2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

For more information, visit The Official 2015 ATC Congress site.

View by Title View Sessions

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