2013 American Transplant Congress
Depletion of Both Recipient and Donor Foxp3+ Cells Can Break Tolerance of Skin or Heart Allografts Induced by Mixed Chimerism in Mice
Donor-specific transplant tolerance has been achieved by induction of mixed chimerism in both mice and humans and evidence for both deletion and regulation exists. To…2013 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Disease Screening of Living Kidney and Liver Donors at a Large Transplant Center
Background: Screening practices for infection in potential living kidney and liver donors have not been standardized among transplant centers despite rare but potentially life-threatening transmitted…2013 American Transplant Congress
Is Micro-RNA-122 (miR-122) an Accurate Biomarker for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury during Liver Transplantation?
PURPOSE: Liver specific miR-122 has been shown to be potential biomarker for liver injury; however initial production of miR-122 during allograft reperfusion has not been…2013 American Transplant Congress
Knowledge and Attitude of the Flemish Primary Care Physician towards Organ Donation and Transplantation
PURPOSE- Primary care physicians might play an important role in the acceptance of organ donation in the population. This would require both a positive attitude…2013 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplantation: Personal Factors Associated with Good and Poor Post-Transplant Adaptive Response
Notable differences in patient adaptation after pancreas transplant cause some to thrive and return to independent living, while others struggle with emotional and social problems.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Cystic Growth in ADPKD Renal Transplant Recipients Following Conversion to an mTOR Inhibitor
Univ of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
Introduction: Previous animal studies of ADPKD suggest sirolimus reduces kidney volume, cyst size and density, and restores overall kidney function as measured by BUN and…2013 American Transplant Congress
When Drugs Run Out: Tolerability of Mycophenolate Mofetil and Azathioprine in Lung Transplant Recipients over the Age of Sixty
Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, NC; Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Triple-drug therapy with tacrolimus, azathioprine (AZA), and prednisone is the standard immunosuppression protocol for lung transplant at Duke University Hospital (DUH). The recent shortage of…2013 American Transplant Congress
Graft Loss Rates after Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Liver Donation Are Severely Underestimated
Introduction: Organs from DCD donors, particularly livers, have been shown to have outcomes that are inferior to those from donation after brain death (DBD) donors…2013 American Transplant Congress
Complement Blockade Prevents Delayed Graft Function in a Non-Human Primate Model of Kidney Allo-Transplantation
Surgery, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI; Pharming Group NV, Leiden, Netherlands
Brain-death (BD) induces an innate immune response that increases the risk of delayed graft function (DGF) and leads to reduced graft survival and increased immunogenicity…2013 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of CMV Infection Comparing Two Antiviral Preventative Strategies after Liver Transplantation
Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Purpose: CMV remains a common complication of liver transplantation, and its direct and indirect effects contribute greatly to the morbidity and mortality in this patient…
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