Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 76 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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A Tool for Predicting Long Term Risks of Kidney Donation
S. Reule,¹ R. Foley,¹ A. Matas,² H. Ibrahim.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background:The evidence linking kidney donation to a slightly increased risk of ESRD has now been accepted. The underlying causes of ESRD majority of donors who…
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The Effects of Various Cardiac Preservation Solutions on Survival After Heart Transplantation
C. Evans, K. Rajagopal, P. Sanchez, S. Rahimpour, F. Cheema, R. Pierson III, B. Griffith, S. Pham.
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: The optimal cardiac preservation solution is still debated. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the type of cardiac preservation solution has…
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Increased Use of Donors After Cardiac Death (DCD) in Pancreas Transplantation: A Safe and Effective Way to Increase a Single Center Program Activity
M. Marquez, G. Sapisochin, J. Laurence, A. Barbas, M. Dib, A. Norgate, M. Selzner, P. Greig, I. McGilvray, M. Cattral.
Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
The SRTR database shows that DCD donors are rarely used for pancreas transplantation in the USA (< 3% in 2010 -2012). This low rate likely…
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Impact of Donor Hemoglobin A1c On Pancreas Graft Survival
K. Collins,¹ J. Garonzik-Wang,¹ E. King,² M. Doyle,¹ J. Lowell,¹ S. Shenoy,¹ Y. Lin,¹ J. Wellen,¹ W. Chapman,¹ D. Segev.²
¹Abdominal Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
A goal in selection of ideal donor pancreata is to avoid grafts with a predisposition to type-two diabetes. The HgA1c assay is a validated estimate…
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End-To-End Ureteropyelostomy With Ligation of the Native Ureter in Kidney Transplantation: Is It a Safe Procedure?
H. Marinho Neto,¹ B. Leslie,¹ J. Neves Neto,¹ M. Almeida,¹ S. Ximenes,¹ W. Aguiar,¹ H. Tedesco,² J. Medina Pestana,² R. Soler.¹
¹Urology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; ²Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION:Ureteropyelostomy is an alternative for urinary tract reconstruction in kidney transplantation in cases where the graft ureter is not available or the recipient bladder is…
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Blood Gene Expression at 3 Months Post-Transplantation Predicts 1-Year Histological Features in Renal Transplantation
R. Danger,^1,2 K. Renaudin,^1,3,4 C. Paul,¹ G. Couvrat-Desvergnes,^1,3 J. Lozano,⁵ A. Sanchez-Fueyo,^2,5 V. Meas-Yedid,⁶ J. Olivo-Marin,⁶ E. Thervet,⁷ J. Dantal,^1,3,4 A. Moreau,^1,3,4 J.-P. Duong Van Huyen,⁸ J.-P. Soulillou,^1,3,4 M. Giral,^1,3,4 S. Brouard.^1,3,4
¹INSERM U1064 and ITUN, Nantes, France; ²Department of Liver Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, MRC Transplant Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ³Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France; ⁴Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France; ⁵Liver Unit and Bioinformatic Platform, CIBEREHD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; ⁶Unité d'Analyse d'Image Quantitative, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; ⁷Nephrology Unit, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; ⁸Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Histological analysis of biopsy at one year is proposed as a reliable tool for assessing renal allograft status, however, a non-invasive method for early prediction…
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Molecular Marker Strategies Supporting the Novartis US92 Study- A Discovery Study of Protein Biomarkers for Kidney Function (eGFR) and Acute Rejection in Serum from Renal Transplant Patients
U. Christians,¹ J. Klepacki,¹ A. Karimpour-fard,¹ G. Ingle,² D. Patel,² K. Johnson,³ D. Cibrik,³ J. Klawitter.¹
¹University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ; ³University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose. Protein biomarkers have the potential to allow for earlier and more specific diagnosis of kidney injury in kidney transplant patients than established clinical markers…
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Associations Between Deceased-Donor Urine Biomarkers of Kidney Injury and 6-Month Kidney Transplant Function
C. Parikh, I. Hall, M. Doshi, B. Schroppel, F. Weng, R. Hasz, P. Murray, V. Rao, H. Thiessen-Philbrook, J. Ficek, P. Reese.
TRIBE-AKI Consortium, New Haven, CT.
Assessment of organ quality is integral to allocation, yet existing tools have a limited ability to predict important transplant outcomes. We evaluated whether injury biomarkers,…
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Socioeconomic Predictors of Organ Donation in Pediatric Donors
M. Shah, V. Vilchez, A. Goble, E. Maynard, R. Gedaly.
Transplant Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
BACKGROUND: The availability of pediatric donors does not meet the demand for pediatric recipients who are listed and waiting transplantation. There is a need to…
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Overexpression of 2B4 Inhibits the Expansion and Function of Donor-Reactive CD8+ T Cells in Selective Lymphoid Compartments
S. Laurie, D. Liu, M. Ford.
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
2B4 is an immunoglobulin superfamily member expressed constitutively on NK cells, and inducibly on some CD8+ T cells. We recently showed in a murine skin…