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  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    DEPTOR Is Expressed in CD4+ T Cells and Modulates Effector Responses and Allograft Rejection

    J. Wedel, S. Bruneau, K. Liu, N. Kochupurakkal, M. Laplante, D. Briscoe.

    Transplant Research Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

    DEPTOR is an evolutionarily conserved, first-in-kind cell intrinsic factor with potential to regulate the activity of multiple intracellular signaling pathways. However, its biology in T…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Prediction of Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection in Antibody Incompatible Renal Transplantation Using Machine Learning for Wide Data

    T. Shaikhina,1 N. Khovanova,1 S. Daga,1,3 N. Krishnan,2 D. Lowe,3 D. Mitchell,1 D. Briggs,2 R. Higgins.3

    1University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom.

    The dynamic field of renal transplantation is characterised by limited access to data, the high cost of equipment and underlying complexity of immunological responses to…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy of Low Dose Chemoprophylaxis for Coccidioidomycosis Infection in Liver Transplantation Recipients

    R. El Ramahi,2 S. Habib,1 S. Rosen,3 S. Farran,3 C. Walker,3 J. Shubeilat,4 S. Yost,5 O. McCotter,6 M. Cassal,6 A. Rana,7 T. Boyer,1 T. Zangeneh.2

    1Liver Research Institute, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 3Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 4Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; 5Division of Transplantation, School of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 6Office of Border Health, Arizona Department of Health Services, Tucson, AZ; 7Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

    Introduction:Coccidioidomycosis(CM) infection rate of 6.9% has been reported in solid organ transplantation recipients living in endemic Southwestern U.S.Aim:Assess the risk of CM infection in liver…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    MicroRNAs in Kidney Graft Preservation Fluid as Novel Biomarkers for Delayed Graft Function

    L. Ooms, H. Roest, S. van den Hoek, R. de Bruin, J. IJzermans, L. van der Laan, F. Dor.

    Transplant Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction: Delayed graft function is a common complication after deceased donor kidney transplantation (KT), which affects both short and long-term outcome. Currently available biomarkers in…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Early Conversion to Everolimus in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from the ELEVATE Study

    J. de Fijter, H. Holdaas, A. Speziale, G. Junge, Z. Wang, J. Cruzado, M. van der Giet.

    For the ELEVATE Study, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Purpose: Long-term exposure to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) contributes to unfavorable long-term outcomes, including inferior renal function and premature graft loss with vascular lesions, glomerulosclerosis and…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of the New Antivirals Sofosfuvir/Ledipasvir on Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C Cirrhosis

    S. Munoz,1 D. Reich,2 K. Rothstein.1

    1Div of Hepatology, Liver Failure Unit, Hanemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; 2Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

    The approval of potent antiviral therapy (AVT) with sofosfuvir/ledipasvir (sof/ldv) for hepatitis C (HCV) dramatically increased cure rates (SVR) to nearly 100%. A recent prospective…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    An Economic Analysis of Tolerance Induction for Two-Haplotype Match Kidney Living Donor Transplant Recipients

    K. Erickson,1 W. Winkelmayer,2 R. Lowsky,1 J. Scandling,1 S. Strober.1

    1Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 2Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    Purpose:Tolerance induction is a novel therapy that enables some living donor kidney transplant recipients (LDKTR) to safely discontinue immunosuppressive (IS) therapy. We examine whether tolerance…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Inhibition of RhoA Pathway-Related Macrophage Functions Abrogates Chronic Rejection of Cardiac Allograft

    M. Kloc, J. You, N. Tejpal, X. Li, R. Ghobrial.

    TMHRI, Houston, TX.

    Objective. Chronic rejection remains the main obstacle in the long-term success of organ transplantation. The long-term survival of allografted hearts is limited by a progressive…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Real-Time Measurements of Tissue Oxygen Microtension as a Marker of Bile Duct Viability in Liver Transplantation

    R. Ciria-bru, E. Navarro-Rodriguez, M. Sanchez-Frías, J. Medina-Fernandez, A. Gallardo-Herrera, M. Ayllon-Teran, S. Rufián-Peña, P. Lopez-Cillero, J. Briceño-Delgado.

    General Surgery, HU Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.

    Aims: To evaluate bile duct viability by assessing its microvascular quality using an innovative real-time oxygen tension device by testing different areas in both donor…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis of Induction Therapies in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in Modern Immunosuppression Era

    B. Tanriover,1 S. Zhang,2 M. MacConmara.3

    1Medicine, UTSW, Dallas, TX; 2Clinical Sciences, UTSW, Dallas, TX; 3Surgery, UTSW, Dallas, TX.

    Background: Induction therapy with interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL2-RA) is recommended as a first line agent in living donor renal transplantation (LRT). However, use of IL2-RA…
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