2013 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact of an ACE Insertion/Deletion and Kinin B2 Receptor +9/-9 Polymorphisms in the Prognosis of Renal Transplantation
UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
There is a consensus in the scientific literature that supports the importance of the kallikrein kinin and renin angiotensin systems in renal physiology, but notably…2013 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation May Explain Disparities in Pediatric Waiting List Times for Hispanic Children
Body: Black and Hispanic children with end-stage renal disesase (ESRD) experience longer waiting times for deceased donor kidney transplantation. However, prior studies have not examined…2013 American Transplant Congress
Three-Year Safety and Efficacy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Patients Randomized to Steroid Avoidance or Maintenance Steroids with Early Intensified Dosing of Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium: The INFINITY Study
Short-term intensified enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) dosing may facilitate steroid avoidance (SA) after kidney transplantation.Methods. De novo kidney transplant recipients at low immunological risk (PRA…2013 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Plasmapheresis on the Concentration of Soluble Urokinase Receptor (suPAR) in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background: suPAR is elevated in patients (pts) with FSGS. Increased levels were associated with recurrence in transplanted kidneys. Previous studies suggested a causative role in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Integrated Analysis of MHC Class I-Like (MICA, HLA-E and EPCR) Genetic Diversity in Kidney Transplant Donors and Graft’s Endothelial Cell Phenotype
INSERM UMR1064, Nantes, France
Although, there is evidence for a role of MICA, HLA-E and EPCR in vascular transplant biology and immunology, genotyping is not routinely achieved and correlation…2013 American Transplant Congress
Differential Effects of the Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity in Lysing Human Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Introduction At present, the relative contribution of the innate and adaptive cytotoxic immunity to human renal tubular epithelial cell injury (TECs) remains poorly defined. Cells…2013 American Transplant Congress
Measuring Kidney Patients' Motivation To Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Development of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy Measures
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Educational interventions that increase patient motivation to pursue living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), positive attitudinal change, and self-efficacy have been shown to increase LDKT rates,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pretransplant FGF23 Titer Predicts Hypercalcemia at 6month Post Transplant Recipients
Kidney Disease Center, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
(Background) Recently graft survival of kidney transplant recipients is longer than before,so it is important to manage arteriosclerosis including calcium(Ca)/phosphorus(P) metabolism.(Aim)We examined how effective preemptive…2013 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of ECMO in DCD (Better the Devil You Know?)
Saint Louis Hospital (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris), Paris, France
Kidney transplantation from uncontrolled Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) has been re-introduced into clinical practice in France since June 2006. In addition to being the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Diagnostic Markers for Differentiation between BKV-Associated Nephropathy and Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients
BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) causing kidney graft impairment is often difficult to distinguish from acute rejection (AR). A misdiagnosis may be detrimental to the patient, because…
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