Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 106 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Inflammasome Activation in Hepatocytes and Kupffer Cells Orchestrates the Hepatotoxic Effect of Bile Acids and Can Be Potential Target in the Management of Cholestatic Liver Injury
X. Liu,¹ T. Ma,¹ T. Billiar,² R. Tao.¹
¹Department of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial Peoples' Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; ²Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Purpose: Cholestatic liver injury (CLI) is commonly associated with many hepatobiliary diseases and substantially increases the peri-operative morbidity and mortality in liver surgery and transplantation.…
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Significant Reduction in TRAIL-Expressing NK Cells in Remnant Liver After Partial Hepatectomy Is Strongly Associated With the Impaired Intrahepatic CXCL9–CXCR3 Pathway
T. Yano, M. Ohira, H. Ohdan.
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Japan.
Antitumor activity of liver natural killer (NK) cells decreases after partial hepatectomy or liver transplantation (LT), suggesting the susceptibility of patients with depressed immune status…
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Chemokine Receptor 5 Blockade Modulates Inflammation and Immunity in Renal Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
K. Yoo,¹ S. Han,¹ J. Park,¹ E. Bae,¹ J. Park,¹ J. An,¹ J. Lee,¹ D. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,^1,2 S. Yang.²
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea; ²Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Macrophages, which exhibit great pliability, are important components of renal ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) and are closely correlated with loss of renal function. Chemokine Receptor…
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Once Daily Dosing Is as Effective as Twice Daily Dosing of Immediate Release Tacrolimus
L. Bowman,¹ T. Horwedel,¹ J. Hagopian,¹ B. Bone,² H. Wijeweera,² D. Brennan.²
¹Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
Purpose: Extended release (ER) tacrolimus (tac) has been available as Advagraf® for many years and as Astagraf XL® in the US since 2013. Immediate release…
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Delayed Tacrolimus (TAC) to Rapamycin (RAPA) Conversion in Renal Transplant Recipients With DGF/SGF
A. Haririan,¹ D. Klassen,¹ M. Keshtkar,¹ C. Drachenberg,² T. Dowling,³ E. Ramos,¹ R. Ugarte,¹ C. Cangro,¹ M. Weir.¹
¹Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; ²Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; ³Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
The role of conversion from TAC to RAPA early after kidney transplantation in patients with DGF/SGF in improving graft function and delaying chronic allograft dysfunction…
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Evaluation of Serum sCD30 as a Predictor in Kidney Transplant Recipients
X.-Z. Wang, W.-J. Xue, X.-H. Tian, J. Zheng, P.-X. Tian, X.-M. Ding.
Kidney Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Objective To explore the significance of serum CD30 in predicting acute rejection and pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients. Methods A total of 106 kidney transplant…
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Advanced Imaging Modalities for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Is MRI With Eovist Really Better?
M. Chen, H. Reich, M. Uffenheimer, Y. Nasseri, A. Annamalai.
Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is a common indication for transplantation. Eovist (gadolinium-EOB-DTPA), compared to conventional gadolinium-enhanced MRI (MRI-Gd) or triple-phase contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), is…
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Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma inside Milan Criteria: Lower Recurrence in Patients With Hepatitis C Infection
W. Palmer, D. Lee, J. Burns, A. Keaveny, J. Melendez, J. Nguyen, T. Patel, S. Pungpapong, B. Rosser, R. Paz-Fumagalli, R. Nakhleh, K. Musto, D. Harnois.
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Purpose: Hepatitis C infection (HCV) related-cirrhosis can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Liver transplantation (LT) is the optimal treatment for selected patients with HCC, providing…
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Pediatric Liver Transplantation from Living Donors in Cali – Colombia
L. Caicedo, V. Botero, J. Villegas, O. Serrano, M. Duque, M. Valderrama, E. Manzi, M. Agudelo, G. Echeverri.
Transplant Unit, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Introduction. Starting a pediatric liver transplant program in a developing country, is a great challenge, due to technical difficulties and increased morbidity and mortality, and…
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Association of Transplant Volume and Survival in Pediatric Kidney Transplants
W. Cherikh,¹ A. Wilk,¹ C. Flavin,¹ E. Brewer.²
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; ²Baylor Coll Med & Texas Children's Hosp., Houston, TX.
Background. Center specific volume has been shown to correlate with outcomes for many procedures in the adult population. The current analysis was conducted to determine…