2015 American Transplant Congress
Morphometry of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Subsequent Biopsies from Transplanted Kidney
EMT plays the principal role in the pathogenesis of IF/TA as a consequence in the failure of a transplanted kidney. Many facts suggest that the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulation of Autophagy Correlates With Increased Apoptosis in the Kidney, But Not in the Liver, of Brain Dead Rats
Organs from brain dead donors have inferior quality and show higher rejection rates after transplantation compared to living donors. Brain death (BD) in the donor…2015 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term QOL After Live Liver Donation: A New York Center for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT) Report
Introduction: LDLT is an option for selective patients, especially in regions with less opportunity for deceased donors. New York State (NYS) has the most LDLT…2015 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Herniation Following Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Incidence, Impact and Aetiology
Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Living kidney donor demographics, perioperative outcomes and data on renal function is recorded by national mandate. However other longer term and potentially significant surgical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Geographically Distant Living Kidney Donors: A Barrier to Living Donation?
Renal & Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Introduction: Living kidney donors often live far from the recovering transplant center where they donate. We sought to determine (1) characteristics of these geographically distant,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury After Lung Transplantation – Incidence, Risk Factors and Mechanisms
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and severe complication after solid organ transplantation. In a retrospective analysis and afterwards in a prospective clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Weight Gain After Transplantation Can Cause Adverse Effect On Transplant Kidney Function
Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with increased body mass index (BMI) remain controversial. We studied the relationship between change of BMI and transplant kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of Multidetector Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Evaluate the Prevalence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Kidney Transplantation Recipients
Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Noninvasive coronary angiography using multidetector computed tomography…2015 American Transplant Congress
Adoptive Immunotherapy Using Activated NK Cells Ameliorates the FcγRIIIa Gene Polymorphism-Associated Susceptibility to Post Transplant Bloodstream Infection
Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Background: At ATC 2014, we demonstrated that detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of FcγRIIIa helps predict the susceptibility of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Systems Biology to Identify Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Dysregulation as Targets for Intervention in the Brain Dead Organ Donor
Oxford Transplant Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Due to the persistent donor shortage many centres accept older, higher risk organs which have inferior outcomes. Understanding how kidneys are injured during brain…
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