2013 American Transplant Congress
Anti-IL-6 Receptor (Anti-IL6R) Treatment Is Effective in Reducing Recall Antibody Responses in Sensitized HLA-A2 Skin Graft Recipients
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background Sensitization to HLA antigens poses significant obstacles for successful transplantation and increase risk for antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). IL-6/IL-6R interactions are known to have a…2013 American Transplant Congress
Expedited Liver Allocation in the U.S.: A Critical Analysis
The purpose of this study is to critically analyze the distribution patterns and fate of donor livers that were allocated using an expedited placement (EP)…2013 American Transplant Congress
Foetal Outcomes for Kidney Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Kidney transplantation greatly increases the chance of pregnancy and live birth in women with end stage kidney disease of reproductive age. While maternal outcomes…2013 American Transplant Congress
ABO Antibody Removal of Plasmapheresis (PP) with Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) before ABO-Incompatible (ABOI) Kidney Transplantation
Background: ABOI kidney transplantation is an inevitable option to overcome organ shortage. Outcome of ABOI grafts improved and became equivalent to compatible grafts. There were…2013 American Transplant Congress
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (A1AT) Prevents Pulmonary Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Rats
Purpose: Even though lung transplantation has been the effective treatment for patients with end-stage lung diseases, pulmonary ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury continues to be the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Everolimus Resulted in Decrease of Serum TGF-beta and Urinary NGAL in Renal Transplant Recipients
Background and Aim: Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) treatment has been implicated for chronic allograft dysfunction in renal transplant recipients. We aimed to investigate the effects of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Pharmacokinetics of Once- and Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Aims: Few data is available regarding the pharmacokinetic (Pk) profile of newly developed modified-release once-daily formulation of tacrolimus (MR-Tac) in children. This study investigated Pk…2013 American Transplant Congress
Somah – A Novel Modality for Subnormothermic Preservation of Donor Hearts
Background- Donor hearts for transplant are stored in extreme hypothermic conditions to reduce ischemic damage. However, hypothermia-dependent cellular, biochemical, structural injuries are of concern. We…2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact and Evolution of Humoral Immunity in a Randomized Multicenter Trial of Steroid Avoidance in Pediatric Renal Transplantation, The
PURPOSE: The development of anti-donor humoral responses after transplantation associates with higher risks for acute rejection and 1-year graft survival in adults, but the influence…2013 American Transplant Congress
Strain Specific Induction of Regulatory T Cells by Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
Life sustaining, full MHC-mismatched mouse kidney transplants are spontaneously accepted in certain strain combinations (e.g., DBA/2 to B6), while some full MHC-mismatched mouse kidneys are…
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