2015 American Transplant Congress
Is Transplant Volume Associated With Survival in Pediatric Liver Transplants?
Background. Center specific volume has been shown to correlate with outcomes for many procedures in the adult population. The current study was conducted to determine…2015 American Transplant Congress
No Significant Outcome Benefit for Brand-Name Versus Generic Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: SRTR Analysis
IntroGeneric formulations of tacrolimus have been available for maintenance immunosuppression since 2009. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency of use of generic tacrolimus and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rise in Deceased Donors Labeled "Increased Risk for Disease Transmission" Under New Guidelines
Deceased donors are labeled increased infectious risk (IRD) if they meet certain criteria; however, stigma, legal and regulatory burden to centers, and decreased organ utilization…2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 High-Risk Genotype in African American Live Kidney Donors Is Not Associated With Post-Donation Development of Hypertension and Kidney Disease
African Americans (AA) with two apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles have more kidney disease than compared to those with one or zero risk alleles. A…2015 American Transplant Congress
Notch Signaling Mediates Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in the Development of Marginal Liver Graft Fibrosis
Depatment of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Background and aims:Although graft size and chronic liver diseases have been proposed as risk factors for post-transplantation liver fibrosis, the underlying mechanisms remained unclear. Our…2015 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Free Immunosuppression Protocol in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Alemtuzumab: A Retrospective Single Center Study
Background: Steroid free immunosuppression is attractive in pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx). Aim of the present study is to examine the patient survival, graft survival, rate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Class II MHC and CD40 Expression Are Required for Endogenous Memory CD8 T Cell Proliferation in Cardiac Allografts Subjected to Prolonged Cold Ischemic Storage
Endogenous memory CD8 T cells infiltrate MHC-mismatched cardiac allografts and produce IFN-γ in response to donor class І MHC within 24 hrs after graft reperfusion…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Circulating HLA-Specific Alloreactive Memory B Cells Reveals Surreptitious Immunized Kidney Transplant Recipients at High Risk of Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Even though current bead-based multiplex techniques enable an accurate assessment of circulating HLA-specific antibodies, a more comprehensive study of the humoral alloimmune response through the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Graft Loss in a Population of Kidney Transplant Patients Diagnosed With ABMR/TG
ABMR is the main cause of late graft loss in kidney transplants. Our goal was to determine the variables most strongly predictive of graft loss…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Excellent Results of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantations at Multicenter Japanese Case Series
[Background]Although kidney transplantation (KT) is the most reassuring treatment for patients with ESRD, shortage of organ donation in Japan is crucial. This issue has forced…
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