2013 American Transplant Congress Archives

Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy Induces Donor-Specific HeliosnegFOXP3pos Regulatory T Cells in Kidney Transplant Patients

A. Bouvy, M. Klepper, M. Kho, J. IJzermans, N. Litjens, M. Betjes, W. Weimar, C. Baan
Rabbit ATGs Modulate the Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in Both Naïve and Adult Endothelial Cells

A. Beiras-Fernandez, I. Hartmann, F. Kur, I. Kaczmarek, I. Kanzler
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Determinants of Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States

T. Purnell, P. Xu, N. Leca, Y. Hall
Racial Differences and Income Disparities Are Associated with Worse Allograft and Death Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Lupus Nephritis

R. Nee, K. Abbott, D. Little, R. Ramsey-Goldman, L. Agodoa, F. Hurst, R. Jindal
Racial Disparities in GRAFT SURVIVAL in the Elderly KIDNEY Transplant Patients

T. Ilori, R. Patzer, J. Byrd, W. McClellan
Racial Variation in Medical Outcomes among Medicare and Privately-Insured Living Kidney Donors

K. Lentine, D. Segev, D. Axelrod, A. Garg, D. Brennan, J. Tuttle-Newhall, M. Schnitzler
Rapamycin and CTLA4-Ig Demonstrate Age-Specific Effects on Transplant Outcome and Immune Responses

K. Edtinger, A. Elkhal, X. Ge, S. Tullius
Rapamycin Enhances Early Alloantibody Production by Hampering the Homeostatic Proliferation of Regulatory T Cells

B. Oh, J. Kwun, R. Ruhil, A. Gibby, E. Page, A. Farris III, A. Kirk, N. Iwakoshi, S. Knechtle
Rapamycin-Induced Augmentation of the CD8 T Cell Response to a Latent Viral Infection Is Inhibited by CTLA4-Ig

D. Pinelli, M. Wagener, M. Ford
Rapamycin-Resistant mTORC1 Regulates Dendritic Cell B7-H1 Expression That Acts in Synergy with IL-1β To Promote Regulatory T Cell Induction

B. Rosborough, D. Raich-Regue, B. Matta, K. Lee, M. Boothby, H. Turnquist, A. Thomson
Rapid Flow-Cytometric Detection of Cell-Mediated Alloreactivity in Transplant Candidates and Healthy Controls

M. Wolf, S. Kirsch, M. Sester, U. Sester
Rat Liver Allo-Graft Rejection Promotes Anti-Cancer Immunity: A Model of Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

S. Lacotte, G. Oldani, L. Rubbia-Brandt, F. Slits, L. Orci, P. Morel, G. Mentha, C. Toso
Rate and Causality of Thirty-Day Readmissions Following Renal Transplantation

M. Watson, D. Goldfarb, V. Krishnamurthi, D. Shoskes, J. Rabets
Rates and Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Children with Intellectual Disability

A. Wightman, J. Janosko, B. Young, A. Dick, R. McDonald, P. Healey, J. Smith
Rates of False Flagging Due to Statistical Artifact in CMS Evaluations of Transplant Programs

A. Massie, D. Segev
Rationale for, and the Economic Implications Associated with, Extending Medicare Coverage for Immunosuppressive Medications to Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Lack Insurance Coverage, The

R. Evans
RBC Transfusions Are Associated with HLA Allosensitization in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplantation

B. Bradbury, M. Leffell, D. Kim, J. Petersen, J. Hart, J. Rossert, R. Vega, A. Zachary
Re-Wiring the Molecular Circuitry of the AlloGraft To Promote Tolerance

N. Zammit, S. Walters, J. Villanueava, S. Grey
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Intravital Imaging of Thrombosis after Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Procedures

Q. Mao, Y. Huang, J. Pang, S. Zhu, D. Tong, Z. Ibrahim, J. Christensen, Y. Li, J. Li, W. Lee, J. Kang, G. Brandacher
Recipient Death and Graft Loss in Renal Transplantation: The Challenge of Infectious Complications

M. Cristelli, M. Ivani, F. Pita, F. Ferreira, S. Martins, C. Aldworth, M. Francoso, M. Franco, H. Tedesco, J. Medina- Pestana
Recipient Pre-Operative Regulatory T Cell Function: A Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury after Kidney Transplantation

M. Nguyen, S. Sahakian, E. Fryml, M. Cantarovich, S. Liu, M. Lipman, J. Tchervenkov, S. Paraskevas
Recipient’s Conventional Dendritic Cells (DC) Are the Mediators of the Beneficial Effects of Immunosuppressive DC-Based Therapies in Cardiac Transplantation

Z. Wang, S. Divito, D. Rojas-Canales, W. Shufesky, T. Sumpter, A. Larregina, A. Morelli
Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Renal Transplantation: Who Benefits from Preemptive Plasmapheresis?

D. Bruley, L. Croze, B. Burroni, N. Pinel, P. Malvezzi, P. Zaoui
Reduced Health Literacy in Kidney Transplant Recipients May Be Associated with Difficulty Identifying a Live Kidney Donor

L. Dageforde, A. Petersen, K. Harms, I. Feurer, J. Ehrenfeld, K. Cavanaugh, D. Moore
Reducing HIV / HCV Infection Transmission from Organ Transplantation through Nucleic Acid Testing of All Potential Deceased Donors: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

J. Lai, J. Kahn, M. Tavakol, M. Peters, J. Roberts
Reduction in Mycophenolate in Leukopenic Renal Transplant Patients Is Not Associated with Worse Transplant Outcomes at 1 Year and 3 Year Post-Transplant

M. Kim, A. Chandraker, S. Gabardi
Reduction in New Onset Diabetes after Renal Transplant with Erythropoietin Stimulating Agents, a Case Control Study

T. Montada-Atin, D. Choi, M. Woo, R. Retnakaran, M. Huang, G. Prasad, J. Zaltzman
Regulation of microRNA in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Heart Transplantation, The

L. Zhou, N. Johnston, X. Zhang, D. Cheng, L. Sui, P. Luke, A. Jevnikar, W. Min, X. Zheng
Regulation of Serological Alloreactive Memory by Pathogen Infection, The

R. Ruhil, O. Bulut, S. Talebagha, B. Oh, V. Lu, S. Knechtle, N. Iwakoshi
Regulatory Dendritic Cells (DCreg) Prolong Kidney Allograft Survival in Non-Human Primates When Combined with Costimulation Blockade and Rapamycin

M. Ezzelarab, A. Zahorchak, L. Lu, M. Adrian, L. Fadi, J. Demetris, A. Humar, R. Shapiro, N. Murase, M. Wijkstrom, D. Cooper, A. Thomson
Regulatory Effect of microRNAs in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Post Liver Transplantation: Looking for Therapeutic Targets

R. Gehrau, V. Mas, C. Dumur, J. Suh, M. Wardus, B. Kane, S. Luebbert, D. Maluf
Regulatory Molecular Profile of Early Ischemia Reperfusion Injury after Liver Transplantation

R. Gehrau, V. Mas, C. Dumur, J. Suh, L. Murray, B. Kane, D. Maluf
Regulatory T Cell Induction by Soluble Components of a Traditional Chinese Herb

J. Reid-Adam, P. Cravedi, N. Yang, X. Li, P. Heeger
Rejection Phenotypes, Rejection Timing and Kidney Transplant Outcome

M. Naesens, D. Kuypers, K. De Vusser, Y. Vanrenterghem, E. Lerut
Relationship of Kidney Length, Volume and Renal Split Function in Living Kidney Donors

S. Fernandez, S. Mohan, Z. Zaky, J. Crew, J. Dube, M. Carrol, J. Wexler, L. Ratner, D. Cohen, B. Tanriover
Removal of CD39+ T Cells Uncovers a Population of Col V Specific, CD39- Responder T Cells in Normal, Healthy Individuals

J. Sullivan, S. Hedge, E. Gankowski-Gan, W. Burlingham
Renal Allograft Survival of HLA-Identical Living Donors (ID-LDRT) and 6-HLA Matched Cadaveric Donors (6M-CRT) Compared with 5 HLA-Matched Controls

V. Gunabushanam, R. Nusrat, H. Lam, P. Sood, S. Hariharan, J. Donaldson, A. Humar, M. Wijkstrom
Renal Allograft Tolerance Can Be Achieved in Non-Human Primates Via Delayed Mixed-Hematopoietic Chimerism and Alefacept Treatment

S. Lee, Y. Yamada, S. Boskovic, M. Atif, M. Tonsho, O. Nadazdin, R. Smith, R. Colvin, J. Allan, J. Madsen, A. Cosimi, G. Benichou, T. Kawai
Renal Graft Outcome after Single-Donor Staged Heart-Kidney Transplantation Using Pulsatile Machine Perfusion of the Renal Grafts

A. El Hinnawi, J. Sageshima, G. Ciancio, L. Chen, A. Mattiazzi, G. Guerra, W. Kupin, D. Roth, E. Rosenkranz, A. Panos, S. Pham, G. Burke III
Renal Graft Survival among Primary, Re-Transplant, and Kidney after Solid Organ Transplantation: A Single Center Experience

R. Nusrat, P. Sood, A. Tevar, R. Shapiro, A. Humar, S. Hariharan
Renal Graft Survival Post Thoracic and Abdominal Transplant: A Single Center Experience

R. Nusrat, S. Hariharan, A. Tevar, R. Shapiro, A. Humar, P. Sood
Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Induces Release of Angiopoietin-2 from Human Grafts of Living and Deceased Donors

M. Reinders, D. de Vries, M. Khairoun, J. Lindeman, I. Bajema, E. de Heer, M. Roest, A. van Zonneveld, C. van Kooten, A. Schaapherder, T. Rabelink
Renal Outcomes in Prediabetic Living Kidney Donors Are Very Similar to Normoglycemic Donors at 10 Years Post-Donation

S. Chandran, U. Masharani, A. Webber, D. Wojciechowski
Renal Transplant Recipients (RTR) with Immune Mediated Graft Injury Display Significant Alterations within the Peripheral B Cell Phenotype

A. Cherukuri, A. Salama, C. Carter, B. Clark, R. Baker
Renal Transplant Recipients with Positive Donor Specific Antibodies Maintain Stable Graft Function with Mycophenolic Acid Escalation

L. Rebellato, P. Bolin, K. Parker, A. Allsbrook, B. Brown, S. Kendrick, M. Everly, P. Terasaki, R. Harland
Renal Transplantation with Final Allocation Based on the Virtual Crossmatch: Outcomes at 5 Years

C. Johnson, Y. Zhu, M. Zhang, B. Shames, A. Roza, D. Cronin, S. Hariharan, J. Schiller, T. Ellis
Reperfusion Injury in Extended Criteria Donor Liver Grafts: A Look inside the Molecular Level

D. Maluf, R. Gehrau, J. Suh, C. Dumur, B. Kane, V. Mas
Reperfusion Time Alters Kidney microRNA Expression in Rodent Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

T. Merchen, E. Boesen, N. Nahman Jr, R. Podolsky, R. Harbarger, A. Ghaffari, J. Wynn, A. Mellor, D. Pollock
Requirement for T Cell Intrinsic MyD88 for Treg Homeostasis in Transplantation

C. Borges, B. Kim, L. Turka
Residual Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors: Does Remaining Kidney Volume Matter?

A. Diez, C. Sundaram, M. Mujtaba, T. Taber, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, J. Powelson, W. Goggins, A. Sharfuddin
Restoration of Long Nerve Defects with Epineural Sheath Conduit Supported with Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. A Preliminary Report

M. Madajka, C. Ozturk, M. Lukaszuk, G. Kwiecien, J. Szopinski, V. Siemionow, M. Siemionow
Restored Kidney Transplant after Resection of Small Renal Tumor into Unrelated and Related Recipients: Updated Results of Clinical Trials

Y. Ogawa, T. Kobayashi, S. Shiroma, K. Kojima, R. Mannami, M. Mannami, K. Kitajima, M. Nishi, M. Tamaki, H. Afuso, S. Ito, N. Mituhata
Results about, and Algorithms For, Robust Probabilistic Kidney Exchange Matching

J. Dickerson, A. Procaccia, T. Sandholm
Results of a Behavioral Contract Intervention To Improve Adherence and Healthcare Outcomes among Renal Transplant Recipients

M. Chisholm-Burns, C. Spivey, J. Graff Zivin, J. Lee, E. Sredzinski
Results of a Phase 2 Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetic Study of TOL-101, an Anti-TCR Monoclonal Antibody for the Prophylaxis of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplantation

S. Flechner, S. Mulgaonkar, L. Melton, T. Waid, R. Sung, F. Shihab, A. Wiseman, D. Getts
Results of Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal under rATG Induction in Hepatitis C Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients: Inferior Yet Improved Outcomes

M. Aull, J. Guerrero, C. Afaneh, D. Dadhania, J. McDermott, J. Kim, A. Watkins, S. Kapur
Results of Response Guided Therapy (RGT) Using Telaprevir in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Recurrence: A Single Center Experience of 18 Patients

P. Mantry, C. Wu, J. Weinstein, A. Mubarak, H. Nazario, A. Mejia, S. Cheng, C. Fasola
Retransplantation with or without Graft Nephrectomy. A Single Centre Experience

C. Puliatti, E. Giorgakis, A. Syed
Retroperitoneoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy Safely Provides Excellent Graft Function

K. Hotta, K. Morita, H. Harada, N. Fukuzawa, T. Seki, T. Tanabe, H. Sasaki, T. Hirose, D. Iwami, K. Nonomura
Revisiting the Second Kidney Transplant in Children

C. Bell, J. Angelo, J. Bynon, R. Swinford
Ribavirin Is Highly Efficient at Treating Chronic Hepatitis-E-Virus Infection in Organ-Transplant-Patients: A Retrospective Multicenter French Study

N. Kamar, M. Bismuth, S. Hillaire, L. Rostaing, V. Mallet
RIP3 Mediated Necroptosis Regulates Cardiac Allograft Inflammation and Survival

A. Pavlosky, X. Huang, A. Lau, Z. Yin, A. Haig, A. Jevnikar, Z. Zhang
Risk Factors Associated with Surgical Complications in Recipients of Kidneys from Very Small Pediatric Donors

R. Perez, A. Demattos, C. Santhanakrishnan, J. McVicar, M. Gandhi, B. Gallay, D. Adey, M. Alnimri, C. Troppmann
Risk Factors for Acute Rejection in Heart Transplanted Recipients

A. Yusabai, A. Mehrnia, M. Kamgar, M. Sampaio, E. Huang, S. Bunnapradist
Risk Factors for Early Hospital Readmission Following Kidney Transplant

G. Dube, Y. Coppelson, D. Cohen, S. Mohan
Risk Factors for Early Onset of Acute Kidney Injury and Subsequent Development of Chronic Renal Disease after Liver Transplantation

D. Tomescu, M. Popescu, G. Droc, S. Dima, I. Popescu
Risk Factors for Graft Failure and Death in Elderly (>65 Years Old) Kidney Transplant Recipients

A. Faravardeh, B. Bista, M. Eickhoff, S. Jackson, R. Spong, A. Matas, H. Ibrahim
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Due to BK Nephropathy: A Paired Kidney Analysis

J. Gill, S. Hariharan, C. Rose, J. Dong, J. Gill
Risk Factors in Venous Thrombosis of Renal Grafts from Deceased Non Heart-Beating Donors

M. Molina, E. Gonzalez, N. Polanco, L. Garcia-Puente, A. Sevillano, E. Gutierrez, E. Morales, A. Hernandez, J. Morales, A. Andres
Risk Factors of Post-Transplant High-Grade CMV Reactivation in CMV-Seropositive Patients in the Modern Immunosuppressive Era

M. Saito, S. Satoh, K. Numakura, T. Inoue, H. Tsuruta, S. Akihama, N. Tsuchiya, T. Habuchi
Risk Factors to Non-Adherence in Kidney Transplantation Patients Applying Triangulation Methodology in a Universal Access Medication Health System

H. Sanders-Pinheiro, E. Marsicano, N. Fernandes, F. Colugnati, F. Grincencov, N. Fernandes, S. De Geest
Risk Factors, Rejection and Infections Associated with Neutropenia in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Retrospective Study

S. Clairoux, M. Fournier, J. Amiel, M. Tremblay, D. Vinh, C. Coursol, D. Thirion, M. Cantarovich
Risk of Recurrence of Pre-Existing Cancer in Organ Recipients

R. Desai, D. Collett, C. Watson, P. Johnson, T. Evans, J. Neuberger
Risk of Transmission of Cancer from Solid Organ Donors in the U.S

E. Engels
Rituximab or Alemtuzumab Induction for ABO Incompatible Renal Transplantation?

R. Charif, H. De Kort, C. Roufosse, P. Brookes, A. McLean, V. Papalois, N. Hakim, D. Taube, J. Galliford
Rituximab To Prevent Renal Allograft Rejection; a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

M. van den Hoogen, E. Steenbergen, A. Hoitsma, L. Hilbrands
Robot Assisted Combined Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy

S. Ayloo, M. Murphey, P. Giulianotti, E. Benedetti, N. Choudhury, J. Oberholzer
Role for DEPTOR in Cell-Intrinsic Mechanisms of Anti-Inflammation in Vascular Endothelial Cells

S. Bruneau, C. Woda, D. Briscoe
Role of 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring after Pediatric Renal Transplantation

H. Tran, L. Kjelson, P. Grimm, A. Chaudhuri
Role of Belatacept (CTLA4-Ig) on B Cells Phenotype in Renal Transplant Recipients

C. Leibler-Romand, M. Matignon, N. Rouas-Freiss, P. Lang, C. Menier, P. Grimbert
Role of Cardiac Rehabilitation after Heart Transplantation in the Reduction of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, The

M. Kittleson, J. Patel, M. Rafiei, A. Osborne, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa
Role of CD4+CD25+ T reg Cells on Allo-B Cell Formation and DSA Production in a Chronic Rejection Model after T Cell Depletion, The

J. Kwun, B. Oh, A. Gibby, E. Page, N. Iwakoshi, S. Knechtle
Role of Commensal Microbiota in Skin Allograft Rejection

C. Bartman, Y. Wang, P. Zhou, L. Molinero, M. Alegre
Role of Deletion of Donor-Reactive T Cells in Maintaining Human Allograft Tolerance Achieved via Combined Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplantation (CKBMT)

H. Morris, Y. Shen, T. Kawai, H. Robins, M. Sykes
Role of eGFR Equations in Evaluating Deceased Donors for Kidney Transplantation: Sufficient and Appropriate Outcome Markers?

M. Burdese, M. Priora, M. Messina, M. Tamagnone, G. Daidola, F. Fop, L. Biancone, G. Segoloni
Role of Eosinophils in the Induction and Maintenance of the Alloantibody Response, The

P. Cravedi, D. Lessman, P. Heeger
Role of Estimated GFR CKD-EPI as Screening Tool for Donor Selection

S. Fernandez, S. Mohan, Z. Zaky, J. Crew, G. Dube, J. Wexler, M. Carrol, L. Ratner, D. Cohen, B. Tanriover
Role of Foxp3 for Augmented Homeostatic Proliferation of Treg, The

Y. Lin, D. Rothstein
Role of Graft Non-Hematopoietic Cells in Organ Transplant Tolerance, The

M. Morita, J. Qin, K. Brown, C. Miller, J. Fung, L. Lu, S. Qian
Role of Graft-Derived MCP1 in Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Cardiac Allografts

T. Abe, C. Su, S. Iida, W. Baldwin III, N. Nonomura, S. Takahara, R. Fairchild
Role of Immunoglobulin (Ig)-G Subclasses and C1q in De Novo HLA DQ DSA Kidney Transplant Outcomes, The

M. Freitas, L. Rebellato, M. Ozawa, A. Nguyen, M. Everly, N. Sasaki, P. Terasaki
Role of Immunosuppression on Hyperuricemia and Proteinuria Affecting Graft Survival, The

U. Cakir, I. Berber, E. Gurluler, N. Gures, A. Alim, A. Gurkan
Role of Increased Autophagic Flux in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Undergoing Warm Reperfusion (WR) after Cold Ischemia (CI), The

A. Jani, S. Jain, T. Nydam, C. Edelstein
Role of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Survival and Neurogenesis of Neural Progenitor Cell Grafts, The

L. Phillips, S. Krams, T. Palmer, O. Martinez
Role of Interleukin-33/ST2 Pathway in Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, The

H. Huang, H. Chen, A. Tsung
Role of IV Acetaminophen (APAP) in Reducing Narcotic Use in Live Donor Nephrectomy, The

M. Tan, T. Ommert, R. Cross, M. Mulloy, S. D'Annunzio, M. Johnson, H. Pollinger
Role of Mannose Binding Lectin on the Incidence of Rejection after Kidney and Other Solid Organ Transplantation

D. Golshayan, A. Wojtowicz, O. Manuel, S. Bibert, M. Pascual, P. Meylan, P. Bochud
Role of Microcirculatory Integrity in DCD Ex-Vivo Organ Perfusion

Q. Liu, A. Nassar, K. Farias, C. Tom, A. Bennett, G. D'Amico, K. Abu-Elmagd, J. Fung, C. Miller, C. Quintini
Role of PI3K/AKT and Autophagy in the Protective Effect of Fasting Against Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Mice, The

G. Li, J. Rao, J. Qin, L. Lu, X. Wang
Role of Single-Port Laparoscopy in Donor Right Hepatectomy for Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Y. You, H. Choi, G. Na, J. Han, E. Kim, S. Lee, T. Hong, Y. Yoon, S. Kim, D. Kim
Role of Soluble FGL2 in Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Porcine Auto-Transplantation Model

Z. Zhao, C. Yang, L. Li, T. Zhao, R. Rong, M. Xu, B. Yang, T. Zhu
Role of the Alternative Pathway of Complement in Ischemia/Reperfusion and Chronic Graft Injury in a Mouse Model of Kidney Allograft

R. Cavinato, N. Azzollini, F. Casiraghi, M. Todeschini, S. Aiello, G. Remuzzi, M. Noris
Routine Use of Microsurgical Techniques To Minimize Hepatic Arterial Complications in 342 Consecutive Living Donor Liver Transplants

K. Asonuma, S. Hayashida, M. Honda, T. Takeichi, H. Yamamoto, K. Lee, Y. Ohya, T. Murokawa, Y. Inomata