2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Use of Gene-Expression Profiling to Monitor for Rejection After Cardiac Transplantation – Which Patients and When?
Background: Gene-expression profiling (GEP), in place of endomyocardial biopsy, is increasing. GEP testing is intended for low-risk asymptomatic patients (pts); thus, the profile of pts…2015 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati.
Optimal strategies to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after pediatric solid organ transplantation (SOT) in a cost effective manner are uncertain. We evaluated the frequency of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Noninvasive Diagnostic and Predictive Value in Renal Transplant Recipients by Measurement of Urine BCA-1
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between early-stage renal acute rejection and the level of BCA-1 in urine, explore the diagnostic value and noninvasive monitoring in early…2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlled DCD Pancreas Transplantation : A Single Centre Experience
Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Background: The use of DCD pancreata are gaining popularity in the UK. Isolated pancreas transplantation (IP) is known to have inferior outcomes in comparison to…2015 American Transplant Congress
HLA-Cw Mismatches Are Not Associated With Worse Graft Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation Even in High Levels of Antigen Expression
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
The HLA-Cw antigens are distinct in having relatively lower expression on the cell surface compared to the other HLA class I loci. Higher HLA Cw…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Neonatal En-Bloc Kidneys: Do They Grow and Are They Subject to Hyperfiltration Injury?
UC Davis Transplant Center, Sacramento, CA.
Importance:Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) kidney donation is rare but a potentially significant kidney source. Concerns with using these small kidneys include the risk for…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Outcomes of Cross Match Positive Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplant Recipients Compared to Cross Match Positive Kidney Allograft Recipients
The protective role of liver in cross-match(XM) positive SLK recipients and its impact on the incidence of renal antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is unclear.A retrospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
CN Inhibition (But Not mTOR Inhibition) of a Novel CD8+ T Cell Regulatory Mechanism Results in Higher Alloantibody Posttransplant
Department of Surgery, CTC, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
MTOR inhibitors [mTORi; Rapamycin, (Rapa)] and calcineurin inhibitors [CNi; Tacrolimus (Tac)] are immunosuppressive drugs commonly used to suppress the rejection of transplanted organs and tissues.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Specific Antibodies in the Older Kidney Transplant Recipient
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Recent evidence suggests that renal transplant recipients (RTR) with both rejection and donor specific antibodies (DSA) are at high risk of graft loss. Concurrently, the…2015 American Transplant Congress
National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry: Cholestasis of Pregnancy in Liver Transplant Recipients
Cholestasis of pregnancy (COP) occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies and is associated with increased risk of premature delivery. The purpose of this study was…
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