2015 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Targeted Genetic Renal Disease Panel With NexGen Sequencing for Unbiased Testing of Living Kidney Donors for Genetic Kidney Disease
Recent studies indicate that living donors biologically related to their transplant recipient may be at higher risk of ESRD compared to unrelated donors, possibly secondary…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Extended Toronto Criteria for Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. A Validation Study
Multi-Organ Transplant, Toronto General Hospital. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Liver transplant (LT) listing criteria for patients with hepatocellular cancers (HCC) that exceed the Milan criteria are still controversial. At the University of Toronto, we…2015 American Transplant Congress
BAFF Binding to T Cell-Expressed BAFF-R Promotes Follicular Helper T Cell Proliferation and GC B Cell Responses
Recent studies have defined a crucial role for the B cell–activating factor belonging to TNF family (BAFF) in promoting germinal center (GC) responses in mouse…2015 American Transplant Congress
Concerted T-Cell Activity Against Early and Late BKV-Antigens Is Necessary for Viral Clearance
Polyomavirus-BK (BKV) associated nephropathy is a known cause of graft failure. No specific therapy is established so far and viral load monitoring accompanied by adjustment…2015 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Anti-Phospholipase A2 Receptor (Anti-PLA2R) ELISA Testing in Predicting Post-Transplant Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy (IMN)
Backgound: IMN is frequently associated with autoantibodies to the podocyte antigen, PLA2R. Anti-PLA2R associated IMN is diagnosed by detecting PLA2R antigen within glomerular immune complexes…2015 American Transplant Congress
Combined Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Recipients: Initial Results from Prospective Randomized Study
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionIn many transplant centers, patients with a BMI above 40 kg/m2 are either completely excluded or required to lose weight before being considered for kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Is Associated With Improved Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation. Experience With 595 Patients
BACKGROUND: Use of induction therapy in liver transplantation is debatable. We aimed to compare clinical outcomes of different induction protocols in liver transplant recipients.METHODS: Retrospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
B Cell MicroRNA as Biomarkers for Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Surgery/Division of Abdominal Transplant, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a potentially fatal complication of organ transplantation and is commonly associated with Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. EBV viral loads…2015 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Induction Is Associated With Higher Risk of Polyomavirrus Associated Nephropathy (PVAN) in Kidney Transplant Recipients
1Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; 2Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Incidence of PVAN on protocol kidney biopsies with alemtuzumab induction is unknown.Methods:The 1-year risk of PVAN was retrospectively compared between 200 consecutive primary kidney recipients…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Losing Trifecta: Age ≥70, Deceased Donor Transplant, and Delayed Graft Function
Columbia University, New York.
INTRO: Patients ≥70 are the fastest growing part of the ESRD population. Although historically patients ≥70 have had acceptable renal transplant outcomes, in our own…
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