Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 34 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Monitoring Intracellular Tacrolimus Concentration in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Stable Graft Function
E. Bae,¹ S. Han,¹ S. Yang,² J. Park,¹ H. Lee,¹ J. Lee,³ D. Kim,¹ Y. Kim.¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Monitoring the intracellular concentration of immunosuppressive agents can be promising to improve and individualize clinical practice in patients receiving transplantation. However, this issue remains…
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Outcomes of HIV+ Liver Transplant Recipients Compared to HCV+ or HIV+/HCV+ Co-Infected Recipients: The “Real World” Experience
D. Sawinski,¹ G. David,² E. Blumberg,³ P. Abt,⁴ R. Bloom,¹ K. Forde.²
¹Renal Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ²Gastroenterology Division, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ³Infectious Disease, Univ. of Penn, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Univ of Penn, Philadelphia, PA.
End stage liver disease is a frequent cause of mortality in patients with HIV. Though demonstrated in the NIH observational trial, the effectiveness of LT…
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Identifying the “Operational Tolerant” Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient by Cytometry by Time-of-Flight
A. Lau,^1,2 M. Vitalone,¹ K. Haas,³ T. Shawler,¹ C. Esquivel,¹ O. Martinez,¹ R. Castillo,³ S. Krams.¹
¹Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ²Pediatrics, Div. Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ³Pediatrics, Div. Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Liver allografts are known to be well tolerated and indeed, some recipients of liver allografts retain stable graft function in the absence of immunosuppression. The…
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Role of Innate Immune Cells in Chronic Allograft Loss and Novel Strategies to Target Them
C. Wu,^1,2 P. Zhao,¹ W. Liu,¹ X. Xiao,¹ X. Shi,¹ Y. Peng,¹ M. Kloc,¹ X. He,² M. Ghobrial,¹ X. Li.¹
¹Center for Immunobiology and Transplantation Research, Houston Methodist Hospital and Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX; ²Organ Transplant Center, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Despite remarkable improvements in short term transplant survival, the long-term outcome of allografts remains poor in the clinic, and most transplants are eventually lost due…
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A Tool to Estimate Probability of Outcomes on the Liver Transplant Waiting List
A. Hart,^1,2 D. Schladt,¹ J. Zeglin,¹ N. Salkowski,¹ S. Leppke,¹ W. Kim,^1,3 J. Lake,^1,4 A. Israni,¹ B. Kasiske,¹ J. Snyder.¹
¹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ²Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; ³School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; ⁴Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
The probability of liver transplant (LTX) and death for candidates varies by donation service area (DSA), making it difficult for candidates to understand the likely…
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Alemtuzumab Induction Has Been Safe in the United Kingdom and Achieves Long-Term Steroid Avoidance in More Than 80% of Low Risk Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Seitz,¹ M. Robb,³ S. Balasubramanian,¹ A. McLean,² D. Taube,² R. Johnson,³ R. Baker.¹
¹Renal Unit, St. James's Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom; ²West London Renal and Transplant, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ³Organ Donation and Transplantation Studies, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The use of alemtuzumab as an induction agent for renal transplantation is increasing in the UK. There is some evidence to suggest that this…
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Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Recurrence in Renal Transplant Recipients Treated With Belatacept
W. Kitchens,¹ A. Farris,² S. Pastan,¹ T. Pearson,¹ C. Larsen,¹ A. Adams.¹
¹Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA; ²Department of Pathology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Introduction: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a cause of end-stage renal failure that frequently recurs following renal transplant, often leading to early allograft loss. A…
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Virus Induced CD28 Down-Regulation as a Potential Driver of Costimulation Blockade Resistant Rejection
D. Mou,¹ J. Espinosa,¹ L. Stempora,² J. Kwun,² N. Iwakoshi,¹ A. Kirk.²
¹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Belatacept, a B7-specific fusion protein, blocks CD28-B7 costimulation and prevents kidney allograft rejection. However, it is ineffective in a sizable minority of patients. Although T…
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Norovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients – Clinical Severity and Genotype Identification
J. Roodnat,¹ Y. Rakké,¹ J. Beek van,³ M. Koopmans,² M. Betjes,¹ W. Weimar,¹ M. Beersma.²
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
Introduction: Norovirus (NoV) is increasingly recognized as causative agent of gastro-enteritis in renal transplant recipients.Methods: We performed a retrospective study (2003-2012) to investigate the clinical…
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Dramatic Improvements in Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US
T. Purnell,¹ X. Luo,¹ L. Kucirka,¹ L. Cooper,¹ A. Massie,¹ D. Crews,¹ L. Boulware,² D. Segev.¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ²Duke University, Durham.
Earlier studies reported inferior graft survival in black transplant recipients. We examined 20-year trends in outcomes to determine whether racial disparities improved over time. METHODS:…