2013 American Transplant Congress
Do the Number and Titers of Donor Specific Antibodies Correlate to C4D Positivity and Clinical Outcomes?
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
AMR is a significant contributor of graft loss. Detection of DSA and C4D in Peri Tubular Capillaries (C4d+) has improved our understanding of AMR. It…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Value of SRTR Kidney Transplant Report Cards in the United States, The
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
IntroductionSRTR report cards provide the basis for quality assurance of US transplant centers. There is limited data evaluating the prognostic value of report cards, informing…2013 American Transplant Congress
Live-Time Imaging of Chemotactic Responses in Activated T Cells Demonstrate Novel Exploratory Patterns of Migration towards Chemokines
Our ability to study characteristic mechanisms and patterns of T cell subset migration during the rejection process is limited by the use of static assay…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association between CMV Infection and Subsequent BKV Infection after Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant – 4.5 Years of Experience in a Single Center, The
Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and BK virus (BKV) infection are serious infections after kidney and kidney/pancreas transplant. The association between these two viral infections has…2013 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Prisoners: Perspectives of Transplant Centers in the United States
The 8th Amendment requires that prisoners be provided a system of access to medical care. The number of inmates with ESRD is rising and the…2013 American Transplant Congress
High BMI Is Not a Risk Factor for Mortality or Rejection Following Renal Transplantation
Obesity increases peri-operative complications in transplantation but effects on long-term kidney transplant outcomes remain controversial.We analysed U.K transplant registry data from 1st January 2004 to…2013 American Transplant Congress
B-Cell Repopulation after Antithymocyte Globulin Compared with Anti-IL2 Receptor Induction: Increase in Transitional B Cells and BAFF Serum Levels
Background: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is the preferred induction for kidney transplant recipients at high risk of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). However, evolution of B cell phenotype…2013 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation Tourism: High Risk for the Recipients
Nephrology and Transplant Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain
Background/Aim: While the ethical aspects of transplant tourism have received much attention recently, less has been written about the medical safety of this practice. We…2013 American Transplant Congress
Cytometry Time of Flight (CyTOF) Analysis of Epstein Barr Virus-Specific T Cells in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) continues to be a serious problem in clinical transplantation. PTLD represents a spectrum of abnormal lymphoproliferations but most originate in B…2013 American Transplant Congress
Liver May Not Protect Against Kidney Rejection in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (SLK), The
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Introduction: Due to the parallel liver transplant, SLK recipients are thought to be protected from kidney rejection and receive similar immunosuppression (IS) as liver transplant…
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