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  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Simple Post-Transplant Immunological Score Accurately Predicts the Risk of Infection in Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients, A

    M. Fernández-Ruiz, F. López-Medrano, L. Allende, P. Varela, R. San Juan, C. Lumbreras, A. Andrés, N. Polanco, J. Morales, E. Paz-Artal, J. Aguado

    Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario "12 de Octubre", Madrid, Spain; Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario "12 de Octubre", Madrid, Spain; Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario "12 de Octubre", Madrid, Spain

    Aim: To develop a practical score –based on readily available immunological parameters– to predict the risk of infection in KT recipients.Methods: We included 245 patients…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Baicalin Mediates Renal IRI Protection through Inhibition of NF-κB Pathway and Mitochondria Mediated Apoptosis

    M. Lin, L. Li, G. Pokhrel, G. Qi, J. Wang, L. Li, M. Xu, R. Rong, T. Zhu

    Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China

    Background: Renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) would highly increase the risk of delayed graft function (DGF) and rejection, and subsequently decrease the long-term graft survival…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Perfluorocarbon Added to the University of Winsconsin Solution Reduces Ischemia Reperfusion Injury and Prolongs Survival of DCD Liver Grafts

    P. Martins, T. Berendsen, H. Yeh, B. Bruinsma, M. Izamis, K. Uygun, J. McDaid, M. Yarmush, J. Markmann

    Dept. of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA

    Background: Low ATP contents in the graft have been associated with poor transplant outcomes. DCD grafts are particularly vulnerable to ischemia reperfusion injury because of…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Gender Difference in Renal Ischemia Tolerance Is Extrinsic to the Kidney

    M. Levine, Z. Wang, Y. Wang, R. Redfield, P. Abt, L. Wang, W. Hancock

    Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Background: Gender has been shown to have some impact on tolerance of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in animal models, with female mice having greater IRI tolerance.…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Long Term Transplant Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis Delta Virus Coinfection

    W. Al-hamoudi, S. Ali, H. Elsiesy, A. Hashim, B. Hegab, A. Bendahmash, H. Albahili, D. Broering, M. Al sebayel, M. Al-sofayan, F. Abaalkhail

    King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Liver Transplantatiom, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Background/aim: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) coinfection often leads to severe chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Data on long term outcome of…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Gender and Body Mass Index on Alanin Aminotransferase Levels in Living Liver Donors with Biopsy Proven Normal Hisotology

    A. Hashim, F. Abaalkhail, H. Elsiesy, M. Alsebayel, W. Alhamoudi

    Liver Transplant, King Faisal Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Gastroenterology, KIng Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    BACKGROUND/Aim: The upper limits of normal (ULN) for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels was established several decades ago at 40 IU/L, regardless of sex or body…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    First Case of Using Eculizumab To Salvage Antibody Mediated Rejection in a Highly Desensitization-Resistant Intestinal Re-Transplant Patient, The

    J. Fan, S. Nishida, P. Ruiz, A. Tekin, G. Selvaggi, A. Tzakis

    Univ of Miami, Miami; CCF, Cleveland

    The antibody mediated rejection (AMR) in intestinal transplantation may lead to graft loss. High titer of panel reactive antibody (PRA) and donor specific antibody (DSA)…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Characteristics of Abdominal Wall Rejection after Intestinal and Abdominal Wall Transplantation

    B. Allin, C. Ceresa, G. Casey, O. Espinoza, T. McPherson, S. Reddy, S. Sinha, P. Friend, A. Vaidya

    Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Aim:To report our experience of abdominal wall graft rejection after abdominal wall transplant.Methods:Retrospective case notes analysis of all patients undergoing combined intestinal and abdominal wall…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Isolation and Hepatocyte Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) from Porcine Bone Marrow – ‘Surgical Waste’ as a Novel MSC Source

    H. Tautenhahn, S. Brückner, S. Pelz, P. Stock, M. Dollinger, B. Christ

    Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) increasingly gain attention for clinical cell therapy of liver diseases because of their low immunogenicity. Cells might be isolated from bone…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Multivariate Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life after Live Kidney Donation, A

    K. Klop, J. IJzermans, S. Janki, J. van Busschbach, W. Weimar, R. Timman, N. Kok

    Department of Transplant Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Department of Medical Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Department of Nephrology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Introduction: The benefits of live kidney donor transplantation for recipients are well documented. Nevertheless, donor safety and quality of life (QOL) is of paramount importance…
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