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  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of CTLA4-Ig on the Fate of Alloreactive Th17 Cells In Vivo, The

    M. McGrath, M. Yeung, S. Yang, N. Zaman, B. Snawder, N. Najafian

    Transplantation Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

    The role of Th17:Treg balance in allograft rejection is incompletely understood and remains an active area of investigation. Prior studies have suggested that CD28 costimulation…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    What Is the Definition of Geographic Equity in Kidney Transplantation?

    A. Davis, S. Mehrotra, L. McElroy, J. Friedewald, D. Ladner

    Northwestern University, Chicago

    Purpose: Since the 1990s, a patient’s likelihood of receiving a kidney transplant has highly depended on where a patient resides around the United States. In…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Role for DEPTOR in Cell-Intrinsic Mechanisms of Anti-Inflammation in Vascular Endothelial Cells

    S. Bruneau, C. Woda, D. Briscoe

    Transplant Research Program, Division of Nephrology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Recent studies have highlighted a new paradigm whereby the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis and the prevention of chronic inflammation are dependent on the active…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Modification of the Cavaplasty (Hug Procedure) Technique in Liver Transplantation

    Y. Wu, L. Mosna, S. Zhang, K. Wolfe

    Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY; First Hospital of Qunming, Qunming, YunNan, China

    Introduction: The Cavaplasty OLT, now called Hug Procedure, offers advantages for hepatectomy and implantation and eliminates outflow obstruction. However, caval clamping is required during the…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Transplantation of Kidney Allografts in Sensitized Rats Made Possible by Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) and Fludarabine

    Y. Fu, R. Montgomery, Y. Wang, E. Fuchs, Z. Shen, G. Williams, Z. Sun

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; Tianjin First Central Hospital and Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

    We tested whether resetting the immune system with autologous HSC after preconditioning with Fludarabine improves kidney allograft survival in sensitized hosts.Methods: MHC mismatched DA (RT1Aa)…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers for Seniors To Get Listed for Kidney Transplantation

    S. Bolourani, L. Lindquist, B. Lapin, D. Ladner

    Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC), Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago; Rosalind Franklin University School of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago; General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago

    Introduction: Kidney transplant (KT) provides patients with improved survival rate and higher quality of life measures, and impose a significantly lower cost on Medicare when…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI) and Corticosteroid (CS) Avoidance Using Belatacept: The CTOT-10 Experience

    K. Newell, R. Mannon, A. Mehta, S. Tomlanovich, Y. Morrison, D. Ikle, J. Goodman, S. Mehta, N. Bridges, P. Stock, C. Larsen

    Emory Transplant Center; Univ of Alabama-Birmingham; UC-San Francisco; NIAID/NIH; Rho

    Belatacept is approved a component of a CNI-free immunosuppressive regimen in EBV + adults undergoing renal transplantation. The intent of this NIH-sponsored CTOT study was…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Good Second Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Early First Kidney Graft Loss

    M. Gupta, A. Wood, N. Mitra, S. Furth, P. Abt, M. Levine

    Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Intro:Pediatric kidney transplant (KTx) recipients with early first kidney graft loss(within 30 days) may have graft failure from technical complications or patient disease(hypercoagulability, acute rejection,…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Vein/Access Preservation in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Role of Small Bore Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) Catheters

    A. Desai, M. Hammes

    Nephrology/Transplant Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; Nephrology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    Background: The small bore internal jugular (SBIJ) catheter is to be used for central access in all patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 3…
  • 2013 American Transplant Congress

    Decreased Rejection and Equivalent Survival with Selective Alemtuzumab Induction for Renal Transplantation

    J. LaMattina, L. Goldschen, R. Munivenkatappa, C. Gurk-Turner, J. Powell, D. Klassen, J. Bromberg, R. Barth

    University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Selective immunosuppressive therapies based on donor and recipient factors should minimize rejection and optimize patient and graft outcomes. We developed in 2006 a selective algorithm…
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