2013 American Transplant Congress Archives

D-MELD, a Powerful Instrument To Optimize Donor-2-Recipient Match. Differences between US and Italy

A. Avolio, J. Halldorson, M. Lirosi, S. Agnes, M. Salizzoni, A. Pinna, M. Spada, L. De Carlis, M. Colledan, G. Gerunda, E. Andorno, G. Rossi, G. Ettorre, A. Risaliti, V. Mazzaferro, M. Rossi, G. Tisone, F. Zamboni, M. Vivarelli, L. Lupo, O. Cuomo, F. Calise, N. Nicolotti, A. Vitale, R. Romagnoli, A. Cucchetti, P. Bonsignore, I. Mangoni, D. Pinelli, R. Montalti, L. Caccamo, G. Vennarecci, D. Nicolini, E. Regalia, U. Baccarani, Q. Lai, T. Manzia, E. Tondolo, M. Rendina, A. Perrella, W. Santaniello, G. Bottino, G. Spagnoletti, G. Mariano, A. Gasbarrini, P. Burra, U. Cillo, the Donor-to-Recipient Italian Liver Transplant (DR2-ILTx) Study Group, Liver Transplant Centers
DAP12 Deficiency in Liver Allografts Enhances Donor DC Migration, Host Alloimmunity and Breaks Liver Transplant Tolerance

O. Yoshida, S. Kimura, N. Murase, A. Thomson
Death on Wating-List and Risk of Transmission of Cancer: Where Is the Right Balance?

R. Desai, D. Collett, C. Watson, P. Johnson, T. Evans, J. Neuberger
Decadal Analysis of Deceased Organ Donation in Spain and the U.S., Linking Increased Donation Rate and Utilization of Older Donors

J. Halldorson, J. Roberts
Decade of Experience with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Recipients over Age 75, A

U. Farooq, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, Y. Al-Shraideh, R. Stratta
Deceased Kidney Donor Acute Tubular Necrosis and the Development of Delayed Graft Function

I. Hall, P. Reese, F. Weng, B. Schroppel, M. Doshi, R. Hasz, W. Reitsma, M. Goldstein, K. Hong, C. Parikh
Decline in Living Kidney Donation in the United States: Random Variation or Cause for Concern?, The

J. Rodrigue, J. Schold, D. Mandelbrot
Declining Number of Pancreas after Kidney Transplants but Significant Improvement in Outcome

A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner
Decreased Hypertension in Pediatric Transplant Patients Having Undergone Native Nephrectomies

A. Gallo, C. Gowdy, J. Berumen, A. Chaudhuri, A. Hill, W. Concepcion
Decreased mTORC1 and Increased mTORC2 Activity Is Essential for Protective Differentiation Programs in Mesenchymal Stem Cells

B. Hegner, T. Schaub, C. Lange, T. Huber, D. Dragun
Decreased Parathyroid Klotho Expression Is Associated with Persistent Hyperparathyroidism after Kidney Transplantation

Y. Hong, M. Lee, J. Kim, H. Whang, G. Ahn, Y. Cho, B. Chung, B. Choi, C. Park, Y. Kim, S. Lim, Y. Chang, C. Yang
Decreased Rejection and Equivalent Survival with Selective Alemtuzumab Induction for Renal Transplantation

J. LaMattina, L. Goldschen, R. Munivenkatappa, C. Gurk-Turner, J. Powell, D. Klassen, J. Bromberg, R. Barth
Decreased Renal VEGF-A Signaling as a Mechanism for Kidney Transplant Fibrosis and Failure

B. Sis, S. Husain, J. Chang, P. Halloran, S. Osasan
Decreasing Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Is Associated with an Increasing Risk of Hospitalization in the First Year Post Renal Transplantation

Y. Afshar, F. Keong, S. Sekar, J. Binongo, R. Chowdhury, S. Pastan, R. Patzer
Decreasing Incidence of New-Onset Diabetes after Kidney Transplantation

P. Nagaraja, V. Ravindran, K. Baboolal
Defect in the Th17 Pathway Worsens Renal Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy after Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury

M. Nguyen, R. Michel, E. Fryml, S. Sahakian, S. Liu, J. Tchervenkov, S. Paraskevas
Deficiencies in Patients' Transplant Knowledge and Learning Activities Predicts Longer Time To Complete Kidney Transplant Evaluation

M. Freeman, J. Pleis, R. Shapiro, L. Myaskovsky
Defining pp65 Enemia and qPCR Cut-Offs for Pre-Emptive Therapy of CMV Disease in Low-Risk, Seropositive Renal Transplanted Recipients

E. David-Neto, A. Lemos, L. Vilas Boas, A. Latif, F. Agena, F. Jota de Paula, L. Pierroti, F. Lemos, W. Nahas, H. Caiaffa Filho, C. Panutti
Defining the Effects of Transgenic Modification in Islet Xenotransplantation Using the Dual Transplant Model

B. Martin, P. Thompson, M. Lowe, A. Farris, M. Song, E. Strobert, J. Jenkins, C. Larsen, A. Kirk
DeKAF Pathology Clusters: Follow Up at 5 Years

D. Rush, R. Leduc, J. Connett, F. Cosio, R. Gaston, R. Mannon, L. Hunsicker, S. Gourishankar, P. Halloran, M. Cecka, J. Grande, B. Kasiske, A. Matas
Delayed Anti-CD3 Therapy Results in Depletion of Alloreactive T Cells and the Dominance of Foxp3+CD4+ Graft Infiltrating Cells

R. Goto, S. You, M. Zaitsu, L. Chatenoud, K. Wood
Delayed Graft Function Increases the Risk of Early Death Post-Transplant in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients

J. Gill, J. Dong, O. Johnston, J. Gill, D. Landsberg
Delayed Graft Function Managed in the Outpatient Setting

R. Hofmann, J. Turk, B. Muth, S. O'Loughlin, B. Astor, M. Mohamed, V. Vidyasagar, D. Kaufman, A. Djamali
Delayed HCC MELD Exception Score Improves Disparity in Access to Liver Transplant

J. Heimbach, R. Hirose, K. Olthoff, W. Kim, D. Schladt, H. Xiong, J. Liu, A. Harper, P. Stock
Delayed Kidney Graft Function in SPK Recipients Is Associated with Poor Long-Term Outcomes

B. Muth, B. Astor, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger, R. Hofmann, M. Mohamed, V. Vidyasagar, J. Pirsch, J. Bellingham, J. Odorico, A. Djamali
Deletion of CD98hc in Lymphocytes Results in Increasing Treg Cell To Prevent Acute Murine GvHD

X. Li, Y. Kitajima, Y. Nishio, T. Saito, H. Tsumura, Y. Nagahara, S. Cai
Dendritic Cells Phenotype Fitting under Hypoxia or LPS. ABC Transporters Far beyond an Efflux Pump

N. Lloberas, I. Rama, I. LLaudó, J. Torras, G. Cerezo, M. Franquesa, A. Merino, O. Bestard, J. Cruzado, J. Grinyó
Depletion of Both Recipient and Donor Foxp3+ Cells Can Break Tolerance of Skin or Heart Allografts Induced by Mixed Chimerism in Mice

K. Shinoda, T. Akiyoshi, C. Chase, E. Farkash, P. Russell, J. Madsen, R. Colvin
Detailed Analysis of Cell-Mediated Immunity to Influenza Vaccination in Transplant Recipients, A

A. Egli, L. Lisboa, D. Santer, D. O Shea, A. Baluch, A. Humar, D. Kumar
Detecting BK Virus in the Graft Identifies Positive BK Viremia Patients at High Risk of Developing BKVAN

A. Sartorius, M. Leruez, D. Anglicheau, M. Rabant, C. Legendre, J. Zuber
Detection of Anti-HLA Class I but Not C1q-Fixing Donor-Specific Antibodies before Kidney Transplantation Predicts Early Graft Loss

M. Crespo, A. Torío, V. Mas, M. Perez-Saez, M. Mir, A. Faura, M. Checa, J. Pascual
Deteriorating Quality of Organ Donors, The

A. Aloraini, E. Simoneau, S. Doi, S. Ali, J. Tchervenkov, P. Metrakos, M. Hassanain
Determinants of Geographic Variation in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation for Children

P. Reese, J. Hwang, V. Potluri, P. Abt, J. Shults, S. Amaral
Determinants of Late Acute Rejection in Pediatric & Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients

L. Eid, S. Tuchman, A. Moudgil
Determinants of Medication Misunderstanding and Non-Adherence among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients

M. Serper, R. Patzer, K. Przytula, J. King, J. Levitsky, D. Ladner, R. Koval, M. Wolf
Determination of Ethyl Glucuronide in Hair for Detection of Alcohol Consumption in Patients after Liver Transplantation

M. Sterneck, G. von Rothkirch, H. Andresen-Streichert, E. Vettorazzi, K. Schulz, B. Nashan
Determining Threshold Immunosuppressant Adherence Levels To Reduce Graft Failure Risk among Adult Renal Transplant Recipients

C. Spivey, M. Chisholm-Burns, B. Damadzadeh, D. Billheimer
Developing a Prognostic Score for Early Prediction of Graft and Patient Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

A. Medkhaly, E. Simoneau, S. Doi, P. Metrakos, M. Hassanain
Development and Prospect of Donation after Cardiac Death in China

Y. Liu
Development of a Clinically Relevant Conditioning Regimen Using Available Costimulatory Blockade Reagents for Induction of Renal Allograft Tolerance Via Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism

Y. Yamada, S. Lee, S. Boskovic, O. Nadazdin, R. Smith, R. Colvin, J. Madsen, D. Sachs, G. Benichou, B. Cosimi, T. Kawai
Development of a Nonhuman Primate Model of Sensitization after Transplantation, The

E. Page, J. Kwun, A. Gibby, B. Oh, N. Iwakoshi, S. Knechtle
Development of De Novo Anti-HLA Abs in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Final Analysis of the NIH CTOT02 Study

A. Chandraker, I. Guleria, D. Ikle, H. Chin, F. Vincenti, Y. Morrison, N. Bridges, W. Harmon, M. Sayegh
Development of De Novo Anti-HLA Antibodies after Treatment with/without Rituximab, a B Cell−Depleting Treatment

Y. Sawada, H. Ishida, K. Omoto, T. Nozaki, T. Shimizu, M. Inui, K. Tanabe
Development of Hepatic Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Is Independent of Myeloid Cell-Derived COX-2

S. Duarte, H. Kato, T. Ishikawa, R. Busuttil, H. Herschman, A. Coito
Development of Micro Bioscaffold as a Multiplex System To Evaluate Bioactive Molecules That Enhance Cell Function

B. Wang, A. Jakus, A. Wu, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, R. Shah, J. Wertheim
Development of New Onset Hypertension in Living Kidney Donors: Are Multiple Renal Arteries a Risk Factor?

M. Elramah, V. Patil, Y. Becker, B. Astor, D. Foley, V. Vidyasagar, R. Hofmann
Diabetes Significantly Impacts Quality of Life Following Kidney Transplant

C. Musgrave, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, J. McGillicuddy, C. Bratton, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, D. Taber
Dichotomous T-Cell Repopulation after Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy in High Immunological Risk and DCD Renal Transplant Recipients

S. Telfer, S. Ullah, T. Fear, A. Mok, A. Jevnikar, P. Luke, A. Sener
Difference in Inflammatory Response between Clinical Allogeneic and Autologous Islet Transplantation

M. Takita, M. Kanak, F. Kunnathodi, R. Shahbazov, M. Lawrence, N. Onaca, B. Naziruddin, M. Levy
Differences between Live and Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Centre Performing Protocol Biopsies

A. Schwarz, I. Scheffner, C. Chatzikyrkou, H. Hermann, W. Gwinner
Different Effects of mTOR Inhibitor VS CN Inhibitor on Human B Cells Proliferations and Activation Markers

G. La Monica, L. Xu, G. Chalasani, L. Gallon
Different Sensitivities of Blood Group A and B Antigen-Responsive B Cells to Calcineurin Inhibitors

M. Yamashita, H. Ohdan
Differential Depletion and Recovery of Lymphocyte Subsets in Lymph Nodes of Alemtuzumab-Treated Cynomolgus Monkeys

E. Dons, D. van der Windt, L. Tu, M. Ezzelarab, J. IJzermans, F. Lakkis, D. Cooper, A. Thomson
Differential Effects of the Innate vs. Adaptive Immunity in Lysing Human Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells

M. Demmers, S. Korevaar, J. IJzermans, M. Betjes, W. Weimar, A. Rowshani, C. Baan
Differential Regulation of Regulatory T Cells and Th17 Cells by mTOR Inhibitor in Kidney Transplant Recipients

K. Kim, B. Chung, B. Kim, M. Cho, C. Yang
Differentiation of HCV Activation, Severity, and Acute Rejection Using Expression Profiles of Inflammatory Protein and miRNA in the Serum

A. Shaked, J. Tobias, N. Goodrich, B. Gillespie, the A2ALL Study Group
Differing Characteristics of New-Onset Diabetes after Transplantation (NODAT) in African-American Compared to Non-African-American Kidney Recipients

J. Wing, P. Patel, D. Sawinski, M. Bleicher, S. Goral, P. Reese, J. Trofe-Clark, R. Bloom
Differing Responsiveness of EQ-5D Preference Valuations to Solid Organ Transplantation: Implications for Cost-Utility Analyses

A. Zaman, L. Dageforde, E. Zavala, A. Hameed, A. Wright, H. Ye, D. Moore, I. Feurer
Disappearance of Immunoglobulin Producing Plasmablasts in Kidney Transplant Patients Is Associated with a Diminished Cytokine Producing Capacity by Peripheral Follicular T-Lymphocytes

G. de Graav, M. Dieterich, N. Litjens, D. Hesselink, M. Betjes, W. Weimar, R. Bouamar, C. Baan
Discrepancy between Biological Age and Calendar Age: A Large Histology Study in Implantation Biopsies, The

K. De Vusser, N. Pieters, B. Janssen, E. Lerut, T. Nawroth, D. Kuypers, Y. Vanrenterghem, M. Naesens
Discriminating among the Sickest Cohorts in Liver Transplantation: An Application of the SOFT Score

A. Rana, M. Porubsky, T. Jie, S. Habib, H. Rilo, B. Kaplan, A. Gruessner, R. Gruessner
Disease Severity Index Based on Dual Cholate Clearances and Shunt Identifies Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Waiting List Patients at Risk for Clinical Complications, A

S. Helmke, A. Wallack, A. Herman, H. Isberg, S. Lauriski, G. Everson
Disparate Performance of Two Commonly Used Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation Equations in Lung Transplant Patients

B. Stephany, E. Poggio, E. Wehbe
Dissecting the Contribution of Cross-Reactivity to the Preformed T Cell Response to Donor-Alloantigen in HIV+ Kidney and Liver Transplant Patients

M. Mintz, E. Chuu, P. Stock, Q. Tang
Distal Splenorenal Shunt (DSRS) in the Modern Era of Liver Transplantation

J. Pomposelli, A. Tongyoo, M. Akoad, R. Jenkins, W. Lewis, E. Pomfret
Distinct Roles of CD137 and CD137L Bidirectional Signals in Candida albicans Infection

H. Cho, B. Kwon, J. Lee, V. Tran, J. Chun, S. Park
Distribution of Skin Cancers and Precancerous Lesions among Transplant Patients Based on Fitzpatrick Skin Type

M. Abdelmalek, C. Chung, E. Pritchett, R. Nijhawan, G. Malat, S. Guy, A. Doyle
Divided Daily Prednisolone Dosing Reduces Hyperglycemia after Kidney Transplantation

S. Cohney, S. Fourlanos, P. Colman, C. Yates
DNA Binding Transcription Factors STAT3, PU.1 and CEBPα Cooperate in Regulating the Expression of the Inflammatory Biomarker CCL2 in Human Hepatocytes

N. Sarma, V. Tiriveedhi, J. Crippin, W. Chapman, T. Mohanakumar
Do Commonly Evaluated Histological Finings in Bronchial Biopsies Correlate with De Novo DSA after Lung Transplantation?

M. Askar, P. Reville, L. Klingman, J. Schold, J. Daghstani, M. Budev, K. McCurry, C. Farver
Do Donor Specific Antibodies Affect Graft Liver Outcomes after Living Donor Liver Transplantation?

D. Joo, S. Song, S. Lee, M. Kim, A. Lee, J. Choi, S. Kim
Do the Number and Titers of Donor Specific Antibodies Correlate to C4D Positivity and Clinical Outcomes?

Y. Qazi, N. Qureshi, F. Khan, I. Khajawall, M. Koss, S. Alexopoulos, M. Smogorzewski
Does African American (AA) Ethnicity Affect Kidney Transplant Outcomes at Four Years? An Analysis of the Mycophenolic Acid Observational Renal Transplant (MORE) Study

M. Narayanan, O. Pankewycz, F. Shihab, A. Wiland, K. McCague, L. Chan
Does an Isolated Positive B-Cell Crossmatch Carry Prognostic Information in Pediatric Heart Transplantation?

K. Daly, G. Piercey, K. Gauvreau, T. Singh, C. VanderPluym, E. Blume, L. Smoot, H. Bastardi, C. Almond
Does CKD Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) Equation Have Stronger Predictive Power for Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival?

D. Joo, A. Lee, S. Lee, M. Kim, K. Huh, M. Ju, S. Kim, Y. Kim, B. Kim
Does Ex-Situ Atraumatic Retrograde Hepatic Artery Perfusion in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation Reduce the Incidence of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures?

T. Darius, J. Rivera, C. de Magnee, R. Reding
Does Extended Criteria Donor Kidney Biopsy Predict Five-Year Patient and Graft Survival?

G. Ng, S. Faerstain, A. Mehrnia, M. Kamgar, S. Bunnapradist, H. Gritsch
Does Length of Hospital Stay and Hospital-Wide Incidence Have an Impact on Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) in Organ Transplant Recipients?

J. Deyo, J. Huang, M. Wheeler, R. Lee, T. Zeynep, R. Dupuis, T. Kozlowski
Does Living Donor–Recipient Age Difference Matter in Long Term Outcome of Kidney Transplantation? Implication for Kidney Paired Donation

V. Kute, A. Vanikar, M. Gumber, H. Patel, P. Shah, D. Engineer, P. Modi, J. Rizvi, V. Shah, H. Trivedi
Does Low-Dose Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis Affect Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients?

M. Gillespie, L. Smith, S. Lee, N. Kenyon, C. Truax, J. Corbett, F. Shihab
Does Mannose-Binding Lectin Plasma Level Predict the Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients?

N. Pyndiah, G. Kralidis, A. Wójtowicz, S. Bibert, O. Manuel, N. Mueller, H. Hirsch, C. Garzoni, C. van Delden, C. Berger, K. Boggian, A. Cusini, M. Koller, M. Weisser, M. Pascual, P. Bochud, P. Meylan, The STCS
Does Pre-Transplant TIPS Increase the Risk of Portal Hyper-Perfusion to Liver Grafts?

M. Fujiki, M. Watson, K. Hashimoto, F. Aucejo, C. Quintini, D. Kelly, B. Eghtesad, C. Miller
Does Secondary Prophylaxis Prevent CMV Relapse Following Treatment of CMV Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients?

T. Sullivan, A. Brodginski, S. Huprikar
Does Size Matter in Extended Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidney Transplantation?

S. Faerstain, G. Ng, A. Mehrina, M. Kamgar, S. Bunnapradist, J. Graciano, T. Tan, H. Gritsch
Does Stress Impair Wound Healing Measured by High-Resolution Ultrasound in Living Kidney Donors? A Pilot Study

H. Maple, S. Simmonds, M. Tran, J. Chilcot, J. Weinman, N. Mamode
Does the Abnormal Result of Implantation Renal Biopsy Affect the Donor Renal Function?

W. Han, S. Yang, D. Joo, K. Huh, M. Kim, Y. Kim, S. Kim, K. Choi
Does the Use of Ureteral Stents in Renal Transplant Allografts Increase the Risk of Multi-Drug Resistant Urinary Tract Infections or Decrease Long Term Function of the Allograft?

T. Fleet, H. Kerr, S. Paine, Y. Liu, A. Harford, M. Davis
Donation after Cardiac Death and Higher Donor Risk Index Are Associated with End-Stage Renal Disease after Liver Transplant

R. Ruebner, P. Reese, P. Abt
Donation after Circulatory-Death in the UK

D. Summers, R. Johnson, D. Collett, G. Randhawa, P. Murphy, C. Watson, J. Neuberger, M. Mallik, A. Bradley
Donor Age and Ischemia Time Are Independent Factors Affecting Graft Survival after En-Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Pediatric Donors

J. Duisit, A. Buemi, F. Musuamba, M. De Meyer, L. De Pauw, D. Chaïb Eddour, N. Kanaan, E. Goffin, M. Mourad
Donor Brain Death Results in Differentially Modulated Immune Activation in Solid Organs

P. Ritschl, R. Oberhuber, C. Fabritius, S. Ebner, B. Flörchinger, J. Guenther, A. Nguyen, J. Pratschke, K. Kotsch
Donor CD4 T Cells Trigger Costimulation Blockade-Resistant Donor Bone Marrow Rejection through Bystander Activation Requiring Interleukin 6

K. Hock, N. Pilat, U. Baranyi, B. Mahr, C. Klaus, M. Gattringer, T. Wekerle
Donor CISH Polymorphism Is Associated with Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation

S. Baek, J. Jeong, T. Koo, H. Kwon, Y. Kim, H. Park, M. Kim, H. Ro, Y. Hwang, C. Ahn, J. Yang
Donor Comorbidities Rather Than Age Alone Determine Recipient Outcomes in "SCD" Kidney Transplants

A. Patel, M. Goggins, L. Malinzak, V. Karthikeyan, K. Venkat, D. Kim, J. Denny, M. Abouljoud
Donor Derived Transmission Events in 2012: A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

M. Green, S. Covington, S. Taranto, W. Bell, S. Biggins, E. Blumberg, G. DeStafano, E. Dominguez, D. Ennis, T. Gross, M. Klassen-Fischer, C. Kotton, S. Kusne, Y. Law, M. Menegus, R. Miller, M. Pavlakas, T. Pruett, D. LaPointe-Rudow, P. Ruiz, N. Siparsky, M. Souter, L. Weiss, C. Wolfe, D. Kaul
Donor Evaluation Efficiency Issues in Kidney Paired Donation: Increased Evaluations, Turn Downs, Time to Donation and Cost

E. Casey, P. Dean, M. Prieto, H. Amer, F. Cosio, H. Li, H. Khamash, K. Reddy, R. Heilman, C. Kosberg, L. Bakken, M. Stegall
Donor Factors Similarly Impact Survival Outcome after LT in HCC and Non-HCC Patients

R. Salgia, N. Goodrich, C. Beil, R. Merion, M. Volk
Donor Hepatitis C Status Does Not Impact Outcomes in Hepatitis C Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients

P. Jawa, J. Knorr, E. Torres, R. Raja, G. Bradauskaite, S. Kung
Donor HSCs from the Bone Component of Vascularized Composite Allografts Migrate to Recipient Thymus and Differentiate to Mature T Cells

R. Sucher, C. Lin, D. Zhang, W. Zhang, J. Grahammer, J. Pratschke, W. Lee, S. Schneeberger, X. Zheng, G. Brandacher
Donor Management Parameters and Organ Yield: Outcomes from a Single Organ Procurement Organization

G. Marshall, R. Mangus, A. Tector
Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) Does Not Predict Inflammation, Fibrosis, or C4d Score in 12 Tolerant Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients: 5+Year Longitudinal Follow-Up

S. Feng, U. Ekong, A. Demetris, P. Rosenthal, E. Alonso, S. Kanaparthi, Z. Gao, N. Tchao
Donor-Derived Dendritic Cells (DC) Mobilized from Cardiac Allografts Initiate T-Cell Allo-Recognition through the Direct Pathway Via Recipient’s DC

Q. Liu, D. Rojas-Canales, S. Divito, W. Shufesky, A. Larregina, A. Morelli
Donor-Derived Semimature Dendritic Cells Transfusion Inducing Tolerance in Acute Rejection of Rat Liver Transplantation

A. Hu, X. He
Donor-Derived Strongyloidiasis in Transplant Recipients – United States 2009-2012

F. Abanyie, E. Bosserman, S. Montgomery, M. Kuehnert, S. Hocevar, P. Chin-Hong
Donor-Reactive Alloantibodies Are the Dominant Effector Mechanism of Murine Kidney Allograft Rejection Induced by Memory CD4 T Cells

V. Gorbacheva, R. Fan, W. Baldwin, A. Valujskikh
Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies in Crossmatch Negative Renal Transplant Patients Associates with Delayed Graft Function

J. Peräsaari, L. Kyllönen, K. Salmela, J. Merenmies
Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies: Prediction of Pancreas Graft Outcome

S. Mittal, S. Page, J. Gilbert, P. Friend, E. Sharples, S. Fuggle
Dose Escalating Anti-αβ-TCR (TOL101) Monoclonal Therapy, Induces Robust Naive and Memory T Inhibition Whilst Promoting Post Dosing Regulatory T Cell Induction

D. Getts, S. Mulgaonkar, L. Melton, T. Waid, R. Sung, F. Shihab, E. Chastain, R. Terry, S. Miller, A. Wiseman, S. Flechner
Double Blockage of TNFα and IL-1β Prevents Islet Graft Damage in Clinical Islet Autotransplantation

B. Naziruddin, M. Takita, F. Kunnathodi, R. Shahbazov, M. Kanak, M. Lawrence, N. Onaca, M. Levy
Double-Deficiency for RORγt and T-Bet Drives Th2-Mediated Allograft Rejection in Mice

M. Sabet-Baktach, J. Rovira, S. Farkas, E. Eggenhofer, M. Lantow, G. Koehl, M. Dahlke, H. Schlitt, E. Geissler, A. Kroemer
Downregulation of Complement Activity Via the Mannan-Binding Lectin (MBL) Pathway by Dietary Restriction and Fasting

S. Shushimita, P. van der Pol, R. de Bruin, J. IJzermans, C. van Kooten, F. Dor
Drop in Allograft Function Associates with Drop in Bone Mineral Density Z Score in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

E. Anyaegbu, J. Zheng, V. Dharnidharka
Dual Kidney Transplantation Reduces Organ Wastage and Increases the Number of Kidney Transplants Available to Elderly Candidates

W. Bry, V. Peddi, H. Mahanty, A. Hassoun, S. Katznelson, P. Patel, L. Bohannon, L. Lu, N. Neidlinger, K. Ueda, R. Osorio
Dual Kidney Transplantation without Allocation by Preimplantation Biopsy – A Single Center Experience

A. Weidemann, M. Rotter, J. Jacobi, K. Pressmar, M. Buettner, K. Amann, K. Eckardt
Dual Kidney Transplants from Marginal Donors: Double or Nothing

Y. Al-shraideh, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, U. Farooq, R. Stratta
Dual Nanoporous Encapsulation and Local Exenatide Delivery Improves Islet Viability

C. Adin, H. He, L. Lee, V. Nesser, F. Xu, C. Gilor, A. Rajab, G. Hadley
Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction in Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Is Associated with Less Biliary Complications, Compared with Roux-en-Y Hepatico-Jejunostomy

M. Sutton, R. Bense, T. Lisman, E. van der Jagt, A. van den Berg, R. Porte
Durability of Pancreatic Islets Transplantation in Brittle Type 1 Diabetics – 9 Year Follow Up

P. Witkowski, M. Garfinkel, L. Schenck, S. Pannain, J. Thistlethwaite, W. Chon, O. Cochet, K. Golab, O. Savari, J. Millis
Dynamic Composite Analyses Identify Biomarkers of Progression to Chronic Allograft Dysfunction after Kidney Transplantation

V. Mas, J. Suh, J. Lee, R. Gehrau, K. Brayman, N. Mehta, D. Maluf
Dynamic Dual Role of IL-2 Signaling in the Two-Step Differentiation Process of Adaptive Regulatory T Cells, A

Z. Guo, Y. Miyahara, G. Wang, M. Khattar, P. Schroder, X. He, W. Chen, S. Stepkowski
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