2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychological Benefit After Living Kidney Donation: Is It a Myth?
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The moral and ethical justification for living donation is provided by an assumed psychological benefit to the donor after donation. However, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiologic Change in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Referred for Lung Transplantation Post Lung Allocation Score Implementation
Introduction: The lung allocation score (LAS) was designed and implemented in May 2005 to account for various measures of a candidate's health in an attempt…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Age on Longterm Outcomes in Asian Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Background The living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is well known for best treatment of end-stage renal disease. Recently, kidney transplantation from elderly living donor has…2015 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Predictive Value of the Virtual Crossmatch: Is the C1Q Assay Needed?
The criteria for reporting unacceptable HLA antigens of renal transplant candidates differ greatly between transplant centers. In the attempt to refine these criteria, the experience…2015 American Transplant Congress
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Associated With Acute Rejection in European American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS)
Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) is associated with increased risk of allograft loss. Therefore, we conducted a GWAS to determine SNPs associated with AR in a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Use of RNA Sequencing for Discovery of Markers of Accommodation in Surveillance Biopsies from Recipients of an ABO-Incompatible Renal Transplant
Recipients of an ABO incompatible transplant have circulating anti-AB antibodies, A and/or B antigens expressed on endothelium and usually C4d deposition on the endothelium, yet…2015 American Transplant Congress
Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Improve Survival and Function of Pancreatic Islets by Cell-to-Cell Contact
Background and Aim:The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival and function of human pancreatic islets co-encapsulated with human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Interactions Between Platelets and Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells Initiate Liver Regeneration
ObjectivesPlatelets and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) were shown to be important contributors to liver regeneration. Several recent studies suggested that their interactions might be…2015 American Transplant Congress
Anti-LG3 Antibodies Aggravate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is a significant cause of renal allograft dysfunction and a risk factor for poor long-term graft outcomes. Microvascular injury is an important…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Refusals for Transplantation
Disparities in access to the kidney transplant wait list have been described for women, African Americans (AAs), and the elderly. However, few data are available…
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