2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

4:12pm-4:24pm: Hypothermic Machine Preservation Reduces Inflammatory, Hypoxic and Apoptotic Injuries in Human Liver Transplantation

J. Guarrera, C. Bae, S. Henry.

Concurrent Session: Strategies To Minimize Ischemia Reperfusion Injury • Room 119-B

4:12pm-4:24pm: Intrapatient Variability of Tacrolimus Trough Levels and Outpatient Clinic Non-Attendance Rates Predict Poor Renal Allograft Survival

D. Goodall, M. Willicombe, A. McLean, D. Taube.

Concurrent Session: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence • Room 121-C

4:12pm-4:24pm: Kynurenine Assay to Detect Inflammation in Transplant Patient: Clinical Results

D. Abendroth,¹ J. Kaden,² M. Marzinzig,¹ M. Stangl.³

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Acute Cellular Rejection • Room 121-AB

4:12pm-4:24pm: Lack of Utilization of Pre-Emptive Transplantation in Those With Living Donor Kidney Transplants

A. Sakhuja,¹ A. Naik,¹ R. Eikstadt,² P. Shrivastava,¹ D. Cibrik,¹ M. Samaniego.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues III • Terrace I-III

4:12pm-4:24pm: MELD/PELD 35+ Candidates Benefit from Regional Sharing

E. Edwards,¹ A. Harper,¹ R. Hirose,² D. Mulligan.³

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplant Allocation Policy • Room 122-AB

4:12pm-4:24pm: Selective Blockade of the CD28/B7/CTLA4 Pathway With Monovalent Anti-CD28 Antibodies Versus Targeting of B7 With CTLA4-Ig, in Non-Human Primate Kidney Allograft

S. Ville,¹ N. Poirier,^1,2 B. Vanhove,^1,2 G. Blancho.¹

Concurrent Session: New Immunosuppression Strategies: Primate Models • Room 119-A

4:12pm-4:24pm: Small RNA Sequencing-Enabled Discovery of Circulating Extracellular MicroRNAs as Noninvasive Biomarkers of Liver Allograft Status

H. Yang,¹ T. Muthukumar,¹ K. Akat,² D. Briskin,² T. Tuschl,² M. Suthanthiran.¹

Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring II • Terrace IV

4:12pm-4:24pm: Targeted Silencing of TLR Adaptor Genes Using Mannose Liposome to Prolong Cardiac Allograft Survival

X. Zhang,¹ J. Jiang,² X. Zheng,¹ J. Shi,³ T. Zwiep,¹ N. Johnston,¹ D. Quan,^1,2 W.-P. Min.^1,2,3

Concurrent Session: Linking Innate and Adaptive Alloimmune Responses • Room 118-C

4:24pm-4:36pm: A Prospective Comparison of the Completeness of Donor Kidney Biopsies

S. Ahmad,¹ E. Siskind,¹ C. Drachenberg,² J. Bromberg,¹ S. Niederhaus.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Risk Prediction • Room 120-ABC

4:24pm-4:36pm: Anti-Donor T-Cell Immunity Is a Continuum Immune Process Favouring Subclinical Rejection After Kidney Transplantation

E. Crespo,¹ M. Lucia,¹ J. Cruzado,^1,2 S. Luque,¹ E. Melilli,² A. Manonelles,^1,2 N. Sala,² J. Grinyó,^1,2 O. Bestard.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Immune Monitoring II • Terrace IV