2015 American Transplant Congress
Age Should Not Be Considered a Contraindication for Living Kidney Donation
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
The increasing numbers of patients with ESRD on the transplant waiting list has been the main driving force for expanding the donor pool. Acceptance of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Changing Candidate Demographics on Living Donor Kidney Transplant Rates
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donor (LD) rates continue to decline despite a growing list of candidates for renal transplant in the US. While there are many factors driving…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Center Volume on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes
Background: Pancreas transplantation is associated with a high incidence of surgical complications and successful outcomes require experienced surgical and post-transplant care. Prior studies have linked…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do Induction Therapy, Patient-Level and Post-Operative Factors Impact Outcomes in Moderate to High Immunologic Risk Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Era of Stringent HLA Cross-Matching?
Background: Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation (SPK) is a lifesaving procedure for patients with diabetes mellitus. The success of SPK is dependent upon minimization of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Medication Adherence and Treatment Satisfaction in Liver Transplant Recipients
Background: Research has indicated that adherence to medication in patients with liver transplant is poor and considered as one of the main barriers to the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Metabolomic Analysis of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Background. Ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI), an inevitable process during kidney transplantation, can cause significant graft damage and may play a role in delayed graft function.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Immunophenotypes After Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to mTOR Inhibitors in Renal Transplant Recipients
Chronic toxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) is one of the major causes of chronic allograft loss. Conversion from CNI to mTOR ((mammalian target of rapamycin)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Implication of Intragraft γδ T Cell Profiles in Operational Tolerance After Clinical Transplantation of Highly Immunogenic Intestine -Difference from Immunoprivileged Liver
(Background) T-cell receptor (TCR) Vδ2 γ δ T cells (Vδ 2 cells) participate in host defense, whereas Vδ 1 γ δ T cells (Vδ 1…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Living Kidney Donation on Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance
The kidney contributes to glucose hemostasis through processes of insulin metabolism, gluconeogenesis, and glucose filtration. Little is known on insulin sensitivity in living kidney donors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Indefinite Survival of Fully MHC-Mismatched Murine Cardiac Allografts by Combination of Anti-BTLA mAb (6B2) and Anti-PD-1 mAb (PIM-2)
Background: The co-inhibitory receptor B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) and Programmed death (PD)-1 had been suggested to have immunomodulatory activity. This study investigated the…
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