Am J Transplant, Volume 3, Suppl 5 Archives - Page 17 of 178 - ATC Abstracts

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Association of Vitamin D and Albuminuria in Renal Transplant Recipients, The
R. Mainra, A. Hassan, M. Moser, Y. Luo, A. Shoker
Nephrology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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…
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IL-33 Receptor Expression by Cardiac and Aortic Allografts Limits Immune Infiltration and Development of Vasculopathy
Q. Liu, H. Turnquist
Depart. of Surgery and Immunology, Starzl. Transpl. Inst., Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med., Pittsburgh, PA
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…
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Microfluidic-Based Multiplexer for Long-Term Dynamic Islet Culture and Immunosuppression Study
Q. Wang, F. Feng, Z. Li, M. Nourmohammadzadeh, J. Mendoza-Elias, D. Eddington, J. OBerholzer, Y. Wang
Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Bioenginnering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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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Transplant Certification and Quality Assessment: The Effect of Center Data Input Quality
J. Tuttle-Newhall, K. Lentine, D. Axelrod, L. Ware, J. Milton, M. Schnitzler
Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis University, St. Louis; Dartmouth College, Lebanon; University of Texas, San Antonio
Each transplant program in the United States is required to submit self-reported data to OPTN/UNOS to calculate a center’s performance. Currently, under the Conditions of…
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Successful Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion and Viability Testing of Discarded Human Donor Livers
S. op den Dries, N. Karimian, M. Sutton, A. Westerkamp, M. Nijsten, A. Gouw, J. Wiersema-Buist, T. Lisman, H. Leuvenink, R. Porte
Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Surgical Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
In contrast to traditional static cold preservation of donor livers, normothermic machine perfusion may reduce preservation injury, improve graft viability, and potentially allows ex-vivo assessment…
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Neutralization of IL-23 Is Protective Against Hepatic Cold Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) Injury
J. Klune, S. Yokota, C. Bartels, N. Murase, Q. Du, D. Geller
Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Purpose: Interleukin-23 (IL-23) can activate inflammatory pathways such as CD4+ cell differentiation into IL-17 secreting Th17 cell type and increased production of IFNg leading to…
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Pulmonary Hypertension Identified by Color Doppler Echocardiography in Renal Transplant Candidates: Prevalence and Effect on Survival
A. Ribeiro, M. Gazzana, A. Vicari, M. Knorst, R. Manfro
Nephrology Department, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Pulmonology Departament, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been recognized frequently in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis. Some studies have suggested that PH may be associated…
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Risk Factors, Rejection and Infections Associated with Neutropenia in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Retrospective Study
S. Clairoux, M. Fournier, J. Amiel, M. Tremblay, D. Vinh, C. Coursol, D. Thirion, M. Cantarovich
Department of Pharmacy, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), Montreal, Canada; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Multi-Organ Transplant Program, MUHC, Montreal, Canada; Division of Infectious Diseases, MUHC, Montreal, Canada
Introduction: Neutropenia is relatively frequent after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Its risk factors have been scarcely studied and its consequences remain to be defined in…
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Jak3 Dependent Inhibition of Alloreactive T Cell Proliferation in the Setting of Chronic TLR Stimulation
T. Brennan, L. Lin, Y. Yang
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; Medicine and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: Maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) by a pulse TLR ligands increases their antigen presentation efficacy and leads to increased proliferation of T cells in…
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Standardized Referral Ratio (SRR): A New Quality Measure, The
R. Patzer, S. Pastan
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Emory University, Atlanta
Purpose: Variability in dialysis facility-level kidney transplant (KTx) rates have been reported, but little is known about KTx referral rates by dialysis facilities. No studies…