HIF-1Α play an important role in mitochondrial…2013 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Six-Minute Walk Distance in Predicting Waitlist Mortality for Lung Transplant Candidates, The
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) dichotomized over/under 150 feet is one of 15 variables included in the Lung Allocation Score (LAS), however the independent association of…
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