2015 American Transplant Congress
An Economic Analysis of Tolerance Induction for Two-Haplotype Match Kidney Living Donor Transplant Recipients
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
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
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
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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hybrid-Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Offers Better Postoperative Pain, Cosmesis and Surgical Outcomes Than Transumbilical Single Site Surgery
Department of Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Laparoendoscopic single site donor nephrectomy (LESSDN) via the umbilicus has been our standard care for living donors. Although we have previously reported better cosmetic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine-Induced 'Incognito' CD8+ T Cell Memory Can Disrupt Transplantation Tolerance
Transplant recipients harbor immunity to vaccines and pathogens (e.g. CMV, EBV). Pre-existing immunity can have significant antigen-specific ramifications, usually attributed to heterologous immunity, as pathogen-reactive…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of CMV Viremia in Obese and Morbidly Obese Kidney Transplants Under a Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis Protocol
1Pharmacy Practice, Univ of IL-Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, Univ of IL-Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: The rate of Cytomegalovirus infections in kidney transplant recipients drastically diminished with the advent of oral ganciclovir and subsequently valganciclovir. However it continues to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Experience and Kidney Transplant Outcomes in HIV-Infected Recipients
Background: Excellent outcomes among HIV+ kidney transplant (KT) recipients have been reported by the NIH consortium, but it is unclear if experience with HIV+ KT…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Rejection Free and Overall Islet Allograft Survival
The purpose of this study was 1) to assess the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on intrahepatic, allogeneic islet survival in a cynomolgus monkey…2015 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Pregnancy and Risk of Kidney Allograft Failure
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The optimal timing of pregnancy after kidney transplantation remains uncertain. In this analysis of 23,981 female first-kidney only transplant recipients of child-bearing age (15-45 years),…
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