2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of In-Vitro Effects of Immunosuppression on NK Cell Subsets in the Presence of Cytomegalovirus
Background: NK cells may play an important role in the control of CMV replication post-transplant. NK cells can be divided into subsets based on surface…2015 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Attitudes of Hispanic College Students in the Rio Grande Valley: Analysis of Free Responses
Purpose: To understand barriers in registering as an organ donor amongst students at a predominantly Hispanic institution.Methods: Self-identified adult (ages 18 and above) Hispanic students…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor MHC Independent Rejection of Islet Allografts in Autoimmune NOD Mice
In autoimmune Type 1 diabetes (T1D), pancreatic islet allografts have somewhat limited long-term survival, both in T1D human subjects and in spontaneously diseased non-obese diabetic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation of the Elderly Diabetic: To Do Or Not to Do?
Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
INTRODUCTION: An increasingly common cause of transplantation is retransplantation. Often, a dilemma exists as to which patients should be considered for retransplantation especially when the…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Higher MFI of De Novo Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Is Correlated With Graft Fibrosis Progression in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Background. It has been shown that the development of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) is associated with poorer graft outcome in kidney transplantation. However…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vascularised Composite Allografts and Intestinal Transplantation: Does the Skin Component Provide a Pre-Rejection Marker for the Visceral Organ?
Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Can the skin component of a synchronously transplanted vascularised composite allograft (VCA) be used as a pre-rejection marker for the intestinal transplant (IT)?Methods: Recipients…2015 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Conversion to Treat BK Virus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
IntroductionmTORi's reduce BKV large T antigen expression in vitro and are associated with lower rates of BKV infection in clinical studies.MethodsPilot single center, randomized, open-label…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Integrase Inhibitor-Based Antiretroviral Regimen on Outcomes in HIV + Renal Transplant Recipients
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
Renal transplant in HIV+ patients (pts) is complicated by high rates of acute rejection (AR). Protease inhibitors (PIs) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decline in Living Donor Rates Pervasive Across All Kidney Transplant Candidate Groups
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Previous analysis by our group showed living donor (LD) transplant rates peaked between 2002 and 2004 and declined thereafter. We sought to understand if this…2015 American Transplant Congress
Upregulation of Heart Transplant IL-33 Is Critical in Cardiac Tissue Repair
Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: IL-33 is tissue-derived cytokine whose primary proposed function is to modulate immune responses when released during injury. Delivery of recombinant IL-33 protects cardiac allografts…
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