2015 American Transplant Congress

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

8:30am-8:45am

A Gene Expression Assessment for Improving Disease Activity and Stage in Heart ABMR

A. Loupy, M. Racape, J. Reeve, J. Venner, S. Varnous, A. Gay, R. Guillemain, L. Hidalgo, C. Lefaucheur, X. Jouven, P. Bruneval, J. Duong, P. Halloran.

Plenary Session III  •  Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

8:45am-9:00am

Designing a KDPI to Assess Live Donors and Compare Them to Deceased Donors

A. Massie, D. Segev.

Plenary Session III  •  Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

9:00am-9:15am

Erythropoietin (EPO) Has Treg Sparing Immunosuppressive Effects On Human Alloreactive T Cells

C. Purroy, P. Heeger, P. Cravedi.

Plenary Session III  •  Terrace Ballroom 1, 2, 3

2:15pm-2:27pm

APOL1 Risk Alleles in Live and Deceased Kidney Donors Are Associated With Shorter Renal Allograft Survival

M. Doshi,¹ M. Goggins,² S. Norman,³ S. Ho,⁴ C. Winkler,⁵ J. Kopp.⁶

Concurrent Session: Glomerulonephritis/Recurrent Disease  •  Room 121-AB

2:15pm-2:27pm

B-Cell Tolerance to Donor Alloantigens

A. Patil, M. Climov, A. Matar, A. Musa, E. Harrington, D. Sachs, R. Duran-Struuck, C. Huang.

Concurrent Session: Late Breaking  •  Terrace IV

2:15pm-2:27pm

CD27^low NK Cells Prolong Allograft Survival in Mice By Inhibiting CD8⁺ T Cell Responses Through Controlling Graft-Derived Donor DCs

A. Kroemer,^1,2 M. Lantow,¹ E. Eggenhofer,¹ M. Sabet-Baktach,¹ P. Renner,¹ H. Schlitt,¹ E. Geissler.¹

Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models II  •  Room 118-C

2:15pm-2:27pm

CD3+CD4+ROR gamma t+ TH17 Cells Do Not Play a Critical Role in Islet Allograft Rejection

M. Koulmanda, Z. Fan.

Concurrent Session: Islet Transplantation: Basic  •  Room 121-C

2:15pm-2:27pm

Combination of Non-HLA and HLA-DSA Antibodies Identifies Liver Transplants Recipients With Highest Risk for Fibrosis Progression and Mortality

J. O'Leary,¹ J. Cai,² H. Heidecke,³ L. Jennings,¹ A. Philippe,⁴ V. Harbour,¹ R. Catar,⁴ P. Terasaki,² G. Klintmalm,¹ D. Dragun.⁴

Concurrent Session: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection  •  Room 120-ABC

2:15pm-2:27pm

Donor-Derived Tumor Transmission Events. A Summary of 2008-2013 Data from the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

M. Nalesnik,¹ S. Taranto,² S. Covington,² E. Blumberg,¹ M. Green,¹ T. Gross,¹ M. Klassen-Fischer,¹ M. Pavlakis,¹ C. Wolfe,¹ D. Kaul.¹

Concurrent Session: PTLD and Other Malignancies  •  Room 122-AB

2:15pm-2:27pm

Hospital Re-Admission After Intestinal Transplantation

Y. Kwon,¹ R. Girlanda,¹ A. Sharp,² K. Etesami,¹ J. Hawksworth,¹ C. Desai,¹ E. Island,¹ C. Matsumoto,¹ T. Fishbein.¹

Concurrent Session: Small Bowel Transplantation  •  Room 117