2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

5:00pm-5:12pm

Absence of Allograft TLR4 Receptor Signaling Attenuates Early Inflammation and Promotes Survival of Allografts Subjected to Prolonged Cold Ischemic Storage

N. Kohei,¹ T. Tanaka,¹ H. Tsuda,¹ D. Kish,¹ K. Tanabe,² R. Fairchild.¹

Concurrent Session: Mechanisms of Resistance To Costimulatory Blockade  •  Room 122-AB

5:00pm-5:12pm

Alemtuzumab Induction Has Been Safe in the United Kingdom and Achieves Long-Term Steroid Avoidance in More Than 80% of Low Risk Renal Transplant Recipients

A. Seitz,¹ M. Robb,³ S. Balasubramanian,¹ A. McLean,² D. Taube,² R. Johnson,³ R. Baker.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Induction  •  Room 120-ABC

5:00pm-5:12pm

Clinical and Pathologic Predictors of Response to Belatacept Conversion

S. Patel, H. Morris, D. Cohen, S. Mohan, L. Ratner, R. Crew.

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

Effect of Patient Functional Status on the Associations Between Kidney Transplant Waitlisting, Race, and U.S. Region

L. Plantinga, R. Patzer, S. Pastan, C. Bowling.

Concurrent Session: Disparities in Healthcare Access  •  Room 115-C

5:00pm-5:12pm

Hepatic Stellate Cells Directly Inhibit B Cells Via PD-L1

Y. Li, K. Fang, S. Qian, J. Fung, L. Lu, F. Lin.

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

In Vitro Evidence That CTLA4Ig Attenuates Recall Alloantibody Responses

I. Kim,¹ G. Wu,¹ N.-N. Chai,¹ S. Jordan,² A. Klein.¹

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

Ischemic Cholangiopathy Following Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Role of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush

C. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ M. Wingler,² S. Nagai,¹ B. Ekser,¹ J. Tector.¹

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Results from the UK Experience

D. Summers,^1,2,3 R. Johnson,² D. Collett,² C. Watson,^1,3 J. Neuberger,² G. Pettigrew,^1,3 J. Bradley.^1,3

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

MicroRNA let-7i Targeting IL-10 Via JAK1-STAT3 Signal Pathway Regulates Dendritic Cells Maturation Subsequently Induces Cardiac Allograft Tolerance

J. Wu,^2,3 X. Jin,¹ Y. Sun,^2,3 X. Liu,^2,3 D. Chi,^2,3 B. Yu.^2,3

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

5:00pm-5:12pm

Multicenter Study to Develop a Novel Prediction Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Recurrence After Liver Transplant (LT)

N. Mehta,¹ J. Heimbach,² D. Harnois,³ J. Dodge,¹ J. Burns,³ D. Lee,³ W. Sanchez,² J. Roberts,¹ F. Yao.¹

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