2013 American Transplant Congress Archives

C1q-Fixing Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies Identified by a C1q Assay Are Associated with Acute and Chronic Rejection in HLA-IgG Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients

E. Oh, K. Park, Y. Kim, B. Chung, C. Yang
C1q-Fixing Human Leukocyte Antigen Assay for Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients

K. Kai, I. Tsutomu, M. Yashuo, Y. Ogawa, I. Koyama, I. Makajima, S. Fuchinoue
C4d as a Good Marker of Acute Humoral Rejection in Small Bowel Transplantation

M. Rabant, L. Petit, N. Brousse, P. Barbet, J. Duong Van Huyen, C. Chardot, O. Goulet, F. Lacaille, D. Canioni
C4d Staining Is an Independent Risk Factor of Graft Loss for Renal Allograft Failure in Patients with Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection

A. Moktefi, M. Matignon, C. Suberbielle-Boissel, D. Charron, P. Lang, D. Desvaux, P. Grimbert
Calcineurin Inhibitors in HLA Identical Living Related Donor Kidney Transplantation

P. Verghese, T. Dunn, S. Chinnakotla, K. Gillingham, A. Matas, M. Mauer
Calcineurin Polymorphisms Associate with FK506 Dosage and Incidence of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients

M. Horwath, T. Reignier, R. Stone, M. Yap, T. Shah, R. Naraghi, I. Hutchinson
Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) after 2.5 Years: More Extremely Sensitized Kidney Waitlist Registrants but Fewer Organ Refusals for a Positive Crossmatch

L. Baxter-Lowe, A. Kucheryavaya, D. Tyan, N. Reinsmoen
Can the Risk of Cancer Transmission from Organ Donors Be Eliminated?

R. Desai, D. Collett, C. Watson, P. Johnson, T. Evans, J. Neuberger
Candidate to Renal Transplant Evaluation: Difficulties in the Access to the Waiting List

M. Ureña, H. Petrone, M. Frapiccini
Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae (CRKP) Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (SOT): A Single Center Analysis

P. Grossi, A. Mularoni, M. Campanella, G. Vizzini, P. Conaldi, B. Gridelli
Cardiac Allograft Prolongation by Autologous CD117+ Progenitor Cells Requires CD11b Expression from within the CD117+ Cellular Inoculum

T. Grazia, R. Plenter, C. Lin, R. Gill, M. Zamora
Cardiac Improvement Is Even Better in Diabetic End-Stage Renal Patients after Kidney Transplantation

U. Cakir, I. Berber, E. Gurluler, N. Gures, A. Alim, A. Gurkan
Cardiac Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients: Should It Be Done Simultaneously or after Liver Transplantation?

J. Fan, Z. Su, S. Nishida, A. Tekin, G. Selvaggi, A. Tzakis
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing for Cardiac Risk Assessment Prior to Kidney Transplantation

H. Chakkera, S. Roy, E. Steidley, A. Kalya, Gopalan, K. Reddy, D. Mulligan, R. Heilman, W. Hewitt, H. Khamash, J. Huskey, A. Moss, N. Katariya, R. Scott
Cardiovascular Disease and Kidney Disease Progression in Kidney Transplant Recipients

A. John, D. Weiner, M. Carpenter, L. Hunsicker, J. Kusek, M. Pfeffer, S. Solomon, M. Weir, A. Levey
Cardiovascular Disease Markers in Kidney Transplant Recipients Converted from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Everolimus

R. Schiavelli, C. Cuevas, E. Alvarenga, M. Ponte, A. Otero, F. Margulis
Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Children after Renal Transplantation – Introducing the 4C-T Sub-Study

A. Melk, D. Kracht, A. Doyon, R. Zeller, M. Litwin, A. Duzowa, B. Sözeri, A. Bayzit, S. Caliskan, E. Wuehl, F. Schaefer, B. Schmidt
Cause of Progression in Failing Kidney Transplants with Diseases Is Parenchymal Injury, Not Fibrosis, The

K. Famulski, J. Revee, P. Halloran
Causes of Kidney Allograft Loss and Death in the United States, 2000-2010

J. Snyder, A. Matas, S. Leppke, A. Israni, B. Kasiske
Causes of Kidney Transplant Failure: Specific Diseases Versus Non-Specific Injury, The

M. Naesens, D. Kuypers, K. De Vusser, Y. Vanrenterghem, E. Lerut
Causes of Rejection and Non Utilization of Live Liver Donors: A Single Center Experience

S. Kashkoush, M. Akhtar, B. Hegab, S. Alshlwi, W. O'Hali, K. Abdullah
CCR2 Dependent Migration Is Absolutely Required for Myeloid Suppressor Cells To Protect Cell Transplants

J. Qin, Y. Arakawa, J. Fung, S. Qian, L. Lu
CD137 Signaling in Regulatory NK Cells Is Protective Against Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

J. Lee, A. Kim, H. Kim, S. Park, S. Koo, H. Cho, B. Kwon
CD137, a Marker To Detect the Total Alloreactive T Cell Compartment?

N. Litjens, E. de Wit, C. Baan, M. Betjes
CD3 Antibody-Induced Transplant Tolerance Relies on In Situ TGF-Beta and PD-1 Signaling in T Cells

M. Baas, A. Besançon, C. Kuhn, C. Mangez, F. Valette, T. Goncalves, L. Chatenoud, S. You
CD39 Regulates the Activation of Liver DC and Protects Against Liver Transplant Ischemic Reperfusion Injury

O. Yoshida, S. Kimura, S. Robson, N. Murase, A. Thomson
CD4+ but Not CD8+ Memory T Cells Escape Granzyme B Mediated Regulation by DN-Treg

Y. Su, X. Huang, D. Lian, W. Min, A. Jevnikar, Z. Zhang
CD4+ T Cell Differentiation and Belatacept Resistant Rejection

J. Espinosa, J. Cheeseman, A. Mehta, L. Stempora, R. Townsend, A. Kirk
CD40 Gene Silencing Prevents Warm Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury through Anti-Inflammatory Effects

L. de Ramon, E. Ripoll, L. Luzardo, A. Merino, N. Lloberas, J. Cruzado, J. Grinyó, J. Torras
CD40-Dependent Help by CD4 T Cells Is Required for CD8 T Cell Recovery after Antithymocyte Globulin Lymphoablation

K. Ayasoufi, X. Wang, H. Yu, A. Valujskikh
CD68 Positive Glomerulitis Predicts the Development of Transplant Glomerulopathy in Patients with Cellular Rejection

M. Willicombe, C. Roufosse, P. Brookes, J. Galliford, A. McLean, T. Cook, D. Taube
CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cells Inhibit Alloantibody Production by Killing Alloprimed B Cells

J. Zimmerer, T. Pham, K. Tobin, V. Sanders, G. Bumgarder
CD8+TCR- Bone Marrow Facilitating Cells Induce Generation of IL-10-Producing Type 1 Regulatory T Cells In Vitro: A Critical Role for DOCK2 and Cell-Contact

Y. Wen, Y. Huang, M. Elliott, D. Corbin, T. Miller, Y. Fukui, S. Ildstad
Cell Necrosis and Immune Activation: Does Injury Alter Acquired Alloimmunity?

S. Hashmi, M. Ford, C. Larsen, A. Kirk
Central Role of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism in Foxp3+ Treg Cell Function and Allograft Survival

U. Beier, T. Akimova, H. Xiao, C. Sims, A. Angelin, L. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Baur, D. Wallace, W. Hancock
Challenges in Safety Managing the Pain in Living Liver Donors

D. Ladner, K. Waitzman, T. Strenski, E. Pomfret, M. Simpson, R. Brown, R. Fisher, R. Kang, T. Berzins, A. Daud, J. Holl, D. Woods
Change in Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) in the First Year Post Liver Transplant

W. Bush, R. Mangus, A. Lutz, J. Fridell, R. Vianna, C. Kubal, A. Tector
Change of Blood Pressure and Circadian Rhythm after Kidney Transplantation in End Stage Renal Disease Patients, The

M. Lee, G. An, Y. Cho, H. Whang, J. Kim, B. Chung, B. Choi, C. Park, Y. Kim, C. Yang
Change of Single-Kidney Glomerular Filtration Rate in Kidney Donors after Kidney Donation, The

G. An, B. Chung, J. Kim, I. Moon, C. Park, Y. Kim, C. Yang, B. Choi
Characteristics and Outcomes of Resistant Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patients

P. Chong, P. Deziel, R. Razonable
Characteristics of Abdominal Wall Rejection after Intestinal and Abdominal Wall Transplantation

B. Allin, C. Ceresa, G. Casey, O. Espinoza, T. McPherson, S. Reddy, S. Sinha, P. Friend, A. Vaidya
Characterization of Different Gene Families Encoding for Pro-Apoptotic and Anti-Apoptotic as Well as Genes Encoding for Oxidative Stress Induced Cell Damage in Organ Donation: An Animal Study

P. Stiegler, M. Sereinigg, A. Puntschart, A. Bradatsch, S. Stanzer, E. Stdelmeyer, I. Wiederstein-Grasser, F. Iberer, K. Tscheliessnigg, V. Stadlbauer
Characterization of Human CD8+/TCR-/CD56dim/- Facilitating Cells In Vivo and In Vitro

Y. Huang, M. Elliott, T. Miller, L. Bozulic, D. Corbin, Y. Wen, H. Xu, S. Ildstad
Characterization of Human Monocyte Subsets

L. Boyette, C. Macedo, B. Elinoff, D. Metes, F. Lakkis
Characterization of Novel Human Transitional B Cell Subsets and Their Significance in Renal Transplantation

A. Cherukuri, A. Salama, C. Carter, B. Clark, D. Rothstein, R. Baker
Characterization of the Immune Response after Intravenous Infusion of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

M. Hoogduijn, M. Roemeling-van Rhijn, A. Engela, S. Korevaar, F. Mensah, M. Franquesa, R. de Bruin, M. Betjes, W. Weimar, C. Baan
Chemokine Responses as Surrogates of CMV Cell-Mediated Immunity and Predictors of Outcomes in Transplant Recipients

L. Lisboa, A. Egli, D. O'Shea, S. Prabhakaran, V. Roth, S. Husain, D. Kumar, A. Humar
Children Develop De Novo Anti-HLA Antibodies (Abs) Following Kidney Transplantation at a Higher Incidence Than Adults: An Analysis of the NIH CTOT/CCTPT-02 Study

W. Harmon, I. Guleria, D. Ikle, B. Armstrong, L. Spaneas, Y. Morrison, N. Bridges, M. Sayegh, A. Chandraker
Chimeric Antibody Against LFA-1 Does Not Synergize with Belatacept in Primate Renal Transplantation, A

D. Anderson, F. Leopardi, N. Turgeon, E. Strobert, J. Jenkins, R. Wang, K. Reimann, C. Larsen, A. Kirk
Chimerism and Tolerance without GVHD in Mismatched Recipients of Combined Hematopoietic Stem Cell/Kidney Transplants: Donor-Specific Hyporeactivity Is Not a Reliable Biomarker for Tolerance

J. Leventhal, M. Abecassis, J. Miller, L. Gallon, K. Ravindra, D. Tollerud, L. Bozulic, B. King, M. Elliott, G. Herzig, R. Herzig, S. Ildstad
Choice of Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant: It’s Race Not PRA

N. Pilch, D. Taber, B. Thomas, S. Denmark, A. Lin, J. McGillicuddy, C. Bratton, P. Baliga, K. Chavin
Chronic Opioid Usage Early after Kidney Transplantation

S. Kulshrestha, F. Barrantes, M. Kommareddi, M. Samaniego-Picota, F. Luan
Cigarette Smoking in Living Kidney Donors and Graft Survival

S. Waits, K. Sheetz, M. Terjimanian, K. Barnhart, M. Englesbe
Ciprofloxacin Combined with SMZ/TMP Prophylaxis Reduces the Incidence of UTIs Following Kidney Transplantation

D. Wojciechowski, S. Chandran
Circulating MicroRNAs Correlate with Diabetic Nephropathy and Systemic Microvascular Damage and Normalize after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation

R. Bijkerk, M. Khairoun, J. Duijs, K. ter Horst, A. de Vries, E. de Koning, J. de Fijter, T. Rabelink, A. van Zonneveld, M. Reinders
CKD-EPI (Cr+Cystatin C) Is a Vastly More Precise Formula in Kidney Transplant Recipients, The

A. Kukla, N. Issa, B. Morgan, S. Jackson, A. Matas, M. Mauer, H. Ibrahim
Class I HLA Mismatches Increase Risk of Acute Rejection, Graft Loss and Formation of De Novo Class II Alloantibody

E. Casey, M. Gandhi, P. Dean, M. Stegall, F. Cosio
Classification of Kidney Transplant Recipients Using a Combination of Estimated GFR and Albuminuria Reflects Prognosis

H. Talreja, A. Akbari, G. Knoll, C. White
Clinical and Mechanistic Outcomes of Photopheresis after Heart Transplantation

J. Kobashigawa, J. Watanabe, H. Shafi, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, S. Jordan, E. Klapper, M. Toyoda
Clinical and Mechanistic Study of How Innate Immunity Gene Polymorphisms Can Affect Influenza Vaccine Responses Post-Transplant, A

A. Egli, D. Santer, D. O'Shea, A. Baluch, M. Joyce, L. Lisboa, L. Tyrrell, M. Houghton, A. Humar, D. Kumar
Clinical Application of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse in Donor Kidney Compared with Biopsy Results: A Preliminary Report

A. Lee, D. Joo, Y. Oh, H. Jeong, S. Lee, B. Kim, K. Huh, M. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Park
Clinical Features of Patients with Steatohepatitis-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A. Zarrinpar, V. Agopian, R. Busuttil
Clinical Impact and Evolution of Humoral Immunity in a Randomized Multicenter Trial of Steroid Avoidance in Pediatric Renal Transplantation, The

M. Sarwal, A. Chadhuri, M. Ozawa, M. Everly, R. Ettenger, V. Dharnidharka, M. Benfield, R. Mathias, A. Portale, R. McDonald, W. Harmon, D. Kershaw, V. Vehaskari, E. Kamil, H. Baluarte, B. Warady, T. Sigdel, H. Szu-chuan, H. Dai, M. Naesens, J. Waskerwitz, O. Salvatierra, P. Terasaki
Clinical Impact of an ACE Insertion/Deletion and Kinin B2 Receptor +9/-9 Polymorphisms in the Prognosis of Renal Transplantation

C. Amorim, S. Almeida, P. Gomes, R. Bacurau, N. Camara, R. Araujo
Clinical Outcome of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Impact to the Various Criteria

D. Kim, G. Na, T. Hong, Y. Yoo
Clinical Outcomes in a Phase 1b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Dose Study of ASKP1240 in De Novo Kidney Transplantation

F. Vincenti, H. Yang, G. Klintmalm, S. Steinberg, L. Wang, W. Zhang, A. Conkle, P. Blahunka, R. First, J. Holman
Clinical Outcomes in Sensitized Heart Transplant Patients Bridged with Left Ventricular Assist Devices

A. Aggarwal, A. Gause, C. Nguyen, I. Balanlayos, G. Bhat
Clinical Outcomes of Paired Kidney Exchange for Highly Sensitized Renal Transplant Recipients

M. Grafals, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey, J. Vucci, B. Javaid, O. Timofeeva, S. Rosen-Bronson
Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Once-Daily Prolonged-Release Tacrolimus (Graceptor) in De Novo Kidney Transplantation

Y. Nakagawa, K. Saito, M. Ikeda, M. Tasaki, K. Takahashi
Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Transplant Glomerulopathy in Hepatitis C Positive Compared to Hepatitis C Negative Patients after Renal Transplantation

S. Alexandru, A. Sevillano, L. Garcia-Puente, I. Bengoa, E. Gonzalez, M. Serrano, J. Martinez-Flores, A. Serrano, A. Andres, M. Martinez, J. Morales
Clinical Results of Combined and Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

F. Simonato, G. Daidola, G. Tognarelli, E. Gallo, M. Burdese, V. Cantaluppi, G. Segoloni, L. Biancone
Clinical Risk Stratification Predicts Ischemic Cardiovascular Complications after Kidney Transplantation with High Sensitivity and Specificity

N. Townamchai, B. Lee, A. Chandraker
Clinical Significance of Protocol Biopsy at Three Months after Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

Y. Hong, G. Ahn, Y. Cho, M. Lee, J. Kim, H. Whang, B. Chung, B. Choi, C. Park, Y. Kim, C. Yang
Clinicopathological Analysis of Persistent Hyperparathyroidism after Kidney Transplantation in Long-Term Dialysis Patients

M. Nakamura, H. Shirai, K. Tanaka, Y. Marui, S. Tomikawa
Clostridium difficile Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients during the Modern Era of PCR Testing

J. Lee, D. Tsapepas, J. McDermott, S. Martin, A. Anamisis, K. Fester, J. Powell, J. Scheffert
CMV and Allopeptide Crossrecognition Causes Graft Endothelial Cell Injury Mediated by CMV-Committed HLA-E Restricted CD8+T Cells

B. Charreau, M. Allard, P. Tonnerre, S. Nedellec, R. Oger, A. Morice, Y. Guilloux, E. Chalmeau, N. Gervois
CMV Serostatus Correlation with Early Kidney Allograft Transcriptome Change in the GOCAR Cohort

A. Le Page, W. Zhang, B. Murphy, B. Nankivell, J. Chapman, P. O'Connell, S. Alexander, W. Rawlinson
CMV Vaccine Prevents Accelerated Chronic Rejection in CMV-Naive Recipients of Infected Allograft Hearts

D. Streblow, Y. Hwee, C. Kreklywich, T. Andoh, M. Denton, M. Slifka, I. Messauodi, S. Orloff
CNI-Related Renal Impairment in Liver Transplantation: A Comparison of Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus-Based Regimens

A. Davie, V. Damera, F. Bianic, J. Ricci, P. Bernhardt, S. Gokhale, J. Lake
Cohort Study of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Who Develop Malignancy: Risk of Subsequent Malignancy on mTOR vs. Non-mTOR Regimens, A

P. Karia, J. Azzi, E. Heher, C. Schmults
Collapsing Glomerulopathy of the Kidney Allograft: Is It Different from Idiopathic Collapsing Glomerulopathy of Native Kidney?

L. Kamal, T. Muthukumar, D. Dadhania, C. Hartono, D. Serur, M. Suthanthiran, S. Seshan
Colorectal Surgery after Kidney Transplant: Characteristics of Early vs. Late Post-Transplant Interventions

J. Lee, M. Kwaan, A. Sirany, G. Melton, R. Madoff, T. Dunn
Combination of Anti-BTLA Antibody (6B2) and Anti-PD-1 Antibody (PIM-2) Induced Indefinite Survival of Fully MHC-Mismatched Murine Cardiac Allograft

X. Jin, M. Uchiyama, L. Yu, H. Bashuda, H. Yagita, M. Niimi
Combination of Renal Dysfunction Plus Proteinuria at One Year Is a Strong Predictor of Early Graft Loss after Renal Transplantation. A National Spanish Study, The

J. Munoz-Robles, L. Samaniego, R. Marcén, A. Andrés, D. Serón, J. Morales
Combination of Steroids and Methotrexate with Costimulation Blockade Prolongs Renal Allograft Survival, The

D. Anderson, D. Lo, F. Leopardi, N. Turgeon, E. Strobert, J. Jenkins, C. Larsen, A. Kirk
Combined Costimulatory and OX40L Blockade Significantly Prolongs Transplant Survival in Mice and Non-Human Primates

W. Kitchens, W. Wakwe, C. Breeden, H. Yagita, A. Kirk, C. Larsen, M. Fuentes, M. Ford, A. Adams
Combined Induction Therapy with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG) and Rituximab (RTX) in Highly Sensitized Kidney Recipients: Long-Term Outcomes

M. Laftavi, S. Patel, R. Kohli, M. Zachariah, L. Feng, M. Said, M. Dayton, O. Pankewycz
Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Simultaneous Versus Delayed Transplantation of the Kidney Graft

B. Ekser, W. Goggins, R. Mangus, A. Shah, T. Beduschi, C. Kubal, J. Fridell, J. Powelson, R. Vianna, A. Tector
Combined Liver, Small Bowel, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (LSBPKTx): Single Center Experience of over a Decade

L. Bathla, W. Grant, D. Mercer, L. Vargas, A. Langnas
Combined Lung and Liver Transplantation: Analysis of a Single-Center Experience

S. Yi, S. Gordon Burroughs, M. Loebe, S. Scheinin, H. Seethamraju, M. Boktour, A. Gaber, R. Ghobrial
Common Rejection Module (CRM) across Multiple Transplant Organs Identifies Novel Therapeutics for Treatment of Acute Rejection in Solid Organ Transplantation, A

S. Roedder, P. Khatri, N. Kimura, K. De Vusser, A. Morgan, Y. Gong, M. Fischbein, R. Robbins, M. Naesens, A. Butte, M. Sarwal
Comparable Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in Liver Transplant Alone (LTA) and Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Recipients Who Had Pre-LT Kidney Biopsy for Renal Dysfunction or Proteinuria

H. Wadei, M. Mai, M. Prendergast, A. Keaveny, S. Pungpapong, T. Gonwa
Comparable Waiting Time for Highly Sensitized Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant Using Desensitization Therapy and the Virtual Crossmatch

J. Kobashigawa, M. Kittleson, M. Rafiei, A. Osborne, D. Chang, L. Czer, N. Reinsmoen, J. Patel
Comparative Ability of Different Metabolic Syndrome Definitions To Predict Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events after Kidney Transplantation

G. Prasad, M. Huang, S. Silver, A. Allawati, L. Rapi, M. Nash, J. Zaltzman
Comparative Effectiveness of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin vs. Interleukin-2 Receptor Blockers in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants with Delayed Graft Function, The

A. Oweis, J. Zaltzman, J. Kim
Comparative Study of Adverse Events and Lymphocyte Recovery in Living Kidney Transplantation Patients Treated with/without Rituximab, a B Cell-Depleting Treatment

T. Nozaki, H. Ishida, T. Shimizu, K. Omoto, D. Toki, H. Shirakawa, K. Tanabe
Comparing Outcomes from Pancreata from Donation after Circulatory Death to Donation after Brain Death in a Small Rural Program

A. Paine, D. Moon, M. Taylor, J. Yamaguchi, A. Di Carlo
Comparing Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Octogenarians to Septuagenarians

A. Paine, D. Moon, V. Sigounas, M. Taylor, J. Yamaguchi, A. Di Carlo
Comparison of 20-Year Patient and Graft Survival for All Types of Solid Organ Transplants (Txs)

R. Gruessner, T. Jie, M. Porubsky, A. Rana, A. Gruessner
Comparison of Baseline and Day 28 Post Transplant Renal Allograft Samples from the CTOT-10 Belatacept Study

Y. Suessmuth, L. Stempora, B. Johnson, J. Cheeseman, Y. Morrison, N. Bridges, D. Ikle, S. Tomlanovich, P. Stock, R. Mannon, K. Newell, C. Larsen, A. Mehta
Comparison of Creatinine Reduction Ratio on Day 2 with 6-Hour Post-Operative Creatinine Reduction in Defining Early Renal Allograft Function

S. Patel, R. Knight, T. Lawrecki, B. Masters, P. Tannous, A. Gaber
Comparison of Efficacy and Mechanism of Intact and Fc-Modified Anti-CD154 Antibodies in Tolerance Induction

D. Pinelli, D. Liu, M. Wagener, A. Suri, S. Nadler, M. Ford
Comparison of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Using Cystatin C Versus Creatinine in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients

H. Pizzo, J. Nguyen, G. Schwartz, R. Ettenger, E. Tsai
Comparison of Everolimus Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics between Ethnicities

D. Taber, L. Belk, N. Pilch, J. McGillicuddy, C. Bratton, K. Chavin, P. Baliga
Comparison of Gene Expression in Heart Beating and Non Heart Beating Donor Kidney, A

T. Saat, D. Susa, H. Roest, N. Kok, S. van den Engel, J. IJzermans, R. de Bruin
Comparison of Health Status and Quality of Life of Related Versus Paid Unrelated Living Kidney Donors: A Single Center Experience from Iran

M. Fallahzadeh, L. Jafari, M. Sagheb, J. Roozbeh, N. Singh, M. Shokouh-Amiri, S. Malekhosseini
Comparison of Hepatitis C Recurrence in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients Receiving Antibody Induction Versus No Antibody Induction

S. Patel, P. West-Thielke, H. Jeon, E. Benedetti, J. Thielke
Comparison of Histamine Receptor Antagonists Versus Proton Pump Inhibitor Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients, A

G. Morris, K. Hardinger, D. Tsapepas, E. Tichy
Comparison of Patient and Graft Outcomes of HUS Kidney Transplants (KT) with and without Post Transplant Recurrence: A 10 Year Retrospective Analysis

A. Santos, X. Wen, M. Casey, C. Bucci, R. Aiyer, I. Zendejas, S. Rehman
Comparison of Pediatric En-Bloc Renal Allograft Growth and Function for Donors Less Than One Year of Age with Older Pediatric Donors

N. Rowe, M. Dion, J. Shum, C. Weernink, A. Sener, P. Luke
Comparison of Pharmacokinetics of Once- and Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients

S. Shishido, Y. Hyoudo, H. Nihei, Y. Hamasaki, M. Muramatsu, Y. Niitsu, T. Kawamura, K. Sakai, A. Aikawa
Comparison of Protein A-Immuno-Adsorption and Conventional Plasma Exchanges for Anti-HLA Desensitization

N. Maillard, I. Masson, M. Mehdi, E. Alamartine, C. Mariat
Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold with Tuberculin Skin Test for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection before Kidney Transplantation

C. Kim, H. Jung, K. Kim, J. Lim, O. Kwon, J. Choi, J. Cho, S. Park, Y. Kim
Comparison of Resource Utilization between Three Induction Regimens in Kidney Transplant Recipients

M. Bunke, E. Chua, N. Bhensdadia, M. Salazar, M. Posadas, D. Taber
Comparison of Transumbilical and Conventional Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

M. Minz, V. Kaji, A. Sharma, S. Singh, D. Kenwar
Comparison of Voclosporin and Tacrolimus 1 Year Outcomes as Predicted by PKPD in the PROMISE Trial, A

R. Alloway, R. Bloom, R. Gaston, M. Goggins, P. Mayo, S. Busque
Compartmentalization of Acute Versus Chronic Rejection in Cardiac Allografts

A. Kaul, H. Yu, N. Dvorina, W. Baldwin
Complement Blockade Prevents Delayed Graft Function in a Non-Human Primate Model of Kidney Allo-Transplantation

J. Danobeitia, L. Zitur, E. Van Amersfoort, A. D'Alessandro, B. Oortwijn, X. Ma, S. Capuano, K. Brunner, J. Torrealba, L. Fernandez
Complement Component 3 (C3) Participates in Induction of Myeloid Suppressor Cells

C. Hsieh, H. Chou, L. Wang, F. Lin, J. Qin, J. Fung, L. Lu, S. Qian
Complement Fixing HLA Antibodies Predict Outcome in HLA Incompatible Renal Transplantation

C. Clarke, P. Brookes, C. Lawrence, M. Willicombe, P. Dodd, E. Santos-Nunez, J. Galliford, D. Taube
Complement-Activating DSA: Which Assay in Which Setting?

C. Lawrence, M. Willicombe, P. Brookes, E. Santos-Nunez, C. Roufosse, A. Warrens, D. Taube
Complement-Activating Low-Level Preformed Donor-Specific Antibodies Detected by C1qScreen™ Predict Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Allografts

C. Lawrence, M. Willicombe, P. Brookes, C. Clarke, E. Santos-Nunez, C. Roufosse, A. Warrens, D. Taube
Complex Host MicroRNA Response to Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Bench to Bedside Analysis, A

A. Egli, L. Lisboa, D. O'Shea, V. Emery, A. Asberg, A. Hartmann, D. Kumar, A. Humar
Complication Free Heterotopic Cardiac Xenograft Survival by Anti CD40 Antibody Mediated Co-Stimulation Blockade

A. Singh, P. Corcoran, B. Lewis, R. Hoyt, M. Thomas, M. Eckhaus, C. Mayhew, T. Clark, K. Reimann, D. Ayares, K. Horvath, M. Mohiuddin
Composite Score at Time of Kidney Transplantation Predicts Graft Function

V. Mas, W. Xin, J. Suh, R. Gerhau, A. King, K. Brayman, J. Lee, D. Maluf
Comprehensive Analyses of Inhibitory Effects of the mTOR Inhibitor Everolimus on the Differentiation into Subsets of Human T-Helper Cells and B Cells

Y. Tanaka, M. Yamashita, H. Ohdan
Concomitant Azathioprine and Warfarin Warrants Significant Warfarin Dosage Increase

L. Bowman, K. Bain, J. Hagopian, J. Iuppa, J. Shuster, T. Horwedel
Concurrent Silencing of TLR and Kinase Signaling Pathways To Prevent Allograft Rejection in Heart Transplantation

X. Zhang, D. Lian, X. Zheng, D. Chen, K. Siu, N. Johnston, D. Quan, W. Min
Contemporary Analysis of the Effect of Induction Immunosuppression of Survival in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients, A

D. Hayes, Jr., S. Kirkby, A. Wehr, A. Lehman, P. McConnell, M. Galantowicz, R. Higgins, B. Whitson
Continuous Coronary Sinus Perfusion for Recovery of Hearts from Non-Heart-Beating Donors

M. Peltz, S. Brant, M. Cobert, L. West, M. Jessen
Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitors to Everolimus Resulted in Decrease of Serum TGF-beta and Urinary NGAL in Renal Transplant Recipients

N. Alpay, A. Ozkok, Y. Caliskan, T. Akagun, S. Cinar, G. Deniz, M. Sariyar, A. Yildiz
Conversion from TAC-MMF to mTOR-TAC Immunosuppression in Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Reduces the Incidence of BK Viremia

R. Knight, S. Patel, J. DeVos, L. Moore, A. Gaber
Conversion from Tacrolimus (TAC) to Sirolimus (SRL)-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 2 Years Results

H. Tedesco, E. Neto, V. Garcia, F. Continieri, D. Carvalho, M. Abbud, J. Medina- Pestana
Conversion from Tacrolimus to Sirolimus May Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients

M. Kim, M. Pavlakis, C. Rogers
Conversion to a Sirolimus-Based Regimen Is Associated with Lower Incidence and Faster Resolution of BK Viremia in Low Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients

F. Tohme, R. Kalil, C. Thomas
Cordycepin Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation by the Suppression of the MAPK-IκB-NF-κB Pathways in DCs

C. Ding, P. Tian, Z. Jin, T. Mao, Y. Li, H. Tian, H. Xiang, X. Pan, X. Ding, W. Xue
Coronary Angiography in Asymptomatic Kidney Transplant Candidates?

C. Lawrence, S. Cruickshank, A. Manoj, S. Mathavakkannan, S. Chandna, S. Fluck, K. Farrington
Correlation of Global Copy Number Changes with Micro RNA Expression Profiling Reveals MUC1 as a Marker for HCC Recurrence after Transplant

C. Barry, C. Whitney-Miller, M. Orloff
Correlation of Zero-Time Biopsies in Deceased Renal Transplantation and One Year Graft Function

A. Matos, N. Camara, L. Requiao-Moura, E. Tonato, M. Souza Durao, E. Ferraz, M. Fregonesi Silva, M. Borreli, D. Malheiros, A. Pacheco-Silva
Correlations of In Vitro Islet Potency Tests with Clinical Islet Auto-Transplant Outcome

K. Papas, M. Bellin, D. Sutherland, J. Kitzmann, E. Avgoustiniatos, A. Gruessner, K. Mueller, A. Balamurugan, P. Rozak, G. Loganathan, T. Suszynski, J. Wilhem, D. Qian, J. Niland, B. Hering
Correlations of Postreperfusion Syndrome in Liver Transplant Recipients

G. Droc, E. Scarlatescu, D. Tomescu, D. Ungureanu, R. Fota, A. Cristea, M. Popescu, I. Popescu
Cost Effective Prevention of CMV Infection and Its Long-Term Consequence

F. Luan, A. Ojo
Cost Effectiveness of a Belatacept-Based Regimen in Kidney Transplant Recipients

V. Caccioppoli, A. MacLasco, K. Chan, R. Gandhi, S. LaBella, L. Somers, C. Rogers
Cost Implications of New Kidney Allocation Policy

M. Schnitzler, A. Israni, S. Gustafson, J. Tuttle-Newhall, K. Lentine, D. Axelrod, N. Salkowski, J. Snyder, B. Kasiske
Cost of Sepsis in a Program Utilizing Indefinite Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Prophylaxis in Renal Transplant Recipients

T. Horwedel, L. Bowman, D. Brennan
Cost-Effectiveness of Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Versus Standard Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Study

K. Klop, N. Kok, S. Janki, L. Dols, F. d'Ancona, E. Adang, J. Grutters, J. IJzermans
Course of BK Virus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients Treated with Cidofovir

S. Kuten, S. Patel, R. Knight, L. Gaber, A. Gaber
Creatinine (Creat) and Cystatin C (CysC) Based Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Estimating Equations Are More Precise Than Creatinine-Only-Based Equations in Former Living Kidney Donors

N. Issa, A. Kukla, S. Jackson, S. Riad, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim
Creatinine as a Marker of Rejection Reversal in Recipients with Post-Treatment Biopsies

A. Jantz, S. Patel, L. Moore, L. Gaber, R. Knight, A. Gaber
Critical Analysis of Death within 1 Year after Liver Transplantation, A

A. Rana, M. Porubsky, T. Jie, S. Habib, H. Rilo, B. Kaplan, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner
Critical Analysis of Retransplantation within 1 Year after Liver Transplantation, A

A. Rana, M. Porubsky, T. Jie, S. Habib, H. Rilo, B. Kaplan, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner
Critical Analysis of Valganciclovir Dosing and Renal Function on the Development of CMV Infection in Kidney Transplantation

M. Posadas Salas, D. Taber, E. Chua, B. Thomas
Critical Role of Allograft Infiltrating ROR Gamma t Positive Innate Immune Cells and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells

Z. Fan, K. Jung, S. Yun, T. Strom, M. Koulmanda
Critical Role of Notch-1 in the Alloimmune Response

S. Ohori, C. Magee, T. Shimizu, C. Siebel, L. Riella, N. Najafian
Critical Role of Notch-2 Signaling in Alloantibody Production

C. Magee, T. Shimizu, S. Ohori, C. Siebel, N. Najafian, L. Riella
Crossmatch Positive Liver Transplantation: Role of Underlying Liver Disease

C. Kubal, R. Mangus, R. Saxena, A. Lobashevsky, N. Higgins, A. Shah, R. Vianna, J. Fridell, J. Tector
CTLA-4 Ig Prevents Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection

B. Oh, J. Kwun, R. Ruhil, A. Gibby, A. Kirk, S. Knechtle, N. Iwakoshi
Cumulative Effect of Metabolic Syndrome Components in Predicting Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events after Kidney Transplantation

G. Prasad, M. Huang, S. Silver, A. Allawati, L. Rapi, M. Nash, J. Zaltzman
Cumulative Incidence and Factors Associated with Return to Active Status among Temporarily Inactive Obese Renal Transplant Candidates

M. Shye, M. Kamgar, A. Mehrnia, S. Bunnapradist, E. Huang
Curriculum Thoracic Transplantation (CTTX): Training on Heart and Lung Explantation and Implantation

M. Barten, H. Bittner, K. Püschel, F. Mohr, T. Karbe
Cutaneous Collateral Axonal Sprouting Re-Innervates the Skin Component and Restores Sensation of Denervated Swine Osteomyocutaneous Allografts

Z. Ibrahim, J. Christensen, C. Lin, K. Sarhane, P. Hauer, M. Polydefkis, S. Schneeberger, D. Cooney, J. Sacks, W. Lee, G. Brandacher
Cytokine Measurement by High-Sensitivity Milliplex Assay in Cell Suspensions Obtained during Usual Kidney Allograft Biopsies

N. Leca, S. Anderson, K. Muczynski
Cytomegalovirus and Post-Transplant Cancer: Protection, Predisposition or No Effect?

R. Desai, D. Collett, J. Neuberger
Cytometry Time of Flight (CyTOF) Analysis of Epstein Barr Virus-Specific T Cells in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

K. Piard-Ruster, S. Krams, C. Esquivel, O. Martinez