2015 American Transplant Congress
The Significant Association Between the Functional Polymorphism (Rs3761548) of Foxp3 Gene and the Severity of Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplantation
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Aim- Acute cellular rejection (ACR) accounts for 15-25% of graft failure in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). T regulatory cells (Treg) play an important role…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmissions After Kidney Transplantation
Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Early rehospitalization after kidney transplantation is common and is considered a quality metric. Few studies have examined preventability or specific transplant/discharge factors associated with early…2015 American Transplant Congress
Umbilical Vein Catheter Versus Double J Stent for Ureteric Anastomosis in Renal Transplantation: A Single Centre, Open Label, Randomized Trial
Transplant Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Double J (DJ) stents are used routinely in renal transplantation to prevent ureteric complications. A recent Cochrane review of literature showed that routine prophylactic…2015 American Transplant Congress
10 Year Experience Using a Steroid Free Three Drug Maintenance Immunosuppression Regimen for Pancreas Transplant Alone: Comparison of Induction With Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin +/- Rituximab
Graft survival following pancreas transplant alone (PTA) is inferior to other pancreas transplants. Steroid elimination is appealing, but a two drug maintenance strategy may be…2015 American Transplant Congress
ALDH Expression in Facilitating Cells Plays a Critical Role in Regulatory T Cell Induction and GVHD Prevention
Graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) is a major source of morbidity in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), limiting its application to treat nonmalignant hematopoietic diseases and to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Facility Kidney Transplant Referral in Georgia: 2005-2012
Purpose: Significant variation exists in Standardized Transplantation Ratios (STR) at the dialysis facility level, and GA has the lowest kidney transplant (KTx) rate in the…2015 American Transplant Congress
NKp46 Clusters at the NK Cell Immune Synapse Regulate Specific Effector Functions
1Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 2Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Natural Killer (NK) cells play an important role in the first-line defense against tumor and virus-infected cells. Studies suggest NK cells have a dichotomous role…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Results from the UK Experience
Introduction: Kidneys from donation after circulatory-death donors currently make up over 40% of deceased donor kidney transplants in the UK. In addition, 34% of deceased…2015 American Transplant Congress
Independent Prognostic Factors for Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: UNOS Population Study
Background: The impact of regional differences in bridging locoregional therapy (LRT) use and wait times on overall survival (OS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients undergoing…2015 American Transplant Congress
LFA-1 Is Crucial for Germinal Center Reconstruction After T cell Depletion and IL-21 Biased Antibody-Mediated Rejection
1Surgery, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA; 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
[Background] Lymphocyte depletion prior to transplantation is beneficial in reducing initial maintenance immunosuppression in transplantation. However, despite its excellent efficacy in controlling T cell mediated…
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