2013 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience of ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation
Transplant Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
The shortage of available deceased donor liver allografts remains a problem in multiple regions of the country. UNOS allows wait-listed patients with MELD scores greater…2013 American Transplant Congress
Three-Gene Signature of Tolerance for Clinical Application in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Long-life immunosuppression is an important factor that contributes to shorten the long-term survival of kidney transplant recipients. Identifying patients in whom donor-specific tolerance has developed…2013 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Deceased Donor Pool
Int Med, Univ of Calif Davis, Sacramento, CA; Surgery, Univ of Calif, Davis, Sacramento, CA
The rate of listing of candidates for kidney transplantation continues to exceed the rate of transplantation. To narrow this gap the conventional boundaries for deceased…2013 American Transplant Congress
Intended and Unintended Consequences of Share 35
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Purpose: To evaluate the impact of Share-35 implemented 9/30/05 by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) that gives pediatric patients with end stage renal…2013 American Transplant Congress
HLA Class II Mismatch Is Associated with Higher Incidence of Antibody Mediated Rejection after Heart Transplantation
UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Background:Whether HLA-mismatch is associated with higher rates of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after heart transplantation (HTx), and whether Class I and Class II antigens have a…2013 American Transplant Congress
Low Affinity Memory CD8+ T Cells Are Potently Alloreactive Against High Affinity Antigen in a Model of T Cell Receptor Cross-Reactive Heterologous Immunity
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
T cell activation in the context of both protective immunity and alloreactivity involves contact between the T cell receptor (TCR) and antigen presented as the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Opportunities for Expanding the Deceased Donor Pool in an Era of Outcomes-Driven Health Care
Background: The rate of listing of candidates for kidney transplantation continues to exceed the rate of transplantation. In an attempt to narrow this gap the…2013 American Transplant Congress
Exploring the Role of Embryonic Liver Development Genes in HCV Induced Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Introduction: HCC shares pathways with regulators of liver development. Wound healing recapitulates early liver development (hepatoblast proliferation) while regeneration resembles late embryonic growth (hepatocyte proliferation).…2013 American Transplant Congress
Revisiting the Second Kidney Transplant in Children
Purpose: To describe the path of children after primary transplant (tpx) failure and determine factors influencing the probability and wait times for second tpx.Methods: Retrospective…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Size Matched Single Renal Transplantation
Background: Pediatric cadaveric kidneys from small donors are offered as en bloc kidneys for transplantation. Recent data supports using these en bloc kidneys in pediatric…
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