2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

4:12pm-4:24pm

Evaluation of Donor-Specific Antibodies Through 7 Years With Belatacept in BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT

R. Bray,¹ H. Gebel,¹ R. Townsend,² U. Meier-Kriesche,² C. Larsen.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Novel Agents  •  Terrace I-III

4:12pm-4:24pm

IL-21 Regulates Creation of Tertiary Lymphoid Organs in Chronic Allograft Rejection

C. Baum,¹ M. Khattar,² P. Schroder,¹ W. Chen,³ S. Stepkowski.¹

Concurrent Session: T Cell Help and Alloimmunity  •  Room 118-C

4:12pm-4:24pm

Impact of Induction Therapy on Outcomes in HIV + Renal Transplant Recipients

C. Kershaw,¹ C. Rogers,^2,4 M. Pavlakis,^1,2 H. Tang,² C. Alonso,^1,2 K. Khwaja,^2,3 A. Evenson,^2,3 K. Raven,^2,3 M. Wong.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Induction  •  Room 120-ABC

4:12pm-4:24pm

MELD Velocity – An Early Predictor of Increased Mortality Risk

D. Ladner,¹ K. Skibba,² J. Kang,¹ B. Ho,¹ A. Kho,¹ L. Kulik,¹ A. Daud,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ A. Skaro.¹

Concurrent Session: Donor and Recipient Optimization for Liver Transplant  •  Room 115-AB

4:12pm-4:24pm

Refinement of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Criteria to Differentiate Tumor from Bland Portal Vein Thrombosis Before Liver Transplant in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

C. Sherman, S. Behr, J. Dodge, J. Roberts, F. Yao, N. Mehta.

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma  •  Room 113-BC

4:12pm-4:24pm

Risk of Cause-Specific ESRD in Live Kidney Donors

S. Anjum, A. Muzaale, A. Massie, S. Bae, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues II  •  Terrace IV

4:12pm-4:24pm

Role of Innate Immune Cells in Chronic Allograft Loss and Novel Strategies to Target Them

C. Wu,^1,2 P. Zhao,¹ W. Liu,¹ X. Xiao,¹ X. Shi,¹ Y. Peng,¹ M. Kloc,¹ X. He,² M. Ghobrial,¹ X. Li.¹

Concurrent Session: Basic Mechanisms of Chronic Injury and Fibrosis  •  Room 121-C

4:12pm-4:24pm

Structure/Function Insights Into Treg Biology: Hdac11 Is a Foxp3 Deacetylase Whose Targeting Promotes and Stabilizes Foxp3 Expression and Leads to Long-Term Allograft Survival

J. Huang,¹ L. Wang,¹ T. Bhatti,¹ A. Samanta,¹ S. Dahiya,¹ R. Han,¹ J. Bergman,² A. Kozikowski,² W. Hancock.¹

Concurrent Session: Immune Regulation and Graft Survival  •  Room 119-B

4:12pm-4:24pm

Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation With Expanded Criteria Kidney from Donors After Circulatory Death

X. Luo, A. Massie, E. Chow, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: KDPI and Non Ideal Kidneys  •  Room 118-AB

4:12pm-4:24pm

TGFβ Production By B Cells Is Critical for Transplant Tolerance Induction

J. Kim,¹ W. Liu,^1,2 L. Liu,^1,2 K. Lee,¹ R. Stott,¹ H. Yeh,¹ J. Markmann.¹

Concurrent Session: B Cells: New Insights from Animal Models  •  Room 119-A