2015 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, May 3, 2015

4:24pm-4:36pm

De Novo DSA Would Not Necessarily Cause Graft Rejection After Renal Transplantation: Characteristics of DSA Developing Biopsy-Proven Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection

T. Yamamoto, Y. Watarai, A. Takeda, M. Okada, M. Tsujita, H. Takahisa, N. Goto, S. Narumi, T. Kobayashi.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Antibody Mediated Rejection II  •  Terrace I-III

4:24pm-4:36pm

Determinants and Sequelae of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis After Liver Transplantation: A Registry Study of Recipient Diagnosis and Coagulopathy

J. Garonzik Wang,¹ M. Doyle,¹ K. Collins,¹ J. Lowell,¹ Y. Lin,¹ S. Shenoy,¹ J. Wellen,¹ W. Chapman,¹ D. Segev.²

Concurrent Session: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications  •  Room 115-AB

4:24pm-4:36pm

Ex Vivo Expansion With Rapamycin Enhances the Suppressive Function of Regulatory T Cells (Tregs) Isolated from Pediatric Thymus

E. Dijke,^1,2,3 R. Hoeppli,^3,4 T. Ellis,^1,2 J. Pearcey,^1,2 I. Larsen,^1,2 I. Rebeyka,^1,2 D. Ross,^1,2 M. Levings,^3,4 L. West.^1,2,3

Concurrent Session: Regulatory T Cells  •  Room 122-AB

4:24pm-4:36pm

Sensitization Level at Retransplant Among Non-Sensitized Pediatric Recipients of First Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants Not Affected by DR Mismatch Level

W. Cherikh,¹ A. Wilk,¹ H. McGehee,¹ E. Brewer.²

Concurrent Session: Pediatric Kidney Transplantation  •  Room 119-A

4:24pm-4:36pm

Th17 Mediates Inflammatory Responses After Lung Transplantation

J. Xu,¹ L. Wang,¹ Q. Chen,² S. Xia,¹ X. Li,¹ H. Li,² Y. Ding.^1,3

Concurrent Session: T Cell Mediated Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 120-ABC

4:24pm-4:36pm

The Economic Impact of Nonimmune Complications in Contemporary Kidney Transplantation

K. Lentine,¹ M. Schnitzler,¹ D. Axelrod,² D. Segev,³ D. Brennan,⁴ J. Tuttle-Newhall,¹ H. Xiao,¹ L. Kucirka,³ V. Dharnidharka.⁴

Concurrent Session: Economics, Policy and Ethics  •  Room 118-C

4:24pm-4:36pm

The Impact of High-Risk Lung Donors on the Survival of Lung Recipients With Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis

P. Sanchez,¹ M. Mulligan,¹ C. Evans,¹ I. Timofte,² J. Kim,² K. Rajagopal,¹ A. Iacono,² J. Gammie,¹ R. Pierson III,¹ B. Griffith,¹ S. Pham.¹

Concurrent Session: Lung: Optimizing Outcomes  •  Room 115-C

4:24pm-4:36pm

Tracking T Cell Fate After Antithymocyte Globulin (ATG) Immunotherapy in Infant Heart Transplant (HTx) Patients

S.-I. Wang,^1,2 I. Larsen,^1,2 S. Urschel,^1,2 R. Chinnock,³ J. Rusch,³ L. West.^1,2

Concurrent Session: T Cell Biology  •  Room 119-B

4:36pm-4:48pm

Broader Geographic Sharing of Adolescent Lung Donors Improves Allocation Efficiency

W. Tsuang,¹ J. Pyke,² M. Skeans,² K. Chan,⁴ T. Wozniak,³ A. Israni,² M. Hertz,⁴ B. Kasiske,² M. Valapour,¹ J. Snyder.²

Concurrent Session: Lung: Optimizing Outcomes  •  Room 115-C

4:36pm-4:48pm

Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Recognition of Acquired, Intact MHC Alloantigen On Host Dendritic Cells Promotes Acute Allograft Rejection

J. Ali, S. Harper, M. Negus, E. Bolton, J. Bradley, G. Pettigrew.

Concurrent Session: T Cell Mediated Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 120-ABC