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
Effect of Belatacept on Follicular Helper T Cell and Humoral Response in Sensitized Rhesus Macaques, The
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
[Background] The generation of high affinity antibody and B cell memory requires the interaction of antigen-specific B and T cells in lymphoid follicles and the…2013 American Transplant Congress
MnTMPyp, a Selective Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, Reduces Oxidative Stress in Brain Dead Donors
Renal allografts retrieved from brain dead donors show inferior transplant outcomes compared to living donor grafts. Brain death (BD) leads to immunological activation and hemodynamic…2013 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from Tacrolimus (TAC) to Sirolimus (SRL)-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 2 Years Results
Introduction: This multicenter prospective study evaluated renal function of kidney transplant (KT) recipients randomized after the transplant surgery to undergo planned conversion from TAC to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Extraction Time of Kidneys from Deceased Donors Impacts Function
Background: Cold and warm ischemia times are known to impact DGF (delayed graft function) rates and long-term allograft survival following deceased donor kidney transplantation. We…2013 American Transplant Congress
Micro RNA Biomarker Candidates for Vascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
INTRODUCTION: The presence of vascular invasion is known to be a strong predictor of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after resection or transplant, but no clinically…
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