Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 45 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Hispanic/Latino Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Role of a Culturally Competent Transplant Program
E. Gordon, J. Lee, R. Kang, D. Ladner, A. Skaro, J. Holl, D. French, M. Abecassis, J. Caicedo.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Background and objectives: Hispanic Americans face disparities in access to kidney transplantation, particularly living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT).Design, setting, participants, and measurements: Northwestern Medicine's® (NM)…
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A Comparative Analysis of Histological Scoring in Living Donor Renal Transplants from Donors Above and Below 60 Years of Age
A. Ghazanfar,^1,2 F. Kazmi,² A. Bagul,¹ M. Morsy,¹ J. Popoola.¹
¹Renal Medicine and Transplant Surgery, St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: World Health Organisation estimates that the absolute number of people aged 60yrs and over will increase from 605-million to  2-billion over the…
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Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Obese Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
K. Omoto,¹ D. Toki,¹ M. Okumi,¹ T. Shimizu,¹ H. Ishida,¹ K. Honda,² J. Koike,³ K. Tanabe.¹
¹Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Department of Pathology, St. Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantation from obese living donors has not been studied. We reviewed graft…
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Lung Transplantation (LTx) in Patients on Extracorporeal Support – Is It a Bridge Too Far? A Single Centre Cohort Analysis
B. Zych, D. Garcia-Saez, P. Mohite, A. Reed, F. De Robertis, A. Popov, M. Amrani, T. Bahrami, N. Patil, M. Carby, A. Simon.
Department of Cardio-Thoracic Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Harefield Hospital. Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Objective: LTx in patients remaining on extracorporeal support is still controversial approach despite good results published by leading transplant centres. In this study we evaluate…
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Change in Frailty Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
M. McAdams DeMarco, E. King, N. Desai, N. Dagher, B. Lonze, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Frailty prevalence is high and predicts early hospital readmission, length of stay and mortality in adults of all ages undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). The…
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Are DQA Antibodies Real?
J. Jones, D. Lucas, M. Leffell, A. Zachary.
Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Antibodies specific for HLA-DQ antigens appear to be increasing in frequency in the post-transplant period and are difficult to reduce effectively with desensitization protocols using…
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Influence of POR*28 Genotype on Tacrolimus Disposition in Heart Transplant Recipients
T. Alford,¹ R. Page,¹ J. Lindenfeld,² C. Aquilante.¹
¹University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO; ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Polymorphisms in P450 oxidoreductase (POR) have been shown to modulate CYP3A activity and alter the pharmacokinetics of CYP3A substrates, such as tacrolimus (TAC). The objective…
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Identification of Genetic Variants Associated With Variation of Tacrolimus Levels in African Americans Using GWAS
W. Oetting,¹ D. Schladt,² W. Guan,¹ A. Israni,² R. Remmel,¹ C. Dorr,² K. Sanghavi,¹ R. Mannon,³ B. Herrera,⁴ A. Matas,¹ D. Salomon,⁵ P. Kwok,⁴ P. Jacobson,¹ for DeKAF Genomics.¹
¹Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ²Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis; ³Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham; ⁴Univ. of California, San Francisco; ⁵Scripps Research Center, La Jolla.
African American kidney transplant recipients (AA) have a higher incidence of allograft failure when compared to Caucasians. We have previously reported that tacrolimus troughs (TT)…
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Immunological Evaluation of Acellular Extracellular Matrix Upon Transplantation
M. Ketaki,¹ P. Pradeep,¹ N. Nikhil,¹ G. Dellgren,³ H. Suchitra, M. Olausson.²
¹Laboratory for Transplantation Regenerative Medicine, Surgery, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; ²Department of Surgery, SU/Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden; ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Institute, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Background : To mitigate the scanty supply of donor organs, porcine tissues can be utilized since, it embrace the potential to accomplish the task of…
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Microchimerism-Tolerance “Missing Link”: Exosome Acquisition by Host Dendritic Cells
W. Bracamonte-Baran, E. Jankowska-Gan, Y. Zhou, W. Burlingham.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Background: widespread maternal microchimerism (MMc) in mice is associated with development of immune regulation, which can be used to predict transplantation tolerance. We recently showed…