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Excessive Weight Gain After Pancreas Transplant: Transitioning from Type 1 to Type 2 Diabetes?
A. Islam,¹ A. Lawless,¹ L. Teeter,³ E. Graviss,³ D. Victor,⁴ A. Sadhu,⁴ S. Patel,⁶ A. Gaber,¹ R. Knight.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ³Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
AIM:Excessive weight gain (EWG) after pancreas transplantation may increase the risk of post-transplant diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to define the incidence,…
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Education and Employment After Renal Transplantation in Young Adults: An International Study
J. Gralla,¹ P. Murray,² A. Wiseman,¹ P. Harden.³
¹Transplant Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; ²Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; ³Oxford Kidney Unit and Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Purpose: Young adults who have received a kidney transplantation (KT) have significant obstacles in achieving educational goals and finding employment. The purpose of this study…
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The Characteristics of Post-Operative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Difference from Other Type of Surgery
J. Kim,¹ I. Moon,¹ M.-H. Kim,¹ K. Park,² S. Ahn,³ S. Park,⁴ S.-D. Kim,⁵ S. Kim.⁶
¹Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Surgery, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea; ³Surgery, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁴Surgery, Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁵Surgery, Incheon St Mary's Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea; ⁶Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a severe and common complication that occurs after a major operation. Despite the commonality of DVT, there is limited…
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Evaluation of Preformed Anti-HLA Antibody of "Unknown Origin" after Kidney Transplant in a Brazilian Center
D. Glasberg,¹ D. Monteiro de Carvalho,² T. Matuck,² G. Fabricio-Silva,³ M. Barbosa,¹ A. Borela,¹ L. Christiani,¹ R. Malta,¹ L. Porto.³
¹Nephrology, Bonsucesso Federal Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ²Transplant Service, São Francisco de Assis Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ³Histocompatibility and Cryopreservation Laboratory, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Background: The use of single antigen beads assay (SAFB) for the detection of anti-HLA antibodies (Abs) may reveal the presence of Abs in individuals without…
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Detection of Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Is Associated With Changes in the Peripheral Distribution of NK Cell Subsets in Kidney Allograft Recipients
M. Crespo,¹ D. Redondo,¹ J. Yelamos,² A. Muntasell,² M. Pérez-Sáez,¹ M. Lopez-Montañes,³ C. Garcia,⁴ A. Torío,⁵ J. Hernandez,⁴ M. Mir,¹ M. Lopez-Botet,³ J. Pascual.¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; ²Servicio de Inmunología, Institut Mar d'Investigacions Mediques, Barcelona, Spain; ³Grup de Investigacio en Immunologia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; ⁵Immunology Unit, Hospital de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Background: Microvascular damage has become the real protagonist involved in antibody-mediated rejection and NK-cell antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) has been proposed as a contributing…
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The Potential Use of the Plasma Biomarker CXCL9 (MIG), Interleukin 2 Receptor alpha (IL2Rα) and SCGF-b as Predictors of Renal Graft Rejection
C. Blume,¹ S. Michael,² N. Christine,³ H. Hermann,⁴ F. Christine.³
¹Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany; ²Musculo Sceletal Reserach, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; ³Transplant Immunology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany; ⁴Dept. Nephrology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Background: Early detection of rejection in kidney transplantation is crucial, and predictive plasma biomarkers are highly desirable as non-invasive tests.Methods: From a cohort of 120…
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Validation of a Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Profile for SubClinical Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Findings from the CTOT 08 Study
J. Friedewald,¹ S. Kurian,² T. Gelbart,² D. Salomon,² M. Abecassis.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago; ²Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla.
Background: Sub-clinical acute rejection (SCAR) is histologic acute cellular rejection in the presence of a normal/stable serum creatinine, and is associated with worse graft survival.…
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IFNγ Is Required for nTreg Afferent Lymphatic Migration
S. Ahmad, Y. Xiong, C. Brinkman, J. Bromberg.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Natural Treg (nTreg) must migrate from graft to draining lymph node (LN) to prolong islet allograft survival, and we previously showed that the transcription…
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Diabetes Mellitus Predicts Outcome in Obesity After Kidney Transplantation
T. Schachtner,^1,2 P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charité Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of graft loss and death after kidney transplantation. The role of cellular immunity in obese kidney transplant…
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Graft Outcome Disparity in a Single Renal Transplant Center Based on Recipient Geographic Origin
R. Flynn, W. Qu, D. Fumo, T. Suttle, S. Selman, M. Rees, J. Ortiz.
University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH.
PURPOSE: The disparity in access to organs for kidney transplantation has led to inter-state “transplant tourism.” Our objective was to determine if recipients traveling over…